Amador County’s Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO, has finalized the county’s Municipal Services Review, or MSR. Copies of that document are now available to the public. You can either pick up a free CD at the Planning Department counter at 810 Court Street in Jackson, or if you would like a printed color copy, they are available in binder form, but due to the high cost of printing and the large size of the document, the cost is 48 dollars. You can also download the document for free at www.co.amador.ca.us/lafco/. Due to a government legislative mandate,

LAFCO must review and update the county’s sphere of influence not less than once every five years. As part of that process, the commission must conduct an MSR, which provides detailed information on the county’s municipal services. Specifically, the review includes information on Amador’s residential and commercial growth and development, employment growth, fire and EMS providers, and water and wastewater services. Roseanne Chamberlain, Executive Officer of LAFCO, calls the MSR “an encyclopedia of local government agencies in Amador County.” The commission will hold a public hearing on the document at their next meeting on July 31st at 7PM at 810 Court Street, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers.