Colusa County Municipal Code Art. I In General

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

All county offices and departments, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall remain open for the transaction of the public's business in the county continuously from eight-thirty a.m. until five p.m. of each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week, holidays excepted.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

The county offices and departments named in this section are authorized to remain open from eight-thirty a.m. until twelve noon and from one p.m. to five p.m. or to remain open continuously from eight-thirty a.m. until five p.m. on each Monday through Friday of each week, holidays excepted, as determined by each respective department head:

(a) Information technology.

(b) Personnel.

(c) County counsel.

(d) Central services.

(e) Board of supervisors' clerks.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

The county clerk-recorder's office shall be open to the public for the transaction of business from eight-thirty a.m. to four p.m. on Monday through Friday of each week, holidays excepted.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part); Ord. No. 790, § 1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2-1 and 2-2, the planning and building unit shall be open to the public for the transaction of business from eight-thirty a.m. to five p.m. on Monday through Thursday of each week and from eight-thirty a.m. to twelve noon on Friday of each week, holidays excepted.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2-1 and 2-2, the public works department shall be open to the public for the transaction of business from seven-thirty a.m. to four p.m. on Monday through Friday of each week, holidays excepted.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

The provisions of sections 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3.1 and 2-3.2 do not apply to the sheriff's office or the road crews of the county road commission.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in the event of emergency or any other crisis situation which may arise, the board of supervisors may establish such other work hours and days of the week which it determines to be appropriate for those offices it selects, including separate offices within a department. It shall be the duty of each department head to stagger, arrange and assign the work of his or her department for public convenience and necessity; provided, however, that such arrangement or plan does not lessen the efficiency of the operation of the department and does not require the employment of additional help.

(Ord. No. 20, § 3)

Except as otherwise provided by sections 2-5 to 2-12, the duties of all other offices of the county shall remain separate, and be performed by a separate person.

(Ord. No. 230, § 1)

The duties of the separate offices of county agricultural commissioner and county sealer of weights and measures are hereby consolidated, the board of supervisors having determined that it is in the public interest that such offices be so consolidated, as authorized under the provisions of Section 24300 of the Government Code of the state.

(Ord. No. 20, § 1)

The duties of the offices of county clerk and recorder of the county are hereby consolidated.

(Ord. No. 461, (part))

Statutory authority exists for consolidation of the county's offices of coroner and sheriff and is set forth in the California Government Code § 24300 et seq.

Therefore, the board of supervisors of the county authorizes and orders the consolidation of the offices of the county coroner and county sheriff.

(Ord. No. 224, § 1)

The duties of the offices of county treasurer and county tax collector are hereby consolidated, the board of supervisors having elected to so consolidate such offices in accordance with the provisions of Section 24300 of the Government Code of the state.

(Ord. No. 460, (part))

Statutory authority exists for consolidation of the county's offices of treasurer-tax collector and public administrator and is set forth in the California Government Code § 24300 et seq.

Therefore, the board of supervisors of the county authorizes and orders the consolidation of the offices of the treasurer-tax collector and public administrator.

(Ord. No. 235, § 1)

The duly elected and qualified incumbent of the offices consolidated pursuant to section 2-8 shall be known as “treasurer-tax collector.”

(Ord. No. 235, § 1)

The treasurer-tax collector shall receive as compensation for the services required of him by law, such salary as the board of supervisors may from time to time prescribe, which salary shall be paid from the salary fund. In addition, such officer shall receive his actual and necessary traveling expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his official duties, for which he shall present his claim, the mileage rate thereof to be the same rate as other county officials.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2 (part))

The board of supervisors is authorized to hold not more than three regular meetings on Tuesdays each month in the board of supervisors’ room in the Hall of Records, in the city of Colusa, commencing at nine a.m. The board of supervisors need not hold a regular meeting in any particular month as it deems appropriate. The board of supervisors shall have the authority to set its regular meeting schedule as it deems appropriate consistent with this section.

(Ord. No. 282, § 2)

The board of supervisors may adjourn any regular meeting to a date certain, which shall be specified in the order of adjournment, and when so adjourned, such adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. Such adjourned meeting may likewise be adjourned and when so adjourned shall be a regular meeting for all purposes.

(Ord. No. 268, §§ 1, 2)

All fees received by county constables for all services performed by them in all civil and criminal actions shall be paid by such constables to the county treasurer monthly, which fees shall be deposited to the general fund of the county.

(Ord. No. 264, §§ 1, 3)

Except as otherwise provided by the general laws of the state, the compensation paid to all county and judicial district officers and employees shall be hereafter fixed by resolution of a majority of the board of supervisors.

The provisions of this section are not intended to and shall not have any effect upon any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the county which provides for the establishment or creation of any county office or employment or the duties or responsibilities connected therewith.

(Ord. No. 272, § 1)

The monthly pay period for all officers, deputies, assistants, clerks and employees of the county employed in the road department shall be upon the basis of the calendar month, and the monthly salary and compensation for all such officers, deputies, assistants, clerks and employees shall be computed and paid monthly upon the basis of services rendered during the preceding calendar month.

(Ord. No. 272, § 2)

On a day not later than the fifth day of each month, unless such fifth day falls upon a nonbusiness day, then, in that event, upon the next business day following the fifth day of the month, but in no event later than the tenth day of each month, the auditor of the county shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer of the county in favor of each officer, deputy, assistant clerk and employee of the county employed in the road department for the amount of salary, wages and compensation due for the preceding calendar month.

(Ord. No. 405, § 1)

Effective January 1, 1981, trial jurors and grand jurors shall be compensated for the services required of them by law, as set forth hereunder:

(a) Trial jurors or prospective trial jurors. For attendance in Court $10.00 for one-half day or less: $20.00 for in excess of one-half day and twenty cents per mile per day for each mile traveled in going to and from their places of residence in attending court.

(b) Grand jurors or prospective grand jurors. Ten dollars for one-half day or less, twenty dollars for in excess of one-half day and twenty cents per mile, per day, for each mile traveled in going to and from their place of residence in attending meetings.

(c) Mileage rates payable to trial jurors or prospective trial jurors and grand jurors or prospective grand jurors in accordance with this section shall be subject to any applicable future change in county mileage rates.

(Ord. No. 583, § 1; Ord. No. 591; Ord. No. 601; Ord. No. 617; Ord. No. 634; Ord. No. 671; Ord. No. 697; Ord. No. 715; Ord. No. 716; Ord. No. 747, § 1; Ord. No. 751, § 1; Ord. No. 753, §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 758, § 1)

(a) Each member of the board of supervisors is a full time county-elected official and shall receive as compensation at the rate of four thousand nine hundred seventeen dollars per month beginning January 1, 2014. Commencing January 1, 2016, the salary shall be adjusted to equate to thirty-three percent of the salary of a Colusa County superior court judge as reported by the National Center for State Courts in effect on January 1st of the then current even-numbered year. For instance, an adjustment shall be made on January 1, 2016, 2018, and so on.

(b) Commencing May 4, 2008, the chairman of the board of supervisors shall receive, in addition to his/her regular compensation, the sum of five hundred dollars per month for each month the position is held. The vicechairman of the board of supervisors shall receive, in addition to his/her regular compensation, the sum of three hundred dollars per month for each month the position is held.

(c) Each supervisor shall receive mileage for travel to and from each regular or special meeting of the board and for other necessary travel on county business within the county at the following rate:

(d) Each supervisor shall also receive his or her necessary expenses and mileage at the same rate as established for travel by all other Colusa County officers and employees when the performance of duties as supervisor takes him or her out of the county.

(e) Each supervisor shall receive county-paid life insurance with policy limits equal to that paid to all other county-paid elected officials.

(f) Except as specified herein, commencing January 1, 2013, each supervisor shall receive the same benefits of employment as have been negotiated for all other county-paid elected department heads for the county of Colusa except as follows:

(1) The board shall not receive management incentive pay.

(2) The board shall receive an “additional-in-lieu” payment of one hundred eighty-five dollars per month.

(Ord. No. 196, §§ 1, 2)

A contract is hereby authorized between the board of supervisors and the board of administration of the state employees’ retirement system, a copy of such contract being attached to the original ordinance from which this section was derived, which ordinance is on file in the office of the county clerk, and which contract is marked Exhibit “A,” and by such reference made a part of this section as though set out in full in this section.

The chairman of the board of supervisors is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute such contract for and on behalf of the county.

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Editor’s Note: The contract authorized by this section has been amended by Ords. 283, 343, 344, 346, 571, 604, 635, 658, 757, 779 and 808. The amendments are on file with the county clerk-recorder.

(Ord. No. 289, § 1)

Whenever the coroner of the county takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law, he may embalm the body and charge the person entitled to its custody, except when the body is that of a child not more than fourteen years of age or a person for whose burial there is available less than seventy-five dollars, in which cases the expense of embalming is a county charge. The fee to be charged such person so entitled to the custody of the dead body is hereby fixed at fifty dollars.

(Ord. No. 436)

Pursuant to Section 27472 of the Government Code, whenever the coroner takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law, the coroner or the coroner’s authorized agent may charge and collect from the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains, as specified in Section 7100 of the Health and Safety Code, the actual expense incurred by the coroner in removing the body from the place of death and keeping the body until its release to the person responsible for its interment. The charge shall not exceed one hundred dollars, shall not be imposed upon a person who claims and proves to be indigent and shall not include expenses of keeping the body during the time necessary for the coroner to perform his or her duties in connection with it. The charge, if not paid, may be considered a part of the funeral expenses and paid as a preferred charge against the estate of the decedent.

In the event such charge, after normal billing procedures are followed, proves to be uncollectible, then such charge shall be paid by the county, and the county will be subrogated to the collection on rights of the coroner or the coroner’s agent.

(Ord. No. 256, § 1)

The provisions of Sections 26945 and 26946 of the Government Code of the state, concerning the qualifications of the county auditor, are hereby adopted and shall be effective in the county.

(Ord. No. 402, § 1)

While receiving any state aid pursuant to Article 3, commencing with Section 6040 of the California Penal Code, the county will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the board of corrections.

(Ord. No. 626)

The governing body of the county of Colusa declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the state of California under the provisions of Section 13522, Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the California Penal Code.

Pursuant to Sections 13510.1 and 13512 of said Chapter 1, the Colusa County district attorney's office will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

The commission and its representatives may make such inquiries as deemed necessary to ascertain that the peace officer personnel of the Colusa County district attorney's office adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(Ord. No. 622)

The county of Colusa declares it accepts the requirements of Section 13510(c), Chapter 1 of Title 4, Part 4, of the California Penal Code, and will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) for public safety dispatchers.

The county of Colusa will adhere to the requirements of Section 13512, Chapter 1, that the commission and its representatives may make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the commission to ascertain that the Colusa County public dispatcher personnel adhere to standards for selection and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.