Local decisions, local policy
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Local decisions, local policy
The image above is what the end of a resolution looks like in the documents prepared for a typical council meeting.
Willits City Council convened remotely Thursday in what will be their final meeting of May.
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Friday, May 25, 2022
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Council support to aid endangered fish with extra water this summer vanished when it came time to approve an agreement with a conservation group.
Trout Unlimited asked the city to experiment with releasing water this summer with potential for future compensation and assistance with applying for infrastructure funding.
“I think our desire initially is to see what we can learn in this year,” Trout Unlimited attorney Matt Clifford said.
The previous conversation was that Willits would be paid for the water if the project proved successful and water releases continued.
Clifford also said that Trout Unlimited could help secure money for improvements at the reservoirs.
“Which I think makes the pie bigger for everybody–the city and the fish,” said Clifford.
The pilot project sought access to 75-acre-feet of city water released during the summer months.
The public was worried that Willits could become a go-to source of emergency water.
Neither Rosamond Crowder or John Almida could support the city in releasing water into Davis Creek.
Almida noted the project should be held until regulators and law enforcement can stamp out illegal cannabis growers.
“I am worried now is not the time to be doing this kind of study,” Crowder said.
The project was not voted on, it was tabled, implying that council members may get another shot at helping out aquatic life.
Make art, not war
Public art in Willits has won again, this time with council approval of a new policy and application process for works of art.
An effort to bring onboard a sculpture donated by Jane Camp initiated the need for a policy.
Uvalde, Texas
The facts of what happened at a school in Texas must weigh heavily on most.
At remote meetings like the council meeting last night there are often moments of conversational chatter before the meeting–
Councilman Larry Stranske, who was a longtime woodshop teacher at Willits High School, asked if the council could have a moment of silence for Robb Elementary School children in Uvalde, Texas.
A moment of silence was observed during the meeting for the children in Uvalde, Texas.
Still going strong
The city honored retiring Dr. John Glyer who has served the community for 45-years with a proclamation.
Glyer said he is not yet 100 percent retired from his work.
“There is still a tremendous amount of service to be done in this community and I look forward to more of it,” said Glyer.
Miscellaneous
An item on the agenda for street striping was pulled since the item needed to be heard at a regular meeting and not a special meeting.
Vice Mayor Greta Kanne was not able to attend.
More from City Hall…
There’s plenty of interesting information published in the city’s monthly department reports.
Willits Airport and the Engineering Department always have something interesting:
High Country Security completed the security camera installation; the system is live and currently recording. Posted the appropriate signs notifying visitors and tenants that cameras are in use. The camera system covers the main vehicle access gate, pedestrian gate, parking lot and electrical room, fuel island, and taxiway.—City of Willits
Also, consulting firm LACO was used to compile a parts list and schematics for upgrades to the fuel distribution system (gas pump).
The engineering department has its eye on replacing 340 feet of water main:
Preparing for relocation of a section (approximately 340 lineal feet) of water main that runs between the southerly extension of Railroad Avenue and Main Street along the railroad tracks.
Solar panels at City Hall? Yes.
The city reports that the grant-funded solar array project is being developed.
Presidential quote
18th US President Ulysses S. Grant
Thursday, March 4, 1869
Inaugural Address
It will be my endeavor to execute all laws in good faith, to collect all revenues assessed, and to have them properly accounted for and economically disbursed. I will to the best of my ability appoint to office those only who will carry out this design.
