Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week approved a fire protection services agreement contract with the Amador Fire Protection District, pending some minor adjustments. The council voted Thursday to authorize City Manager Dixon Flynn to negotiate a few minor details and then sign the contract with AFPD. The contract will be for 10 years, and replaces a three-month contract extension that expires at the end of September. City Clerk Gloria Stoddard said AFPD Chief Jim McCart was told to get a contract over to Plymouth as soon as he can, and Flynn was given the authority to negotiate and sign it. Among the items, Plymouth City Council asked for McCart to find out if the AFPD board of directors would allow Plymouth to have the option whether to be part of a fire Community Facilities District, rather than being required to be a member. Flynn said during a break at Thursday’s meeting that the city needed to get a contract finalized with AFPD, and they had been talking about it for two years. Flynn said he was going to recommend the council ask for a five-year contract term that would be renewable every five years, over a 20-year period. The council instead went with AFPD’s request for a 10-year contract term. Flynn also said he would also want AFPD to work with Plymouth toward getting its own fire department. In council member reports, Vice Mayor Greg, chairman of the Amador County Transportation Commission, said he and staff and a selection committee next week will be looking at 15 applications they had received for people seeking to be the new Amador Regional Transportation System manager. Baldwin said once the new ARTS manager is selected and hired, the new manager will help hire a Mobility Management manager. Flynn reported that the Lodge Hill community center had some windows shot out. They were replaced at a cost of $233. Mayor Pat Fordyce led Amador County Recreation Agency board members on a tour of the newly remodeled ground floor of Lodge Hill. She said they were impressed with the project, which used Proposition 40 funds. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monday, 13 September 2010 07:22
Plymouth approves AFPD fire services contract
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