Agenda Preview - Board of Supervisors 9-30-2025

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors will meet on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at the County Administration Center in downtown Redding. The agenda is extremely light, with only one Regular item up front, Board report and CEO update, Consent Calendar with several six-figure actions plus two policy letters, and a closed session on litigation regarding the opioid settlement and labor negotiations.

Regular Items

R1 — CEO Update and Supervisors’ Reports

The County Executive Officer will provide updates on county operations and may bring forward items tied to Shasta County’s legislative platform. These updates often include recent developments in state or federal policy that could affect local departments.

Following that, each supervisor will give a brief report on activities in their districts or regional and statewide meetings they’ve attended. These reports do not involve a formal vote but can be telling, as supervisors sometimes preview upcoming priorities or signal where they stand on future agenda items.

Consent Calendar Highlights

• C1: Letter to the California Health & Human Services Agency supporting participation in the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. Advocacy-focused to improve rural care access.

  
  

• C2: Resolution opposing Proposition 50

  The Board proposes a resolution to oppose Proposition 50, a statewide measure that would temporarily replace the Citizens Redistricting Commission’s congressional maps with legislatively drawn maps for 2026–2030, with the Commission resuming in 2031. Supporters argue Californians might want Prop 50 as a counterweight to partisan gerrymanders in other states. They contend a temporary, home-drawn map could protect California’s clout in Congress, safeguard policy priorities (from disaster relief to healthcare and infrastructure), and then hand line-drawing back to the independent commission after the decade. Critics say it reverses reforms voters approved and risks eroding trust in nonpartisan redistricting; the Board’s resolution aligns with that view.

  
  

• C3: Letter requesting a veto of SB 707 (Brown Act/teleconferencing).

  The Board considers sending a veto-request letter on SB 707, a Brown Act update that changes public meeting rules, including agenda/translation standards and teleconference provisions. Whatever one’s view on the timing and funding details, it’s important to emphasize that robust remote-participation options matter for residents who cannot safely attend in person due to disability, health conditions, caregiving, or transportation barriers.

  
  

• C5: Emergency generators  

  Awards a six-figure construction contract to install generators to maintain service during outages and PSPS events.

  
  

• C6: PACE Engineering (amendment). Increases compensation for Jones Valley Water Improvement Project work (backwash pump, SCADA, related tasks), bringing the total to $485,839.

  
  

• C7: Energy services contract assignment. 

  Transfers the county’s solar/O&M services agreement from ENGIE to OpTerra; operationally significant, with fiscal impacts flowing through the previously approved program.

  
  

• C8: Recorder’s Office payment/receipting system (Teleosoft). 

  Approves a not-to-exceed $296,715 agreement for software, hosting, and support, with ongoing service costs.

  
  

• C9: District Attorney — Journal Technologies (amendment). 

  Expands the case-management interface and dedicated BI environment, increasing monthly compensation and enhancing analytics capacity.

Regular Calendar Continued

R2 — Closed Session: Existing Litigation

Conference with legal counsel regarding National Prescription Opiate Litigation and related matters.

R3 — Closed Session: Labor Negotiations

County negotiators (including the CEO, Support Services Director, and chief labor negotiator) will confer regarding bargaining with the Professional Peace Officers Association.

Residents can attend in person or contact their district supervisor to share input, especially on C2 (Prop 50) and C3 (SB 707), which have broader policy implications beyond the county.

and that’s the agenda preview