Amador County – With minimal fanfare and about 30 people in attendance, one new and two renewed Amador County Supervisors took their oath of office Monday afternoon in the supervisors’ chambers. Supervisor-elect John Plasse made it official in taking the oath for the office he won in the primary last June 3rd. Plasse joined 2-term supervisor Richard Forster of District 2 and 16-year Supervisor Louis Boitano of District 4 in taking the pledge, led by Amador County Registrar of Voters Sheldon Johnson. All three took oaths for four-year terms on the board. Plasse won his first term last June in taking 54 percent of the vote over John Gonsalves’ 18 percent and 14 percent each for Rosalie Pryor Escamilla and Ken Berry. Plasse won the four-way race to replace Supervisor Rich E. Escamilla, who was retiring after three terms and 12 years on the board of supervisors.

Boitano, who first took office on the board of supervisors in 1993, won re-election in June with 57 percent of the vote, defeating David Pincus. Forster, first elected in 2000, was unopposed in his re-election. Also serving on the board are District 3 Supervisor Ted Novelli and District 5 Supervisor Brian Oneto, both who took office in 2007, who will serve out two more years of their terms. Former Supervisor Escamilla attended the swearing-in of the supervisors. Escamilla will take over as the new president of the non-profit Kennedy Mine Foundation, where he plans several projects at the mine to enhance recreation and the use of the facilities there. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).