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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11011983 - 2.3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: M. G. Wingett, County Administrator Costa DATE` October 21, 1983 County SUBJECT: Electrical Equipment Containing PCB'.s SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND'AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that your Board: 1. Urge users of transformers and capacitors with hazardous levels of PCB' s to remove them from service as soon as feasibly possible. 2. Commend PG&E' s removal and de-energizing program of hazardous level capacitors and endorse their removal by the end of 1983. 3. Refer to the Health Services Environmental Health Division consideration of adding transformers and capacitors to its inspection program. 4. Assign responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of a PCB industrial inspection program to the Disaster Council. BACKGROUND: The Board of Supervisors referred to the Director, Office of Emergency Services , a letter dated July 5 , 1983, from David Nesmith, Conservation Representative, San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club, expressing concern about the .continuing presence of transformers and capacitors containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB' s) in the County. A meeting was held between PG&E officials , a Sierra Club representative and the Office of Emergency Services to discuss this matter. It was determined that all PG&E owned transformers and capacitors in Contra Costa County have less than 499-PPM and are therefore considered by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency as non hazardous. The PCB level of transformers owned by users of PG&E power are not known. The PCB contamination level can only be determined by testing. All the PCB capacitors in Contra Costa County have been removed or physically de-energized from the poles or plans call for their removal by the end of the year. PG&E can test transformers at a cost of approximately $300 each for their customers. It is the responsibility, therefore, of the owners and operators of major energy users with privately owned transformers and capacitors to deal with their decontamination. However, customers or individuals who notice such a leaking container should report the matter to PG&E even though it may not be PG&E owned. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURES) ACTION OF BOARD ON November -I-, APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X The Board also REQUESTED the County Administrator and Public Works Director to report on PCB levels in county-owned buildings . VOTE OF SUPERVISORS __2L UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I-; ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. David Nesmith Sierra Club 1 190 CC: � ATTESTED November 1, 1983 County Administrator J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK Public Works Director Director, Office of AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD Emergency Services M382/7-e3 P.G. & E. BY Q�t�""�� ��-�`"7�-vr" DEPUTY _ d3 :ro: '. 130ARD OF SUPERVISORS FRAM: M. G. WINGETT, County Administrator Contra Costa DATE: October 12, 1983 County SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO 1983/84 COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM SUBVENTION PROGRAM BY ALLOCATION OF 1982/83 CARRYOVER FUNDS SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Amend Board Orders of 6/14/83 and 6/20/83 related to approval of 1983/84 County Justice System Subvention Program and related contracts as follows: 1. Increase the District Attorney's PERFORMANCE OF AB 3121 FUNCTIONS project from $244,356 to $262,112. 2. Increase the Public Defender's DEFENSE OF JUVENILES project (AB 3121) from $73,263 to $76,679. 3. Increase the Probation Department's HOME SUPERVISION project (AB 3121) from $120,545 to $122,690. 4. Increase the Criminal Justice Agency's PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION project and contract payment limit from $155,363 to $188,586 4- 33 and authorize the County Administrator or his designee to execute an amended contract on behalf of the County with the Criminal Justice Agency. 5. Increase the District Attorney's ADULT PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION project from $174,219 to $182,241. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION On June 14, 1983 and June 20, 1983, your Board took various actions related to approval of projects, project amounts and contracts on the 1983/84 County Justice System Subvention Program. (This is the AB 90 program as reauthorized by Chapter 288 of the Statutes of 1983. [Senate Bill 7891) All 1983/84 projects were approved at 92.33% of the 1982/83 amounts, which was an increase over the 90% level estimated in the 1983/84 Proposed County Budget. The Board's action of June 14 did not allocate 1982/83 carryover and directed the County Administrator to prepare .a report to the Board of Supervisors recommending the use of such carryover after legislative and fiscal uncertainties concerning the availability and amount of these funds had been settled. The above recommendations relate to the reprogramming of $64,562 of 1982/83 Subvention Program funds which were unused and carried forward for use in 1983/84. These funds must be expended by June 30, 1984. Virtually all of this carryover was generated by the four agencies included in the above recommendations. Any savings realized in these projects in this fiscal year will be in 1983/84 funds which can then be carried forward into 1984/85. This report recommends augmentation with 1982/83 carryover of five approved projects Augmentation of the three AB 3121 projects will enable those agencies to more of ctiv y CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: SIL RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) { Y ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED .� OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT1 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. 124 Originating Dept.: County.Administrator's G CC: Office_ ATTESTED ©ezL&f J.R. OLSSON. COUNTY CLERK AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD M382/7•03 BY ���� DEPUTY AMENDMENTS TO 1983/84 COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM SUBVENTION PROGRAM BY ALLOCATION OF 1982/83 CARRYOVER FUNDS Page 2 operate those mandated delinquency programs. This is particularly true for the District Attorney's Office which by virtue of recent legislation has been given additional mandated duties in the handling of delinquency petitions (W&I Code 602) and for which additional County funds had to be appropriated in 1982/83. Augmentation of the Pre- Trial Diversion project will free up some County funds which can, in turn, be shifted to support the increasing costs of AB 3121 services in the District Attorney's Office. Augmentation of the Criminal Justice Agency's project will permit the following activities to go forward in an effective manner: 1. Financing of necessary Proposition 2 (County Jail Capital Construction Fund) costs related to site acquisition and planning which includes beginning work on the Environmental Impact Report related to the recently-designated Shell Oil Company Site (Board Order of September 27, 1983) . This will permit portions of the report to be drafted by Criminal Justice Agency staff by the middle of February 1984 so , that if State jail funds are forthcoming, this County will be in a position to proceed immediately with a State contract. (Approximately $20,000) 2. Continue the planning on interim program and facility solutions relating to overcrowding at the Martinez Detention Facility and to monitor and evaluate on an ongoing basis both.the Home Detention and County Parole Programs (Board Order of September 27, 1983) . The June 20, 1983 Board Order recommends such augmentation for overcrowding and Proposition 2 planning. (Approximately $7,000) 3. Complete the Juvenile Corrections Master Plan for which approximately two to three months of.work is necessary. This project was originally scheduled for completion last fiscal year but had to be delayed particularly because of the intensive staff effort required for the new jail plan. (Approximately $6,000) Utilization of carryover funds in this way will allow for implementation of these high priority programs as well as rewarding agencies able to accumulate a carryover within their assigned allocation. 125