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By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com A plan to close City Hall to the public on Fridays for the foreseeable future and another to keep the school district-owned swimming pool open for the summer were just two of the items on the agenda at this week’s Ione City Council meeting April 17. A report penned by Interim [...]
Judge candidates have the only sign permits By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Much like the perennial weeds that sprout after a rainfall, political signs have begun to dot the Amador County landscape in advance of the upcoming June 5 Presidential Primary Election — but not everyone seems to have received the memo about the legal rules [...]
Water Quality Control Board hears city’s plea By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Former city manager Kim Kerr is being held largely to blame, by the City of Ione’s hired attorney, James Maynard, for a series of financial irregularities that plunged Ione into a morass of continuing problems. Maynard’s allegations came to light in a letter prepared [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com A state water agency has turned down Ione’s request for more time to formulate a plan to solve decade-old problems at the city’s wastewater treatment plant, although Interim City Manager Jeff Butzlaff said he remains optimistic that a potential $11 million fine for failing to meet a critical deadline won’t be [...]
By Matthew Hedger In the wake of a recall effort that delayed the recruitment process until the final makeup of city leadership was finally determined, the Ione City Council has restarted a process to find a replacement for Jeff Butzlaff, who is slated to end his tenure as Interim City Manager by the end of [...]
City council approves ACES timing request By Matthew Hedger The Sutter Creek City Council has agreed to a request by ACES Waste Services, Inc. to modify the time frames for the implementation of future potential rate increases for residents of the city who utilize the company’s solid waste collection services. The action came during the [...]
Unofficial tally: 342 for, 597 against recall By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com City Councilman and former mayor Dave Plank has survived a special recall election held Tuesday in Ione. The unofficial tally — an official canvass is expected to be completed by county elections workers midweek — showed 597 voters checked the ‘No’ box on Tuesday’s [...]
By Matthew Hedger A private consulting firm — hired to help Ione meet a state mandated set of deadlines attached to the city’s efforts to mend ongoing problems at its wastewater treatment plant — has formally ended its efforts amidst a continued lack of direction by city leaders and intense public criticism of its work [...]
By Matthew Hedger In the lead-up to a controversial recall election that could change the political face of Ione, the city council has again put off making decisions on a proposed remedy and course of action for a decades-old wastewater management problem — and palpable tensions between opposing views spilled out of public meetings and [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com The Ione City Council has denied a $113,758 contract amendment request by the consultant hired to manage the city’s wastewater system upgrade proposal — leaving the fate of the state-ordered project in limbo. The action came near the end of the regular city council meeting Jan. 17 and triggered the postponement [...]
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