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2007 Environmental Quality Incentives Program Announced
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Natural Gas Prices: Up Or Down This Winter?
Good news for Natural gas customers. Natural gas bills in November are expected to drop 26.6% from last year, when market prices were at record-high levels. PG&E's residential customers can expect to pay $15.79 less for natural gas in November of 2006, compared to November of 2005. Reasons For The November Bill Outlook Include the repairs to Hurricane damage improving the vital Gulf Coast infrastructure.
More Counties Declared Heat Disasters And Amador Makes The List
More Central Valley farmers, as well as some
elsewhere in the state, will be eligible for aid to offset losses caused by the
July heat storm, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says. The six California counties added to
the list of primary natural disaster areas are Amador, Contra Costa, San
Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Clara and Yuba. All qualified farm operators
in the designated areas are now eligible for low-interest emergency loans from
USDA's Farm Service Agency, provided eligibility requirements are met.
Jackson Police Department Prepares Businesses For Holiday Crime
The Jackson Police
Department in a partnership
with the Historic Jackson Business Association is inviting all business owners
and business employees in Jackson to join them for a town hall meeting on
November 16th. The meeting to be held at the Jackson Civic
Center will give citizens up to date information regarding crime alerts in the
area and also offer crime prevention tips. Another subject to be discussed by
local law enforcement will be Holiday Season crime trends and scams commonly
seen. The meeting begins at 6pm at the civic center at 33 Broadway in Jackson
Regional Solution To Wastewater Issues: One Step Closer
Meetings Sparse In November For Supervisors
The Amador County Board of Supervisors has adjusted their November meeting schedule to accommodate holidays and other fall break vacations and has announced they will meet only once this month. There will be no meetings on November 7th or 14th due to scheduling conflicts that will create a lack of quorum. On November 21st the Board will meet as regularly scheduled. Because of a California State Association of Counties Meeting on November 28th the local supevisorial meeting will be cancelled for that date. The meeting schedule should return to normal in December.
Amador County Recreation Agency Presents Master Plan
The 10 member Board that oversees the Amador County Recreation Agency recently approved a Recreation Master Plan. This is a significant milestone in the development of the countywide agency, which under the direction of Tracey Towner Yep, has grown by leaps and bounds. The report discusses the need for parks and other recreation facilities within Amador County, as well as, contains a summary of the findings from the youth and adult surveys, eight public workshop meetings, and contacts with individual stakeholders which have been conducted countywide for the last year.
Absentee Ballot Numbers Soar Locally
The Amador County Elections
Department is reporting a
dramatic increase in the amount of absentee ballots requested by local voters
this General Election cycle. During the lead up to the June Primary Election
8,536 absentee ballots
were taken out by Amador County Voters. This November General Election that number has again increased with
a whopping 9020 absentee ballots that have been taken out through the elections
department. This represents 44.8 percent of the 20,119 registered voters
here in Amador County. Of the 9020 ballots currently out to voters, only 3841 have been returned as of
Wednesday, Nov 1st, to the Elections Department.