The Jackson City Council announces opportunities for residents to become involved in their community: A City Council seat needs to be filled, and two citizen committees are being formed for the Oro De Amador property.
The Jackson City Council has opened the door to several opportunities for residents to become involved in their community, starting with the City Council seat being vacated by Drew Stidger effective at the end of the year. The City Council plans to appoint a resident to serve out the remainder this Council seat term (expires November 2008) at the January 14, 2008, City Council meeting. Interested residents are requested to submit a letter of interest to the attention of the City Clerk, 33 Broadway, Jackson, no later than Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 5:00 p. m.
The City Council also decided to form two citizen committees for review of the water and sewer rates and for future planning of the 159 acre Oro De Amador property. Citizens interested in serving on either of these two committees are encouraged to submit a letter of interest no later than Wednesday, January 9, 2008 , to the City
Clerk. The City Council intends to make appointments to both committees at the January 14 meeting.
The water and sewer rate committee will review all of the fiscal issues related to these utility services provided by the City of Jackson. The committee will be charged with reviewing the budgets for the water and sewer systems and recommending rate adjustments for consideration. Any recommendations will be subject to the public
notice and protest process recently utilized to comply with the requirements of Proposition 218.
The Oro De Amador committee will continue the planning process that began with public workshops earlier this year. The 159-acre Oro De Amador property is located between North Main Street and New York Ranch Road, north of the City cemetery. Acquired by the City in December 2006, the property was used by the Kennedy Mine as a mine tailings deposit and extraction area. Several ideas were generated during the public workshop process and this new committee will review all land use options for recommendation to the City Council.
For more information, contact City Manager Mike Daly, 223-1646.
