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Thursday, 14 June 2007 00:04
Board of Supervisors Approves Weights & Measures Increase: Three Year Phased Plan
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On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors reviewed the
Weights and Measure Fee Schedule increase for registration requirements again.
Now the fees would impact any commercial business who uses scales and measures
in conjunction with their business practices. At the previous meeting when the item was
discussed Ag. Commissioner Mike
Boitano was asked by the Board and public to come back with a variety of
different fee schedules instead of implementing the entirety of the new fees in
one year. Boitano developed three
proposals.
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“Officially
dead” is the term used to now describe the Municipal Service agreement between
the Ione Band of Miwok Indians and the City of Plymouth. The California Supreme Court has denied an
appeal by the Ione Band of Miwok Indians regarding the overturning of the MSA
by the Amador County Superior court some time ago. According to Amador County
Counsel Martha Shaver this means that the last avenue to resurrect the MSA is
now closed.
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Last night Amador
County residents in the Jackson
and Sutter Creek areas lost power for the third day in a row as PG&E
announced yesterday that the power would be shut off between 11pm and 3am
while they worked on the transformer that blew on Monday due to heat. PG&E spokesperson Nicole Tam said the planned outage was to
allow PG&E crews time perform replacement work to increase electric
viability. We will have to approx. 1600 customer in Jackson and sc offline so interruption of
service. Tam wanted to be sure to express to local residents that PG&E
understands that this poses as an inconvenience for many, “but in order for crews
to safely do the work they have to take the customers offline.” She continued
by saying that they chose to do the work after normal business hours as to not
be more of a hindrance. Customers calls
went out at 3pm and then again at 7pm informing customers that the power would be out and
allowing them the option of a morning wake up call since alarm clocks would
likely not be reset when the power was turned at 3am. Tam said the
service is not a regular one and is used only when there are planned outages.
Again Tam said, “We want
to express our appreciation for our customers patience.”
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:01
Local Man Celebrates A Mile Stone (Literally) Over The Weekend
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For Amador County Families using the services of the United Cerebral Palsy of San Joaquin, Calaveras and Amador
Counties, life just got a little easier with the announcement of an opening of
a chapter office in San Andreas. Not
only are serves now offered in a new convenient location much closer to home
than the Stockton
headquarters, the UCP Chapter is looking for expansion ideas as well. They
would love to hear from families about what services and information local
residents would like to see closer to home.
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The California
State Water
Board Training
Academy is hosting a speaker series, available locally through
distance learning, that includes five stream experts who will present current
research about stream concerns and stream improvement possibilities in California. Given
the diversity of the topography, geology, geography, land use, climatic
conditions and manmade alterations within the state of California; it is not possible to define one method for ensuring
the stability of wadeable streams within the state. When healthy, these smaller
streams provide critical habitat for fish and aquatic life. The seminar
will explore the relationships among stream hydrology, changes in geology, and
riparian and aquatic ecology. According to Foothill Conservancy Vice president
Pete Bell, the seminar will certainly be helpful to local residents.
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:05
Forest Service Bans Cars From Mormon Emigrant Trail Section For Winter
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How the US Forest Service
manages the Mormon Emigrant Trail (MET) that connects Highway 50 at Pollcok
Pines to Hwy 88 will change this winter season to improve public safety and to
better assist forest visitors recreating on the Eldorado National Forest. Wheeled motor vehicle use such as,
cars, trucks, four-wheel drives, and all-terrain vehicles, is now prohibited
along the five mile section from the Iron Mountain Sno-Park near Highway 88 to
the Silver Fork Road junction on MET during the winter season when the
road is snow covered and used by snowmobiles.
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The
Amador County Sheriff’s Office got a boost on Tuesday as the Board of
Supervisors approved a staff reallocation and restructure.
Sheriff Martin Ryan explained to the board that they are requesting approval for the first phase of the
restructure and reallocation of staff as approved by the Administrative
Committee in April. The approval would mean the elimination of one Captain
position, and two Correctional Office assistant positions. In turn it would create two sworn Lieutenants, one
professional staff Lieutenant and one Dispatch Supervisor.
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The
Amador County Waste Management Department has partnered with the Master
Gardeners of Amador
County in
an effort to help educate
the public on backyard composting. By
providing several different methods on public display along with interpretive
signage, these groups hope to encourage county residents to convert their food
and yard waste to compost. The Interfaith
Food Bank has generously provided the space for the compost demonstration
project at their Airport Road
facility.
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Monday, 09 July 2007 00:04
Jackson City Council To Consider Jackson Hills Project Tonight and Much More
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Tonight the opponents and proponents of the Jackson Hills Golf Course project hope to get the final answer on the project that has been discussed for 5 years now. The Jackson Planning Commission recommended against the project. The Jackson City Council will hear from City Planner Susan Peters, then move to a description of the project from the applicant/developer New Faze Development, and then the consulting city engineers on the project, will give a presentation on the wastewater issues.
Tonight the opponents and proponents of the Jackson Hills Golf Course project hope to get the final answer on the project that has been discussed for 5 years now. The Jackson Planning Commission recommended against the project. The Jackson City Council will hear from City Planner Susan Peters, then move to a description of the project from the applicant/developer New Faze Development, and then the consulting city engineers on the project, will give a presentation on the wastewater issues.
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 03:10
SAH Will Have Some Outpatient Services Interrupted Due To The Move
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On Saturday
February 3rd the Radiology Department, Laboratory, and the registration will be
closed to all outpatients. Thursday, March 1st and Friday March 2nd Endoscopy and Infusion
will be closed to all non-Emergency scopes. There will be no disruption to emergency services or to those admitted
to the hospital. Sutter Amador Hospital has done their best to try to keep
closures and interruption to patient care at a minimum while moving some of
their services to the Outpatient Services Center and are sorry for any
inconvenience these closures may cause. These service interruptions are
temporary only. All services will be open and operating by Monday morning.
Watch for more information to follow with details about the new Outpatient
Services Center. SAH thanks the community for their understanding.
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