Amador County – The City Selection Committee was scheduled to meet today to consider approval of appointments or reappointments to the local LAFCO and the ACTC boards of directors.

The Committee’s assignments must be agreed to by the simple majority of the committee. The City Selection Committee is made up of the mayors of the five City Councils in Amador County.

The county’s current sitting Mayors are Aaron Brusatori of Amador City, David Plank of Ione, Connie Gonsalves of Jackson, Greg Baldwin of Plymouth and Tim Murphy of Sutter Creek.

Appointments include the committee’s own chairman, who would serve a one-year term. Another appointment will be to the Amador County Local Agency Formation Commission. The agenda lists the “review and possible recommendation relative to the current membership roster and how it relates to the term of succession policy adopted by the Committee in 2009.”

A third appointment to consider would be to the “Airport Land Use Commission,” and the Committee would review and approval of current membership roster and recommendations for appointments to vacancies.”

A fourth appointment to consider would be for the Amador County Transportation Commission. The Committee will have a “review and possible recommendation relative to the current membership roster and recommendations for appointments of vacancies.” Those include “two city members and one city alternate.”

The Committee could schedule another meeting if needed, to complete the appointments. The City Selection Committee meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19 in Conference Room A of the County Administration Center in Jackson.

ACTC its scheduled to get a presentation later today on what its staff sees as the top 3 proposals for the Highway 88 Improvement Project, and could take action to eliminate 10 other alignments found to be too costly or otherwise less popular.

ACTC staff last week encouraged the public to attend, and the public will be given time to comment directly to the commission about the alternative routes, which will be discussed in detail.

The Highway 88 Pine Grove Improvement meeting is 6 p.m. today, that is, Wednesday, Jan. 19 in the Supervisors Chambers in Jackson.

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