Amador County – The Plymouth City Council hear a city budget history Thursday, and could officially end “phase 1” its sewer upgrade.

City Manager Jeff Gardner, also the city finance director, will give a “review of historical revenue/expenditure cash flow data for all city funds.” He will address city council questions as they arise throughout the review. Gardner will also be “highlighting significant cash flow events impacting different funds in the city on an annual basis from 2003-2004 to 2009-2010.” Gardner, the interim city manager, has been the city’s finance director for more than 20 years.

The council could also discuss recent correspondence from the State Board of Equalization. The Board sent a notice to city and county finance officials Jan. 19 with regard to the “estimated statewide growth rates,” to assist in coming budget preparations.

The council could also move toward making changes to the city’s tree cutting law. The agenda includes review, discussion and potential direction to staff to “make possible changes to the tree ordinance correcting a discrepancy in the wording making it cheaper to residents to remove trees and pay a fine in lieu of working with city staff regarding any tree situation.”

Mayor Greg Baldwin requested the issue be addressed, and in a previous meeting has compared the city’s fines to those levied in Sacramento.

The council will also consider bids for the city sewer plant on Old Sacramento Road, and may hear from Public Works Director Selby Beck. The city is seeking bids for the installation of a new water well that would feed water to the headwaters at the sewer plant.

City Development Coordinator Richard Prima is also scheduled to give two presentations. One will give information on the street maintenance project which is using Proposition 1B funding. The council is expected to be asked to prioritize what streets are to be included, after discussion.

Prima will also lead the city council in a review of the wastewater treatment plant’s “phase 1” upgrade using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The council will be asked to consider a resolution that would indicate a “notice of completion” for the project.

A closed session is scheduled for after the regular meeting, as a conference with real property negotiators regarding the Arroyo Ditch and related water rights.

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