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4A Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 Indian Valley Record
Roundup: Additional layoffs possible in future
From page 1A
might be forced to offer
reduced services.
The board said it was up
to individual department
employees, supervisors in-
cluded, must work together to
serve the community despite
the budget problems.
"I think we all need to
remember that it's the public
that pays every one of our
heads to decide the furlough salaries. And they have a
structure for their respective
offices.
The county planned to start
saving, money from the
retirement contribution cuts
Oct. 1. That hasn't happened.
"So each month that goes
by that we don't do some-
thing and start realizing
an equal amount of saving
somewhere, we go further in
the hole," Supervisor Sherrie
Thrall said.
Thrall added that all county
right to expect service from
us at a level that we have
been providing," Thrall said.
"So, it behooves us to figure
out how to do that."
Despite the move to insti-.
tute furloughs, the super-
visors said the county might
be forced to resume layoffs.
More than 100 county jobs
have been eliminated since
the recession began.
Supervisor Lori Simpson
said layoffs might be h2evitable.
"Layoffs are probably
going to happen regardless.
We are going deeper and
deeper into the hole every
day," Simpson said. "It's just
an unfortunate situation. We
are tearing our hair out."
Ingstad said the layoffs the
county has made to date have
hurt the local economy.
"There's about $5.5 million in
salary that doesn't go into the
community," Ingstad said.
"That's a huge impact already."
Vacancies to be filled
The super'visors approved
a recommendation for the
critical staffing committee
to fill a number of vacant
county jobs.
The county plans to hire
workers for the following
positions:
--Three probation officers
and one probation assistant.
--One public worksmain-
tenance worker and one
Sierra House attendant.
--One social worker aide.
--One social worker or
senior social worker.
--One employment and
trainer worker supervisor.
--One licensed vocational
nurse or registered nurse or
public health nurse. ,
Land exchange lette r
The board 'approved send-
ing a comment letter to the
U.S. Forest Service regarding
a proposed land exchange.
The exchange will allow 20
acres of Forest Service land
at the Mammoth Mountain
ski area in Mono County to
be transferred to private
ownership.
One Plumas County prop:
erty that may be included in
the exchange is an 86-acre
parcel encompassing most
of Taylor Lake, which is
currently owned by The
Nature Conservancy.
The letter outlines many
concerns by the county,
including that the board is
"troubled that there was no di-
rect notice to Plumas County."
The county learned the de-
tails of the proposed transac-
tion from another county.
"We have been working
diligently with our local
National Forest to improve
communication," the letter
states. "And this may simply
be a situation where a distant
National Forest is taking the
lead on a project and is not
aware of local protocols."
Probation department
The board approved the
signing of a contract with
Lassen County for the use of
its juvenile detention facility.
Plumas County does not
have a juvenile hall facility
and must contract with
surrounding counties to use
their facilities when juve-
niles need to be detained.
Plumas has contracted
with Lassen County for a
number of years.
CURBSlDE. from page 1A
The increased fee would re-
quire voter approval.
"My gut feeling on this is
people are going to say no,"
Supervisor Robert Meacher
said. "The (recycling)
diehards are already doing it.
And why would they want to
increase their rate?"
County Public Works
Director Bob Perreault
suggested monthly recycling
to bring down the cost.
"In my personal situation,
I'm not going to fill up a 64-
gallon can in two weeks,"
Perreault said. "If we change
i
that to once a month, then
that is a lot less labor and
effort that will help (bring
down the cost):"
Martinelli said he would
need to do more calculations
to determine how much
monthly service would
reduce the cost.
"We can run those
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numbers. I will be happy to
do that," Martinelli said. "It
should drop them. I don't
know if it will take it down to
a reduction (from the current
bill). Maybe it gets closer to
five bucks (more)."
Kennedy said a possible $5
monthly increase instead of
$9.18 was a step in the right
direction.
"If the excess bill right now
was five or six bucks and we
are providing recycling,
whether it's once a month or
whatever ... I would support
that."
Martinelli said making the
recycling mandatory could
reduce the cost even more.
That would mean all 6,000
households in FRD's service
area would be charged for
solid waste disposal whether
they used the service or not.
Under that scenario, the
trash bill could show up on
residents' yearly property tax
bill.
"I really don't like that for
many reasons," Supervisor
Sherrie Thrall said. "For one,
I don't think people have that
kind of money to come up
with a lump sum."
Thrall asked Martinelli to
rework the numbers, using
several different scenarios,
and present the results to the
solid waste task force.
Martinelli said he would do
that and present the results
to the board at its Nov. 8
meeting.
County resident Mark
Mihevc urged the' board to
take its time with the recy-
cling issue. He said he would
rather see FRD lower its
current bill by 7.32 percent.
The county has the author-
ity to implement the rate re-
duction under its contract
with the trash companies.
FRD and InterMountain Dis-
posal (IMD) are guaranteed a
10 percent profit under the
current agreement.
IMD was allowed a rate in-
crease because it didn't reach
the 10 percent target in 2010.
FRD reported a 17.32 percent
profit last year.
"This is the wrong time to
be asking your constituents
to be paying more for some-
thing that doesn't have to be
mandated until 2020," Mihevc
said. "I think we need to
lower the rate by 7.32 percent
and have this curbside pro-
gram thoroughly discussed
and debated."
Kennedy sternly disagreed
with Mihevc's proposal.
The supervisor said FRD
shouldn't be penalized for
running an efficient busi-
ness. He added that FRD's
rates are already less than
IMD on 93 percent of the
services offered.
"I honestly don't feel that
it was the intent of that
(contract) language to limit
either of these garbage
haulers' profit at 10 percent,"
Kennedy said. "It was a safe-
guard that, in the event that
they fell under (10 percent),
that they could still sustain
and provide the service that
we are supposed to provide to
our customers.
"They are not ripping any-
one off."
JAILS, from page 1A
"I think it's pretty clear
that Plumas County needs a
new jail. And most likely an
opportunity like this won't
come around for a long, long,
long time," Supervisor Jon
Kennedy said. "So, if we
commit to doing this, maybe
we can commit to figuring
out how to get the money."
County Administrative
Officer Jack Ingstad said he
would be willing to crunch
the numbers.
"If it's a board priority, I'll
figure it out," Ingstad said.
Supervisor Sherrie Thrall
reminded the board that the
county could earn $1 million
if the state buys the Dame
Shirley Plaza property to
build a new courthouse. That
$1 million isn't included in
the fiscal 2011-12 budget.
"If we were successful in
the sale of Dame Shirley for
the courthouse, it would
appear to me that that fund-
ing would go a long way to
meeting this match," Thrall
said. "Because it's basically
the sale of one capital asset to
produce another."
If the county does win the
grant, the newjaii will be a
nice one.The current jail is
outdated and its 67 beds could
soon be filled with the influx
of inmates from the AB 109
prison realignment process.
"We are proceeding with
the idea of a 100-bed facility,"
Hagwood said. "At this point
right now our facility is 67
beds. But given its incredibly
inefficient design, based on
the consultants we've talked
with, a 100-bed facility
will satisfy the needs of
Plumas County well into the
future."
Hagwood said "an efficient
and contemporary" 100-bed
jail wouldn't require addi-
tional staff. He said it would
feature a pod design that would
allow corrections officers to
easily monitor inmates.
"What so many agencies
are having problems with
right now is they build these
new jails and then they
can't afford to staff them,"
Hagwood said. "If you
can't staff them, what's the
point?"
Hagwood said four sites
have been identified as possi-
ble locations for a new jail.
The locations mentioned
are: county property adjacent
to the animal shelter, the cur-
rent jail property, property at
the sheriff's office and the
armory location.
The sheriff noted that
the state actually has $600
million available for new
jails. But the largest ounties
will be getting most of it.
"In keeping with the state's
track record lately, $500 mil-
lion of the $600 million go to
medium and large counties
-- of which there are 28,"
Hagwood said. "The remain-
ing 30 small counties get to
divide $100 million for jail
construction."
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she characterized as con-
tinued harassment by QHS
administrators against her.
Now, she says, she has
been fired from her position
at the high school. She
continues to work at Pioneer
Elementary.
Bruce Williams, the
district's personnel director,
declined to comment on a
particular personnel item,
but noted that termination
was not the same thing as
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