Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council made brief comments on the recent Amador County Grand Jury report on Tuesday and formed a response committee to answer the findings by September. Mayor Gary Wooten asked Mayor Pro Tempore Tim Murphy to lead the committee to draft the city’s official answers to the Grand Jury report. He said Murphy had been there the longest of any council members. Murphy said he “will be glad to” lead the committee, and he “was here when a lot of it happened.” Wooten said the committee will write a draft response, for council consideration in a public meeting, hopefully by the council’s August 2nd meeting. Wooten said it the council would openly determine its answers, whether to agree, totally disagree, or partially disagree with the report. Councilman Pat Crosby handed out copies of his own written responses to the report. Wooten urged people to speak during the public comment period, saying the council would be appointing a response committee. The committee will include Acting City Manager Sean Rabe, Finance Director Joe Aguilar and City Attorney Derek Cole. Ed Arata said he “was actively involved in the complaint that was sent to the Grand Jury,” and he said: “If there will be citizens on the committee, I would like to be considered.” Wooten said no citizens will be on the committee. Some topics getting brief comments included the Grand Jury calling it a conflict to have a joint city manager and police chief. Wooten said former before City Manager Rob Duke was hired, the council received “a compendium form the state attorney general that said it was not a conflict.” Planning Commissioner Frank Cunha said it was “great to have a lot of new faces,” but “in trying to attend every city council meeting in the last 6 years,” he found that the Grand Jury report had “nothing really new.” He said when Arata wrote a September 2009 letter to the editor, “we had been discussing these issues for a long time,” and asking for changes, which the new council has made in the last year-and-a-half. Cunha said he wanted to “commend the post-2008 council on their hard work.” Councilwoman Sandy Anderson said Councilwoman Linda Rianda (who was absent) wrote a matrix that addresses “almost every one of these issues,” and citizens will be seeing the results of a lot of hard work by the council. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 08 July 2010 06:04
Vice Mayor Murphy to Lead Sutter Creek Grand Jury Response Committee
Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council made brief comments on the recent Amador County Grand Jury report on Tuesday and formed a response committee to answer the findings by September. Mayor Gary Wooten asked Mayor Pro Tempore Tim Murphy to lead the committee to draft the city’s official answers to the Grand Jury report. He said Murphy had been there the longest of any council members. Murphy said he “will be glad to” lead the committee, and he “was here when a lot of it happened.” Wooten said the committee will write a draft response, for council consideration in a public meeting, hopefully by the council’s August 2nd meeting. Wooten said it the council would openly determine its answers, whether to agree, totally disagree, or partially disagree with the report. Councilman Pat Crosby handed out copies of his own written responses to the report. Wooten urged people to speak during the public comment period, saying the council would be appointing a response committee. The committee will include Acting City Manager Sean Rabe, Finance Director Joe Aguilar and City Attorney Derek Cole. Ed Arata said he “was actively involved in the complaint that was sent to the Grand Jury,” and he said: “If there will be citizens on the committee, I would like to be considered.” Wooten said no citizens will be on the committee. Some topics getting brief comments included the Grand Jury calling it a conflict to have a joint city manager and police chief. Wooten said former before City Manager Rob Duke was hired, the council received “a compendium form the state attorney general that said it was not a conflict.” Planning Commissioner Frank Cunha said it was “great to have a lot of new faces,” but “in trying to attend every city council meeting in the last 6 years,” he found that the Grand Jury report had “nothing really new.” He said when Arata wrote a September 2009 letter to the editor, “we had been discussing these issues for a long time,” and asking for changes, which the new council has made in the last year-and-a-half. Cunha said he wanted to “commend the post-2008 council on their hard work.” Councilwoman Sandy Anderson said Councilwoman Linda Rianda (who was absent) wrote a matrix that addresses “almost every one of these issues,” and citizens will be seeing the results of a lot of hard work by the council. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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