Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week approved a $1,500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who vandalized the city’s water storage tank. The main water storage tank holds the city’s potable water after it is treated at the city plant. The reward was approved by the council Thursday. The city’s maintenance staff found bullet holes in the tank last week, and found shell-casings on Fiddletown Road after that. The tank has since been repaired. Also last Thursday, Plymouth City Manager Dixon Flynn said state funding to remodel Lodge Hill has become available to the city, in a reimbursement format. Flynn told the Plymouth City Council last Thursday that the state had notified his office and told him the funds are there. Flynn said a state official told him that “about 3 weeks ago, they made the money available.” The official said “if we mail an “invoice to her, she will get us immediate reimbursement.” City Finance Director Jeff Gardner said the funds totaled $220,000 dollars, in Proposition 40 funding, for the purpose of remodeling the main level of the old Lodge Hill. Flynn told the council: “I’ve instructed Terry (Cox, city grant writer) and Roark (Weber, city engineer) to get an invoice together so we can get some money up front. This money is already set aside and they’ve assured me they have the money for us to move forward.” Flynn said the state water board “wanted a cultural resource analysis,” to look for the presence of American Indian significance and impact, before proposed repairs at the city water treatment plant. He said the cost is $4,000 dollars, and the amount of studies “they have had to do to get this done has been unreal.” He said they were requirements to get $1.8 million dollars in funding for the treatment plant work, and the city should learn by the end of August if it gets the money. Councilman Mike O’Meara said the city has water flowing into town and the Amador County Fair Grounds through the Arroyo Ditch. Said water was being used to green-up the fairgrounds. O’Meara said: “We’ve got a lot of water running down there. At least someone is really green. It looks really nice.” Meanwhile at the other end of the county, Thursday morning, Amador Water Agency contractors and workers were laying pipe perpendicular to Ridge Road, across the road from the Tanner Water Treatment Plant. The potable water line is expected to be online in the fall. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week approved a $1,500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who vandalized the city’s water storage tank. The main water storage tank holds the city’s potable water after it is treated at the city plant. The reward was approved by the council Thursday. The city’s maintenance staff found bullet holes in the tank last week, and found shell-casings on Fiddletown Road after that. The tank has since been repaired. Also last Thursday, Plymouth City Manager Dixon Flynn said state funding to remodel Lodge Hill has become available to the city, in a reimbursement format. Flynn told the Plymouth City Council last Thursday that the state had notified his office and told him the funds are there. Flynn said a state official told him that “about 3 weeks ago, they made the money available.” The official said “if we mail an “invoice to her, she will get us immediate reimbursement.” City Finance Director Jeff Gardner said the funds totaled $220,000 dollars, in Proposition 40 funding, for the purpose of remodeling the main level of the old Lodge Hill. Flynn told the council: “I’ve instructed Terry (Cox, city grant writer) and Roark (Weber, city engineer) to get an invoice together so we can get some money up front. This money is already set aside and they’ve assured me they have the money for us to move forward.” Flynn said the state water board “wanted a cultural resource analysis,” to look for the presence of American Indian significance and impact, before proposed repairs at the city water treatment plant. He said the cost is $4,000 dollars, and the amount of studies “they have had to do to get this done has been unreal.” He said they were requirements to get $1.8 million dollars in funding for the treatment plant work, and the city should learn by the end of August if it gets the money. Councilman Mike O’Meara said the city has water flowing into town and the Amador County Fair Grounds through the Arroyo Ditch. Said water was being used to green-up the fairgrounds. O’Meara said: “We’ve got a lot of water running down there. At least someone is really green. It looks really nice.” Meanwhile at the other end of the county, Thursday morning, Amador Water Agency contractors and workers were laying pipe perpendicular to Ridge Road, across the road from the Tanner Water Treatment Plant. The potable water line is expected to be online in the fall. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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