Amador County – Amador Fire Protection Authority’s board of directors will meet Thursday and give reports from their jurisdictions on plans for use of Proposition 172 funding, and accounting of the use. The board will also discuss consolidation and whether to hire an outside consultant, as well as their boards’ views of consolidation.

The AFPA board meets 4 p.m. Thursday in the supervisors’ chambers in Jackson.

Amador Fire Protection Authority board members are Jackson Vice Mayor Connie Gonsalves, Jake Herfel of the Jackson Valley Fire Protection District, Supervisor Ted Novelli, Hal Gamble of the Sutter Creek Fire Protection District, Ione Mayor Ron Smylie, Plymouth Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin, and John Asmus of the Lockwood Fire Protection District.

The board’s agenda includes selection of its 2012 Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Also, the issue of Proposition 172 funds, is on the agenda for discussion and possible action “relative to a plan for appropriate uses of subject funds,” with a “report from each member relative to suggested uses for Prop 172 funds should they be available for distribution to AFPA agencies.”

The board’s agenda also addresses Proposition 172 accounting, with discussion and possible action relative to a letter from Amador County Board of Supervisors regarding Proposition 172 accounting.

Fire department consolidation is also a topic for discussion and possible action “relative to hiring an outside consultant and whether consolidation should be forced or managed.” The board will get a “report from each Member relative to their respective Board’s position on these matters.”

Also on the agenda is a discussion and possible action relative to a presentation of an annual audit identifying uses of Measure M funds by each Member to ensure compliance with the purpose of Measure M. The board will also get an update on a defensible space and setbacks workshop held by the Board of Supervisors April 10.

The AFPA board of directors meets 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the supervisors’ chambers in the County Admin Center in Jackson.

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