Amador County – Outgoing Plymouth Mayor Patricia Fordyce will start a possible new city tradition when she hands over the gavel and leaves the Plymouth City Council on December 9th. She plans to select the first Mayor’s Citizen of the Year award winner.
City Manager Dixon Flynn proposed that the outgoing mayor pick a citizen of the year, whether a volunteer or anybody the mayor feels is deserving of that award, for contributions the person has made to the betterment of the city of Plymouth. Flynn said it was not a council decision but a kind of “last action in the terms of service as mayor.”
He presented the idea during his city manager report, apologizing that it was not on the agenda. Flynn said “we’ll go ahead and move forward with it, unless we hear otherwise.” He said he has done this at other cities he has worked for.
Fordyce on Friday said “I think that we are going do it this year for the first time.” She said “it is to recognize someone that the mayor feels has been going out of their way to help the city.”
She said she has “someone in mind but I don’t want to say.” It was brand new, but she thought it was a good idea.
Plymouth Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin reported on Amador County Transportation Commission business, saying community meetings on Highway 88 had produced 13-14 project ideas, which were whittled down to four different ways to go around Pine Grove. Baldwin said Neil Peacock has been asked to do the last part of the work.
Baldwin said Caltrans will be trying to remove the defunct railroad crossing on Highway 49 in Martell, and will put up exempt signs there, so large trucks, fuel haulers and busses won’t have to stop. He said Caltrans has a new list coming out, with a “whole lot of grants,” including bicycle routes.
The ACTC board also had a special meeting last Friday to discuss candidates interviewed for the Amador Regional Transit System manager position. It is the second round of applications and interviews for the position.
Flynn reported that on November 9th, the Amador Fire Protection District board approved the contract for fire services, which the Plymouth City Council approved and signed October 14th. He said the city now has a copy of the signed contract in its files.
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