Beginning May 18th, keep your eyes open for the Jackson Farmer’s Market, to be located at the western end of the Busi Municipal Parking Lot from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm on Sundays. Jackson City Council approved an agreement with the City and the Amador Farmers Market Association, which was unanimously commended by both audience members and council members alike. Sean Kritellich spoke on behalf of the Amador Farmers Market Association, stating that the market “is an opportunity to strengthen the community” and should provide a “more sustainable economy in regards to rising food and gasoline costs.”

The council also heard from Michael Phalan, President of the Main Street Theatre Works, requesting the deferral of building permit fees owed to the city. The fees total roughly 42-hundred dollars, for the construction of the new Customer Service Center at the Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre. In a letter to the Council, Phalan explained that “all of our funding efforts today have gone toward making the building operational. We are not currently in the best position to pay the funds still owed.” Mr. Phalan indicated that the best foreseeable option would be a payment of 5-hundred dollars per year for an eight year period. However, during council discussion another option was presented which was to pay the fees using Measure E funds.