After a presentation by Amador County Recreation Agency Director Tracey Towner-Yep, Amador City Mayor Richard Lynch supported Towner-Yep's request for funds at Thursday's city council meeting.

This year's annual contribution to ACRA of $5 for each of Amador City's 208 residents will total $1,040. Lynch, who is also a member of the ACRA governing board, recited a litany of ACRA accomplishments, including acquiring Mollie Joyce Park and its planned trail system, Volcano Communications Park in Pine Grove, operating swimming pools that otherwise might not be cooling county residents, and providing after-school programs for kids. However, Lynch pointed out later that no check can be cut until budget approval, which should come later this year. Lynch alerted Towner-Yep to the likelihood of future Amador City requests for assistance on recreation-oriented projects.

Amador County Local Agency Formation Commission Executive Director Roseanne Chamberlain gave a PowerPoint presentation of the recently released Amador County Municipal Services Review. Of particular interest to the council and residents of Amador City were disclosures that Amador City has no official sphere of influence and that numerous properties on the city's edges are cut by the city limits, resulting in parcels without clearly defined jurisdiction.

Plans to replace the highway bridge over Amador Creek in downtown Amador City are proceeding, with complex negotiations under way at various levels of government.

The city has been allocated $400,000 in Proposition 1B money for work on the streets. Bids will be solicited in the very near future for new asphalt or seal-coating on virtually all streets in the city, except for Main Street, which is tied into the larger bridge project and state highway relinquishment.

"Work on the streets should be done this summer," said Lynch.

New pumps have been installed at the city sewage transfer station, at a cost of $9,000, including installation. Reports that last month's Electra fire power outage created perilous situations threatening upcountry wastewater storage facilities prompted former city council member Kirk Lindsay to ask if Amador City planned to install a generator as protection against similar occurrences at the Amador City storage pond. "We have freeboard space for three days," Lynch responded, "and, rather than install a generator, we will likely get an automated alarm."

Lindsay also had two items agendized. One was a proposal that the city pay him and his wife, Karrie, for maintenance work on the Pioneer Cemetery. The proposal was passed on to the city parks committee for further discussion.

Lindsay's other agenda item dealt with the intersection of Cross and W. School streets, where a corner of the Lindsays' home has been damaged and endangered by trucks making a tilting turn. Mayor Lynch told Lindsay that, "We'll have to think about this real hard."

The Amador City City Council meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month.