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INMATES, from page 1A
has their second DUI, people
that would have typically
spent time in county jail
awaiting trial ... there is a
very good likelihood that
they are going to be in your
community," Hagwood said.
Despite the ominous
scenarios, Hagwood and
He|lister -- who are part of a
county executive committee
to plan for AB 109's impact --
said Plumas County will not
be caught off guard Oct. 1.
"A lot of counties are just
saying 'Well, let's just see
how things go. Maybe by
February or March we
will come up with our plan,'"
He|lister said. "Nonsense. We
are working hard right now.
We are going to get ahead of
this and we have been work-
ing for months. Come Oct. 1,
we are going to have some-
thing in place.
"I am not going to allow a
situation where we look up in
the middle of 2012 and say,
'Oh my goodness, Sheriff
Hagwood's jail is filled, we've
got people re-offending, our
crime fate's going up, now
what do we do?'
"If we have low-level in-
mates that we can't house, we
are going to put them to
work," Hollister said as he
paused to let the loud applause
subside. "We need to look at
all of these options. They all
have to be on the table for us."
Hagwood made a point
of thanking County Super-
visor Terry Swofford, who
attended the meeting, and the
entire Board of Supervisors,
which made a commitment to
public safety earlier in the
day.
At its weekly meeting, the
board unanimously voted
to pledge $1 million toward
inmate-related health costs
by redirecting money from
the county health depart-
ment'p surplus.
The cost of providing
medical care for inmates
has the potential to bankrupt
the sheriff's office "literally
overnight," according to
Hollister.
"The Board of Supervisors
took one of the more
courageous actions I've seen
in a very, very long time,"
Hagwood said.
State passing the buck
Hagwood and Hollister
blasted the state for putting
small counties in a tough
position.
Hagwood said he has met
with the governor about the
issue.
"This is simply a cost-
saving measure by the
state," Hagwood said. "And
they are doing it at the risk of
public safety, officer safety
and inmate safety."
Hollister agreed, adding
the inmate realignment is
saving the state general fund
about $458 million.
"This is about dollars
and cents and nothing else,"
H0nister said. "This is about
shifting the responsibility
from Sacramento to our
counties. Plain and simple."
Hollister said the state
Legislature passed AB 109
the day it received it. He
Plumas County District Attorney [)avid Hollister explains the impact of Assembly Bill 109 during a
townhall meeting at the Graeagle Fire Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Hollister and Plumas County
Sheriff Greg Hagwood, left, talked about how state prisoners being transferred to the county jail
will affect the local criminal justice system and county residents. Photo by Dan McDonald
said there is no way the the 489-page bill. read this. Not one of them,"
legislators could have read "I guarantee you, nobody hesaid.
WATER, from page 1A
probably be delegated to the
Feather River Coordinated
Resources Management
group.
Several ranchers men-
tioned their displeasure with
that scenario due to a certain
level of mistrust that has
developed over the past few
years.
"Ranchers are doing the
same job as them," one man
said. "But the opposite of
getting paid, we are being
• priced out of our ranches."
Several ranchers wanted to
separate their tax bill some-
how, pay only the property
tax and not the fee.
That won't work, according
to Plumas County Tax Collec-
tor Julie White.
The payment will be re-
turned ff it is not complete.
Once the watermaster fee, or
special assessment, is added to
the tax bill, it becomes part of
that bill and cannot be paid
separately, she said.
She also said that if a
property is in default for
unpaid tax bills for five
years, it would be subject to
sale at auction, unless the
owners arrange payment
plans with the county.
Plumas County Auditor
Shawn Montgomery did not
know about anyone new be-
ing charged all of the sudden.
"The amounts have
changed, not who is being
charged," she said.
It's the state water board
that tells her who to charge
and how much.
Most of the 130 water-
master fees in the county will
be increased between 400
and 462 percent, while 28 of
them will rise about 150 to
160 percent.
One property owner will
receive a fee of $19,038, which
reflects an increase of more
than $15,000 Over what was
charged for 2010-11.
Several bills will go from
the hundreds to multiple
thousands.
Government responses
Like the hobby farmers,
there may be other residents
surprised by a watermaster
fee that has never been on
their tax bill before.
According to Bill Menden-
hall, water management
branch chief, there have been
many updates made during
the past six years.
Properties have been split,
for example, which includes
water rights, though for some
reason those remained un-
changed until caught by the
newest watermaster, who has
spent some time to make sure
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all the records are in order.
Property owners who wish
to relinquish those rights
should be cautious, Menden-
hall said.
The right may add value
to the property, and once re-
linquished will be basically
impossible to restore.
"You'd be giving it up
forever," he said.
He said the property
owner, or organized group of
owners, would have to go be-
fore the superior court judge
to make an amendment to the
water decree, probably with
the help of an attorney.
"It was the people who
weren't getting along who
asked for the watermaster
program," he said. "If they
can prove that they can get
along, then they just go tell it
to the judge and maybe they
can get out of the program."
Some are worried about
possible litigation, should the
state not receive its targeted
water amount between the
Antelope and Oroville water
projects, a flow measured be-
low the Arlington Bridge.
One nearby county did
away with the state program,
and is now faced with a law-
suit that made being indepen-
dent even more expensive
than if it had stayed under
the state.
At the Plumas County
level, the Board of Super-
visors is hearing about the
problems from District 2
Supervisor Robert Meacher
and Brian Morris, general
manager of the Plumas
County Flood Control and
Water Conservation District.
Morris thinks they might
be able to identify a local
entity as a new watermaster
within two months, for the
Indian Creek water rights
holders.
With this move, they will be
ready in case property owners
want to be independent
FLU, from page 1A
Hall and administrators at
Seneca Healthcare District,
Greenville Rancheria, Plumas
District Hospital and Easterri
Plumas Health Care partici-
pated in a telephone con-
ference to discuss how to
manage supplies and meet
the demand for vaccine for
the drive-through program.
Seneca and PDH have
ordered 600 doses each and
EPHC has ordered 1,000.
Some of those doses are
reserved for health care
workers and clinic patients.
EPHC anticipates having
enough vaccine for two drive-
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from the state watermaster
program.
State water board officials,
including Mendenhall, will
be among governmental
representatives attending a
public meeting Tuesday,
Sept. 20, at 1 p.m. in Tay-
lorsville.
The location had not been
set as of press time, though
the last meeting was in the
Indian Valley Museum build-
ing just up from the corner of
Main and Cemetery streets.
Visit plumasnews.com
for more information on this
water rights meeting as it
becomes available, and for a
list of parcel numbers and
the respective watermaster
fee increases expected if
nothing is changed before the
tax bills go to print.
Some fees do not reflect a
more than 400 percent in-
crease. According to Menden-
hall, this might be because
those rights holders have had
smaller, more frequent in-
creases in the past, and not
this one big increase presently
proposed for the Indian Creek
water rights holders.
The Rancheria only dis-
tributed 50 doses last year
between its Greenville and
Red Bluff clinics.
Flu season officially starts
Oct. 1. However, Hall said the
typical pattern is for flu to
begin on the East Coast and
move west through the sea-
son, hitting Plumas County
in February and March.
Hall was optimistic about
receiving additional vaccine.
She said larger counties
typically order far more
vaccine than they use. By
mid to late October, the state
has better information about
how much extra vaccine is
available for distribution
elsewhere in the state.
Hall encourages people with
insurance or other means to
take advantage of other flu
vaccine providers, such as Rite
Aid and Safeway in Quincy.
Hall is also in discussion with
the Susanville Walgreens to
hold a vaccination clinic in
Plumas County.
Safeway will hold a flu shot
clinic Friday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m. -
2 p.m. and will bill most ma-
jor insurance companies.
Cash cost was not available
at press time.
Rite Aid offers an on-de-
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week, during regular busi-
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winter season. The cash cost
is $27.99 and Rite Aid will
bill insurance companies.
Medicare Part A and D and
MediCal will cover the cost
of the vaccine with no co-pay.
The on-duty pharmacist
administers shots.
The county drive-through
program will be in Novem-
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information as it becomes
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