Amador County – The Ione City Council today (December 21st) could consider putting two projects to bid, and will also hear presentations on procedures, duties and law, and could make selections for its mayor and vice mayor for 2011.

Among initial actions, the council could consider putting out to bid an estimated $57,000 remodel of City Hall and the Ione Police Department headquarters.

The project will give police new storage, interviewing areas and security, and will address Americans with Disabilities Act needs in City Hall. City Engineer John Wanger said funds for the project would come from Police Facility Impact Fees, and the city administration impact fees.

The council will also consider placing out for bids a restroom facility project at Ed Hughes Memorial Arena in Howard Park. The proposed budget is $157,000. Wanger said it would be paid for by $99,500 in Park Grant Funds from the Amador County Recreation Agency, and another $82,000 available from “already allocated State Resource Bond Act of 2002 funds.”

Projected cost includes a “fully constructed restroom delivered to the site and placed by a crane onto a site that has been prepared by a contractor with all utilities stubbed into place.”

Purchase and installation was estimated at $81,000 and site work, to potentially be put out to bid by the council, was estimated at $66,000. Wanger said engineering was already authorized for the project at $10,000.

The council will also consider pursuit of a new company to run the city’s website and e-mail services, with first-year costs estimated at $8,670. The current company, ReadyBuilder, notified the city it will cease operations December 31st.

City Manager Kim Kerr recommended in a report today that the council select its new mayor and vice mayor, with terms to take effect January 1st and run through December 2011.

She also recommended council members review and provide input to the new mayor about appointments to various council committees and liaison positions. The mayor annually makes the appointments, and “council members should review and notify the mayor or city manager of their desire to participate in various committees.”

The mayor then can share the appointments at the meeting. She said the city council must approve the mayor’s appointments.

City Attorney Kristen Castanos today is scheduled to give a presentation on the Brown Act and conflicts of interest, and Kerr will give a presentation of Rosenberg’s Rules of Order, which the city council adopted in 2008. Story by

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