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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM:
Costa
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
County
DATE: July 23, 1990
SUBJECT: COVERED LOAD ENFORCEMENT
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Accept report from County Administrator on covered load
enforcement.
2. Endorse funding of a position in the Sheriff' s Department to
conduct covered load enforcement and including such funding
as part of the new landfill development agreement.
3 . Request Sheriff ' s Department discuss with County landfill
operators the possibility of inserting fliers in monthly
bills to inform public of need to cover loads.
4. Request County Administrator work with Sheriff and Community
Development Departments on financing covered load
enforcement through the landfill development agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisor' s Internal Operations Committee in
September 1989 requested advice from the Sheriff' s Department
regarding covered load enforcement. The following steps were
taken to obtain compliance of Vehicle Code Section 23115 and
County Ordinance Section 418-2. 008.
Since 1987 the Sheriff has solicited and received endorsement
from the County Chiefs ' of Police Association for increased
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:y2S__YES SIGNATURE:
-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 14 . 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED A OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED- AUG 14 1990
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE'BOARD OF
County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Asst. Sheriff Rupf
Chuck Zahn, Community Dev.
John Gregory, . CAO office BY h16"� DEPUTY
M382 (10/88)
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County-wide enforcement of the aforementioned code sections.
There has also been cooperation with the Departments of Health
Services, Community Development and landfill operators in ( 1)
issuing press releases warning of increased enforcement efforts
and ways to comply with the regulations and ( 2) distributing
fliers describing ways to comply with regulations to potential
violators at landfill sites.
As no additional funds have been made available for a covered
load enforcement program, volunteer assistant was solicited to
work without direct supervision of a full time Deputy.
During 1987 and 1988, a Level 1 Reserve was recruited to work the
approaches to landfill sites on Saturdays and Sundays. The
Deputy issued warnings for a 30-day period and thereafter
citations.
The details of the citations program was:
1987 1988 1989 1990
Warnings 39 16 N/A N/A
Citations 12 3 N/A N/A
In 1989 the Sheriff ' s Department shifted attention to a litter
control program that utilizes work alternative prisoners. No
funding has been earmarked for the covered load program and no
volunteers have been found. As one means of limited enforcement,
this particular enforcement effort has been shifted to regular
patrol deputies. However, given present funding constraints, it
is unlikely that enforcement will rise above current levels.
The question of expansion is directly attributable to staffing
levels which can be put into the field. The development
agreement for the new landfill site would seem to offer the best
means of financing new personnel and information campaign in
conducting enforcement activities.