Amador County Board of Supervisors voting record at a glance
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
The following is a partial list of motions made and voted on by the Amador County Board of Supervisors during the month of March. The motion is presented first, followed by the vote each supervisor gave on the motion with the resulting action of the motion presented last.
A supervisor listed as ABSENT may have missed that meeting due to a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, illness, training or out of town meetings or conferences.
District One Supervisor: Rich Escamilla
e-mail: rescamilla@co.amador.ca.us
District Two Supervisor: Richard Forster
e-mail: rforster@co.amador.ca.us
District Three Supervisor: Richard Vinson
e-mail: rvinson@co.amador.ca.us
District Four Supervisor: Louis Boitano
e-mail: lboitano@co.amador.ca.us
District Five Supervisor: Mario Biagi
e-mail: mbiagi@co.amador.ca.us
March 1
Motion to authorize county counsel to undertake necessary legal action to remove the manufactured home from county property located in the 1000 block of Kings Station Road, Ione.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: County counsel will proceed with necessary legal action.
Motion to conceptually support the Library Improvement Task Force (LIFT) in its effort to recruit and hire a grant writer, investigate funding options and research property or building sites for a new library. In addition, the motion includes appointing District 2 Supervisor Richard Forster and District 3 Supervisor Richard Vinson to serve as members of LIFT, with District 1 Supervisor Rich Escamilla as an alternate.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Board supports efforts of LIFT, committee members appointed.
Motion to approve Regional Transit Center, State Route 88 Pine Grove Improvement Project and Higher Education Collaborative as priorities for fiscal year 2006 appropriations requests and accept quarterly update from ENS Resources.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Three projects identified as priorities and quarterly update accepted.
Motion to approve execution of an agreement establishing a county facilities district to fund specified services and to authorize Amador County Counsel John Hahn to execute the agreement.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: County facilities district was created and county counsel directed to execute the agreement.
March 8
Motion to approve minor zone changes and general plan amendments for various properties throughout the county necessitated by boundary line adjustments.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Amendments in land use element made for various property locations within the county.
Motion to approve the issuance of Title III funds to the Amador School District.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Title III funds issued to Amador School District.
Motion to authorize prescribing the terms of sale of school bonds of $4.5 million, approving forms of and authorizing distribution of official notice of sale and intention to sell bonds, delegating to the Amador County Treasurer/Tax Collector authorization to award bid for said bonds and authorizing execution of necessary certificates.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Preparation to sell bonds initiated; direction to staff.
March 15
Motion to deny request of a waiver of public water system oversight annual fee for the Amador Christian Center.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: request for waiver denied.
Motion to direct staff to advise Mr. Wes Lujan, Advocation Inc., to continue to communicate with senators Cox and Romero about the benefits of retaining the Preston Youth Correctional Pre-Camp program in Ione.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Direction given to staff.
Motion to tie board of supervisor salaries to those of Amador County judges starting July 1, 2005. The stipend for chairman would also be eliminated.
District 1: AYE
District 2: NO
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Salaries of county supervisors will be tied to those of judges.
Motion to appoint Supervisor Forster and District 4 Supervisor Louis Boitano to serve on a standing committee to identify issues associated with growth and annexations and identify any action needed prior to actual annexation applications being submitted.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Standing committee created and supervisors appointed.
Motion to implement a countywide traffic mitigation fee, which would be attached to new development in the county.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Fee implemented on March 22.
March 22
Motion to approve all applicants to apply for two years of funding through the Community Development Block Grant for a total of $1 million.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: NO
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Applications approved.
Motion to increase the county’s capital improvement fee to $3,500 per single family unit and to increase corresponding fees for commercial buildings pending the completion of a nexus study.
District 1: AYE
District 2: AYE
District 3: AYE
District 4: AYE
District 5: ABSENT
Resulting action: Capital improvement fees increased.
