To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GRAND JURY REPORT NO. 2404, COUNTY PETROLEUM REFINERIES AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RELEASES - IMPROVING THE HAZMAT RESPONSE
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT report prepared by the Health Services Department as the Board of Supervisors' response to Contra Costa Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2404, entitled "County Petroleum Refineries and Hazardous Material Releases - Improving the Hazmat Response" (Report), and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to transmit the Board's response to the Superior Court no later than September 9, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
The 2023-24 Contra Costa County Civil Grand Jury filed the above-referenced report on June 11, 2024 (see Attachment) which was addressed to and received by the Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2024 and subsequently referred to the County Administrator, the Health Services Director, and the Sheriff-Coroner for response.
Attached are the proposed responses to the grand jury's findings and recommendations prepared by the County Administrator and the Health Services Department. The California Penal Code specifies that the Board of Supervisors must forward its response to the Superior Court no later than September 9, 2024 (90 days from the date of the report's filing).
The report includes four (4) findings assigned to the Board of Supervisors. For each finding, the County is responsible for indicating one of the following actions:
* We agree with the finding.
* We disagree with the finding.
* We partially disagree with the finding.
In each case where the County disagrees or partially disagrees, the County must specify the portion of the finding that is disputed and include an explanation of the reasons therefore.
The report concludes with four (4) recommendations assigned to the Board of Supervisors; how...
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