The Amador County Unified School District held a Public Hearing to discuss the proposed increase of Developer Fees Wednesday evening. The District recently requested a Developer Fee Study be completed by Williams and Associates LLC. The current fee for residential is $2.63 per square foot, with the proposed fee equaling $2.97. The current commercial fee is .42 cents per square foot with the proposed fee increasing to .46 cents. The board approved the increase unanimously and the fee will become effective June 23, of this year. The board was also presented with the Facility Inspection Tool findings. Between November of 2007 and January of 2008, each school site in the district was inspected by two maintenance workers, Facility Consultants MimiDene (Mee-Mee-Deen) Williams and Barbara Murray.

During the inspections each classroom, bathroom, storeroom, and custodial room were inspected for there cleanliness and safety in the context of functional school facilities. All sites in the district were given “good to excellent” reports. Plymouth Preschool received the only perfect score. However, during the inspections several issues were brought to light, including lax fire extinguisher inspections and Amador High Schools issue of hazardous materials on campus. These materials are part of the auto mechanics program held on site. 55 gallon barrels of oil were found during the inspections and had been sitting at the site for some time. They must be removed by the County’s Environmental Health Department.