HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08212012 - C.37RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to sign Memorandum of Understanding
with the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) to provide reimbursement of
$15,930 to the Department for certain non-mandated pesticide use reporting activities for the period of July 1, 2012
to June 30, 2014, as recommended by the Agricultural Commissioner.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Agricultural Department will be reimbursed $15,930 for activities related to pesticide use reporting.
BACKGROUND:
In 1990, the State mandated that all agricultural pesticide usage be reported through county agricultural
commissioners to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR). The use of pesticides by pest control
businesses and the agricultural use of restricted pesticides were already required to be reported in the same manner.
The CDPR subsequently contracted with county agricultural commissioners
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/21/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Roxann Crosby,
925-646-5250
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 21, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc:
C. 37
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Vincent L. Guise, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:August 21, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:MOU between California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) and the Agricultural
Commissioner of Contra Costa County
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
to input the data from these reports into a database and to submit the data to CDPR monthly.
In 2011, through the joint efforts of CDPR and CACASA, a new computer program was installed in the offices of all
county agricultural commissioners which improved the permit process for restricted pesticides, issuance of operator
identification numbers and the submission of pesticide use reports. The new program provided the capability of
centralized data submission and allows on-line entry of the data by those required to submit pesticide use reports.
The CDPR no longer offers individual data submission contracts to counties and has contracted with CACASA to
provide the data storage, software and data communication infrastructure for the reporting of pesticide use data.
CACASA has simplified the overall process of the data submission contracts and is providing the online program
support to maintain the enhanced reporting capabilities.
In order to ease the transition from county personnel inputting the data to the user of the pesticide inputting the data,
CACASA is providing funding to counties during the transition period, in return for county agricultural
commissioners' efforts to provide on-going data input and training to submitters of data to use the new online
submission program.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Agricultural Department will not be reimbursed for their pesticide use reporting activities.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None.