Amador County – Mayor Lee Ard appointed Ione City Council liaison positions for council members while presiding over his first meeting council meeting last week. Ard made the appointments in draft form and the council discussed the selections. City Manager Kim Kerr said that the city audit and health benefits panels were added to the finance committee and some subcommittees were eliminated. Kerr said the Amador County Mayor Select Committee has yet to meet, during which the 5 city mayors in the county appoint liaisons, including to the Amador Local Agency Formation Commission. Past Mayor Andrea Bonham said the LAFCO terms were decided to be kept intact even if there is turnover in a city council, as Ione Councilman Jerry Sherman did not get reelected and was a sitting LAFCO member. Ard, who took over as mayor for last Tuesday’s first meeting of 2009, took nine liaison positions, including as representative on the Amador County Air District Board. Ard will be president of the Amador County Recreation Agency board of directors. He will also be a member of the City Finance Committee and the City General Plan Executive Committee, with Councilwoman Andrea Bonham. Ard and Councilman Jim Ulm will be on the Connerly & Associates Loan Committee and the Golf Course Committee. Ard and Vice Mayor Skip Schaufel will also be members of the Wastewater Committee and Ard will represent the council on the Park & Recreation Commission and the Fire Protection District. Schaufel will also be the Ione representative on the LAFCO board, and sit on the Ione Creek Committee and be a delegate for the League of California Cities. New Councilman David Plank will represent Ione on the Amador County Transportation Commission Oversight Committee and the ACTC board, along with the Ione Bypass Committee and the Amador Economic Development Commission. Ulm will sit on the Amador County Waste Management and the Amador Regional Sanitation Authority boards. Ione City Council and the planning commission hold a joint special meeting at 6 p.m. today to review Architectural Provisions in Historic Downtown and to review a draft Street Naming Ordinance. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 00:53
Ard Conducts First Meeting As Ione Mayor
Amador County – Mayor Lee Ard appointed Ione City Council liaison positions for council members while presiding over his first meeting council meeting last week. Ard made the appointments in draft form and the council discussed the selections. City Manager Kim Kerr said that the city audit and health benefits panels were added to the finance committee and some subcommittees were eliminated. Kerr said the Amador County Mayor Select Committee has yet to meet, during which the 5 city mayors in the county appoint liaisons, including to the Amador Local Agency Formation Commission. Past Mayor Andrea Bonham said the LAFCO terms were decided to be kept intact even if there is turnover in a city council, as Ione Councilman Jerry Sherman did not get reelected and was a sitting LAFCO member. Ard, who took over as mayor for last Tuesday’s first meeting of 2009, took nine liaison positions, including as representative on the Amador County Air District Board. Ard will be president of the Amador County Recreation Agency board of directors. He will also be a member of the City Finance Committee and the City General Plan Executive Committee, with Councilwoman Andrea Bonham. Ard and Councilman Jim Ulm will be on the Connerly & Associates Loan Committee and the Golf Course Committee. Ard and Vice Mayor Skip Schaufel will also be members of the Wastewater Committee and Ard will represent the council on the Park & Recreation Commission and the Fire Protection District. Schaufel will also be the Ione representative on the LAFCO board, and sit on the Ione Creek Committee and be a delegate for the League of California Cities. New Councilman David Plank will represent Ione on the Amador County Transportation Commission Oversight Committee and the ACTC board, along with the Ione Bypass Committee and the Amador Economic Development Commission. Ulm will sit on the Amador County Waste Management and the Amador Regional Sanitation Authority boards. Ione City Council and the planning commission hold a joint special meeting at 6 p.m. today to review Architectural Provisions in Historic Downtown and to review a draft Street Naming Ordinance. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 
