Agenda Preview - Board of Supervisors 10-07-2025

The Board meets Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. The morning opens with an employee of the month recognition, Consent calendar, and Regular Calendar business (including a scheduled hearing on Silverbridge Highlands easements/PRDs). Closed session includes a lawsuit from former Sheriff Eric Magrini.

R1 — Employee of the Month: Rachelle Kaschke

The Board will consider a resolution recognizing Public Works Chief Fiscal Officer Rachelle Kaschke as Employee of the Month for October 2025. Kaschke began at Public Works in 2011 as an extra-help employee and has served as CFO for a little over a year. The nomination credits her with managing through constrained staffing, drafting and implementing clearer policies for County Service Area account staff, training and mentoring an extra-help employee over the past three months, and completing the annual “Roads Report”, a closely reviewed accounting of road-tax dollars, which resulted in no state findings or corrections. Colleagues note she’s often first in/last out, collaborates across departments, and is praised for accuracy and professionalism.

R2 — CEO Update & Supervisors’ Reports

The County Executive Officer will brief the Board on current county operations and recent developments. This segment can include department-level updates, budget or staffing notes, and items tied to Shasta County’s legislative platform (e.g., state or federal proposals with local impact). While listed as informational with no vote, the Board sometimes offers direction or signals priorities during the discussion.

Following the CEO, each supervisor provides a brief district report including recent meetings, constituent issues, and upcoming items they’re watching. These reports don’t involve formal action but often hint at where supervisors stand ahead of future agenda items or ordinances.

Consent Calendar Highlights

• C2 — Proclamation: Civic Engagement Day

  The Board will declare October 14 as “Civic Engagement Day” in Shasta County (sponsored by Supervisor Kelstrom).

  
  

  

  
  

  Note: the County celebrating civic participation comes in less than a year after a constituent, Jenny O’Connell-Nowain, was arrested on Nov. 8, 2024 for her civic activity during a board meeting. Jenny's trial date for that arrest is October 14th 2025, the same day as the proclamation. It’s a timely reminder that “engagement” can look very different depending on who’s speaking and who’s enforcing the rules.

  
  

  

  
  

• C3 — Appointment: Director of Mental Health Services

  Formal appointment of Christy Coleman as Director of Mental Health Services (effective Oct. 17, 2025), pending DHCS approval. This makes permanent the leadership that’s been steering Behavioral Health through heightened scrutiny.

  
  

• C5 — Amendment: Redwood Community Services (Youth Residential MH)Increases the agreement’s maximum compensation to $1,200,000 and adjusts insurance limits. The jump puts this squarely in the six-figure tier; readers will care about capacity, placement timelines, and outcomes for high-needs youth.

  
  

• C6 — Agreement: Success in Recovery, Inc.

  New agreement for specialty mental health residential placements for youth. (Staff report indicates no added General Fund impact; the dollar cap is not front-paged in the summary. If you want, we can pull the backup sheets and break out rate structure/bed-days.)

  
  

• C7 — Application: California Home Visiting Program

  Retroactive annual funding application not to exceed $1,645,560 through the California Department of Public Health. This keeps home-visiting supports (nurse or paraprofessional models) moving for at-risk families.

  
  

• C1 — Lease: County-Owned Real Property

  Accept auction results and approve a lease with The Towers, LLC (Centerline Communications as bidder of record). Worth flagging for transparency: site terms, escalators, and any local co-location benefits.

  
  

• C4 — CalMHSA: Psychiatric Inpatient Concurrent Review

  Retroactive renewal for utilization/concurrent review services. The operational significance is consistency in hospital oversight and length-of-stay management.

  
  

• C8 — Fleet: Vehicle Price List & Purchasing Authority

  Authorizes Purchasing to set a vehicle price list for the rest of FY 25-26, awards RFB 26-07 to Crown Motors, Lithia Toyota Redding, and Winners Chevrolet, and adds $50,000 to Fleet Replacement (BU 940) via retained earnings. Not a huge dollar figure, but procurement mechanics and vendor mix are notable.

R3 — Committees & Commissions Status

Receive a presentation from the Clerk of the Board on the current status of various local committees and commissions and consider providing direction to staff. Staff’s review notes some bodies are optional and others are discretionary but created by ordinance, including the Shasta County Elections Commission, which means the Board could disband them by ordinance if it chooses. (Staff does not recommend disbanding quasi-judicial bodies like the Assessment Appeals Board or Planning Commission.)

For added context, over the last two years there’s been a pattern many have described as cronyism in county appointments, where selections appeared to favor political allies or familiar insiders. We’ll be watching this item for any signals about how vacancies will be advertised, how applicants will be evaluated, and whether the Board discusses standardizing recruitment and interview practices.

R4 — CalPERS Contract Amendment:

Support Services will ask the Board to adopt a Resolution of Intention to amend the County’s CalPERS contract so specific employee groups contribute an additional 1% of the employer share under Government Code §20516, and to introduce and waive reading of the enabling ordinance.

The affected groups are: Unrepresented Elected Department Heads; the Unrepresented Board of Supervisors group; United Public Employees of California – Professional; the Deputy Coroner’s Investigators Unit; and the Professional Peace Officers Association. Employees in these groups would see the additional 1% cost-share deducted going forward; other units are not included in this action.

If approved by CalPERS, the change would begin at the start of a pay period (targeting December 28, 2025). Staff projects savings of roughly 1% of total salaries for the affected groups, with the Auditor-Controller planning to apply the savings toward OPEB and/or pension unfunded liabilities.

R5 — Public Hearing: Silverbridge Highlands

This hearing does two things:

1. End the two Permanent Road Divisions (PRDs) that were set up to fund road maintenance for the subdivision; and

   
   

2. Turn the subdivision’s public road easements into private, gated roads maintained by a homeowners’ association (HOA).

   
   

Who’s petitioning: The petitions are signed by Corkey F. Harmon and Cindy Harmon as the property owners/developer. Corkey Harmon is also the District 3 Supervisor, and the project sits in District 3. Because the applicant is a supervisor, expect a conflict-of-interest disclosure and recusal—he should leave the dais and not discuss or vote on this item.

What happens to the money: PRDs collect restricted funds from the properties they serve. If the PRDs are dissolved, the remaining balance (about $36,900) is refunded to the current owner(s) of those parcels. In this case, the Harmons. This is a refund of PRD money, not a payout from the County’s General Fund.

What changes going forward: With no PRDs, the County stops administering/charging for those roads. The roads become private and HOA-maintained, funded by HOA dues/assessments rather than County-run PRD charges.

Closed Session

The Board will recess to Closed Session. Discussions are confidential, and only reportable actions, if any, are announced when the Board returns.

• R6 — Conference with Labor Organizations: General Teamsters # 137

  Mid-Management Unit; Supervisory Unit; Trades & Crafts Unit; Deputy Coroner Investigators Unit.

  
  

• R7 — Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation

  Eric R. Magrini v. Shasta County (Shasta County Case # 208798).

• Context: Former sheriff and assistant CEO Eric Magrini alleges the County created a “toxic and terrifying” work environment and wrongfully ended his employment (last day Aug. 23, 2024). His February 2025 claim describes harassment/retaliation tied to enforcement of COVID-19 rules while he was sheriff and names Board Chair Kevin Crye; he also says he went on medical leave in March 2023. The County rejected his claim, and his counsel indicated a lawsuit would follow, hence its appearance here as existing litigation.

  
  

Civic engagement is a key to a healthy community. Show up when you can, track the details, and participate within the process. We will do our best to keep you informed.

And that's the Agenda Preview.