At the Ione City Council meeting Tuesday evening, Laurie Lord was appointed by Mayor Andrea Bonham and approved by the City Council to assume the title of Park and Recreation Commissioner. Her current position on the Planning Commission is now open and the City will be holding an application process. Also discussed at the meeting was the work plan and priorities for the Planning Department for the upcoming fiscal year. A list of projects were given to council in a staff report, including zoning code updates, sign ordinance, landscape provisions, home occupation regulation, historical regulations for Main Street and the historical district totaling approximately 39 thousand dollars. Jack Brotherton, a citizen of Ione, mentioned to the council that “both Murphy’s and Palo Alto’s sign ordinances were extraordinary,” and he believed that looking into other agencies policies “could help to save some money”. The top 3 priorities chosen by council were the zoning code update, sign ordinance, and historical regulations totaling approximately 22 thousand 5 hundred dollars