Category Archives: Budget

County budget furlough #1 begins Monday

Tuolumne County’s first budget furlough starts next Monday. County offices open again on Monday, November 30th. The second furlough period begins on Christmas Eve and extends until January 2nd.
Some critical county departments will remain open (see below). Inconvenient? Yes! Necessary? For sure!
As I am sure you remember, this doesn’t mean a paid vacation for [...]

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What you think about reforming California

Results updated 7/27/09: below in blue ink.
The last few days we’ve been in Sacramento at the Cities Counties Schools Partnership Summit, Rebuilding California from the Ground Up. Along with about 500 other local electeds and administrators, we worked to identify and flesh out potential options to address the dysfunction at the state level. Obviously, dysfunction is manifested via the [...]

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Big 5 deal will push local folks & govts. off cliff

Final Countdown: action alert from Paul McIntosh, Executive Director
California State Association of Counties
July 18, 2009 
 
It appears that this is the week that will change the face of California counties for many years to come.  As has been widely reported through Capitol sources, the Big Five is expected to meet tomorrow to put the finishing touches [...]

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Wanna help reform California? Take our poll!

Tuolumne County Administrator Craig Pedro and I are in Sacramento with several hundred city, county, and school board electeds for an historic, first-ever Summit to discuss and strategize how best to “reinvigorate California’s system of governance and restore efficiency, transparency, and accountability.” 
The Summit, put  on by the Cities Counties Schools (CCS) Partnership  (which represents California’s [...]

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Interesting year in the soup kitchen

This has been an interesting year, hasn’t it? For the county, it’s not unlike being an orphan in a soup kitchen, begging the state for just a little more gruel. Meanwhile, the federal government has come in like Santa Claus with ballet slippers for everyone: not what we needed, but we’re not turning anything down! [...]

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Town Hall Mtg. tonight – June 8th

Don’t forget tonight’s Town Hall meeting on proposed county budget cuts!
Are you concerned about proposed county budget cuts that may impact Tuolumne Recreation, Library, Youth Center, and other important services? Do you have a creative alternative for the county to consider?
The Tuolumne Township Citizen’s Group will host an informational meeting tonight with Teri and County [...]

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