Amador County - The Sutter Creek City Council sped through a series of brief but important agenda items during their meeting Tuesday evening. The first of these was a resolution of support for the recently closed auto dealerships Prospect Motors, Amador Motors and Amador Toyota. Sutter Creek is the final in a string of local council’s to issue formal proclamations of support for the mammoth business, which shut down shortly before Christmas. The proclamation read that the “City of Sutter Creek…urges General motors to take action to restore the dealerships to operation; and urges our state and federal elected officials to ensure the financial bailouts intended to help the national economy will also benefit our local businesses and communities.” The council approved the resolution unanimously. Next on the agenda was the election of a new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore. Vice Mayor Bill Hepworth promptly proposed that Gary Wooten continue as Mayor, which was approved unanimously. Wooten jokingly promised that this “will be my last year as mayor.” Wooten immediately recommended Hepworth to continue as Vice Mayor and the council retained its current makeup. Another big topic of discussion was the appointment of Planning Commissioners. Newly elected and reelected council members Wooten, Murphy and Anderson appointed three members to serve on the City Planning Commission. Each appointed commissioner “works at the pleasure of the council member,” said Wooten. Crosby said that “commissioners review things to the nth detail, so I think we’ll be in good shape,” referring the Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort project. As a show of thanks, Hepworth offered to pick up dinner for each planning commissioner and their spouse when the Gold Rush project is finally completed. Wooten said, “the new word is transparency and they do a good job of it.” Story by Alex Lane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). -
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Amador County - The Sutter Creek City Council sped through a series of brief but important agenda items during their meeting Tuesday evening. The first of these was a resolution of support for the recently closed auto dealerships Prospect Motors, Amador Motors and Amador Toyota. Sutter Creek is the final in a string of local council’s to issue formal proclamations of support for the mammoth business, which shut down shortly before Christmas. The proclamation read that the “City of Sutter Creek…urges General motors to take action to restore the dealerships to operation; and urges our state and federal elected officials to ensure the financial bailouts intended to help the national economy will also benefit our local businesses and communities.” The council approved the resolution unanimously. Next on the agenda was the election of a new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore. Vice Mayor Bill Hepworth promptly proposed that Gary Wooten continue as Mayor, which was approved unanimously. Wooten jokingly promised that this “will be my last year as mayor.” Wooten immediately recommended Hepworth to continue as Vice Mayor and the council retained its current makeup. Another big topic of discussion was the appointment of Planning Commissioners. Newly elected and reelected council members Wooten, Murphy and Anderson appointed three members to serve on the City Planning Commission. Each appointed commissioner “works at the pleasure of the council member,” said Wooten. Crosby said that “commissioners review things to the nth detail, so I think we’ll be in good shape,” referring the Gold Rush Ranch and Golf Resort project. As a show of thanks, Hepworth offered to pick up dinner for each planning commissioner and their spouse when the Gold Rush project is finally completed. Wooten said, “the new word is transparency and they do a good job of it.” Story by Alex Lane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
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