Board of Supervisors

Chambers

County of El Dorado

330 Fair Lane

Placerville, CA 95667

MEETING AGENDA - Final

Veteran Affairs Commission

Todd Smith, Vice Chair, District I - Alternate Robert Fischer

Roger Reynolds, Chair, District II - Alternate Donna

Mullens-Becker

Christopher Vinton, District III - Alternate Seth Culver

Ken Welch, District IV - Alternate Tim Thompson

Gary Norton, District V - Alternate Thomas Millham

Jon Brown, VSO, Secretary Ex-Officio

Courtney Frame, Recording Clerk of Veteran Affairs Commission

Thursday, September 11, 2025

12:00 PM

https://edcgov-us.zoom.us/j/86378230395

3368 Sandy Way

HHSA Large Conference

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

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participation is provided for convenience only. In the event of a technological malfunction, the only

assurance of live comments being received by the Commission is to attend in person. Except for

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PROTOCOLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

Public comment will be received at designated periods as called by the Commission Chair.

Individuals will have three minutes to address the Commission. Except with the consent of the

Commission, individuals shall be allowed to speak to an item only once.

Individual Commission members may ask clarifying questions but will not engage in substantive

dialogue with persons providing input to the Commission.

If a person providing input to the Commission creates a disruption by refusing to follow

Commission guidelines, the Commission Chair may take the following actions:

Step 1. Request the person adhere to Commission guidelines. If the person refuses, the

Commission Chair may turn off the speaker’s microphone.

Step 2. If the disruption continues, the Commission Chair may order a recess of the Commission

meeting.

Step 3. If the disruption continues, the Commission Chair may order the removal of the person

from the Commission meeting.

CALL TO ORDER - PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

ROLL CALL

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND WELCOME

ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR

All items on the Consent Calendar are to be approved by one motion unless a Commission

member requests separate action on a specific item including moving items to or from the

Consent Calendar and adopt the Agenda and the Consent Calendar for discussion. At the

appropriate time as called by the Chair, members of the public may make a comment on matters

on the Consent Calendar prior to Commission action.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. 25-1554

Commission to review and approve mileage reimbursement for Veteran

Affairs Commissioners for the month of August 2025.

Attachments:

August 2025 MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT

2. 25-1555

Commission to review and approve Veteran Affairs Commission August

14, 2025 meeting minutes.

Attachments:

Draft Minutes Veteran Affairs Commission 8-14-25

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

AGENDA ITEMS

3. 25-1556

The Veteran Affairs Transient Occupancy Tax Committee (VA TOT) will

present their recommendations for the TOT Annual Grants. The Veteran

Affairs Commission will vote on the TOT Annual Grants for the Fiscal Year

2025/2026.

Attachments:

FY 25-26 TOT Annual Grants

GUEST SPEAKER - VETERAN SPOTLIGHT

4. 25-1557

Caleb Armstrong from Non-Profit Construction Corporation to provide an

overview of the organization and how they help to serve the veteran

community.

Attachments:

Non-Profit Construction Corporation Presentation

EX-OFFICIO REPORT - RECEIVE AND FILE (Brown)

COMMITTEE REPORTS - RECEIVE AND FILE

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TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax) (Reynolds)

RULES (Welch)

HOUSING (Welch)

LEGISLATIVE (Smith)

TRANSPORTATION (Thompson)

BUDGET (Reynolds/Mullens-Becker)

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT (Mullens-Becker)

OUTREACH (Reynolds)

COMMUNICATIONS' REPORTS - RECEIVE AND FILE

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VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING – VETERANS HOUSE COUNCIL (Reynolds)

AMERICAN LEGION SERVICE OFFICER (Zelinsky)

EDC VETERANS ALLIANCE

VA VET CENTER/MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP/EL DORADO VETERAN

RESOURCES (Whalen)

REGIONAL VETERAN EVENTS

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GOOD OF THE ORDER (COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS)

OPEN FORUM

Open Forum is an opportunity for members of the public to address the Veteran Affairs

Commission on subject matter that is not on their meeting agenda and within their jurisdiction.

Public comments during Open Forum are limited to three minutes per person. The Commission

Chair may limit public comment during Open Forum.

NEXT MEETING LOCATION, DATE & TIME

October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM

330 Fair Lane, Building A

Board of Supervisors Chamber

Placerville, CA 95667

ADJOURNMENT