Citizens interested in serving on either of these committees should 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 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 used 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 for public use of this property were generated during a public workshop process earlier this year 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.