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Posts published by “Mark Scaramella”

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Mulheren Gives Ukiah $3 Mil A Year

For years Ukiah City officials and County officials have been unable to reach a tax sharing agreement which both Ukiah and the County would approve. After all, on one level the outskirts of Ukiah are…

County Agenda Notes (June 5, 2024)

ITEM 4b on next Tuesday’s Supervisors agenda is: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Ratification of Motion to Waive Rule #27 of the Rules of Procedures to Reconsider Agenda Item 4i from the May 7, 2024,…

County Notes (May 29, 2024)

The Measure B Committee: Still Inconsequential After All These Years. The last time we watched a Measure B committee meeting they had decided to reduce their already minimal role in the “oversight” (hah) of the…

County Notes: Delay, Confusion, Avoidance & Distraction

If you want to understand the turmoil in the County’s Public Health and Behavioral Health departments, you won’t get far listening to comments at Supervisors meetings. On the one hand you have the line employees…

County Notes: Follow The Bouncing Budget Ball

We didn’t really expect the Supervisors to address the many inconsistencies and incongruencies in Tuesday’s budget presentation that we previously outlined, that would be unheard of from this Board. But at least they touched on…

Repaving What Mendo Wrecked

There’s been some local fanfare about the County’s plans to repave the deteriorating Mountain View Road as if it’s some kind of significant accomplishment. It is, on the surface (sic). But it shouldn’t be. If…

County Notes: Good News & Bad News

Next Tuesday’s Board Agenda Package features a “Fiscal Year 2022-23 Audit Progress Report” which begins: “The County utilizes Munis for budget and financial tracking and reporting purposes. Munis is a powerful tool, but the County…

County Notes: ‘We Were Criticized.’

Mendocino County CEO Darcie Antle used this title phrase in answer to Supervisor Williams to explain why she and her well-paid staff don’t provide ordinary budget versus actual reports to the Supervisors. She went on…

County Notes: Handwringing Won’t Balance The Budget

In his latest Supervisor’s report, Supervisor John Haschak bemoaned the difficulty he and his colleagues are having trying to balance next fiscal year’s General Fund budget.  Apparently, Haschak thinks that some unspecified “efficiencies” he insists…

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