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Not business as usual at EDHCSD ■ Meeting shuts down Noel Stack Editor
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El Dorado Hills Community Services District staff and board members listen to comments at the meeting that wasn’t on Feb. 13.
Planning and Building fees get another overhaul Jo Carrerow
Mountain Democrat correspondent Some fees were raised, others lowered and some added to a proposed Planning and Building Department Ordinance Fee Schedule during last week’s El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting. With very few comments from the board and none from the public, supervisors unanimously approved amending the fee schedule, with final passage to be voted on at the board’s Feb. 25 meeting. An updated Cemeteries Division Fee Schedule was continued to the Feb. 25 meeting as well. The changes to the Planning and Building Department Ordinance Fee Schedule were designed to clean up, clarify and add fees collected by the
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department, according to the staff report. “Some fees were overlooked, or not working,” explained Jennifer Morris, senior administrative analyst with Planning and Building. Proposed changes and modifications in the Building Division include manufactured homes permits. Staff time and permit types were evaluated, and the hours worked “weren’t reflected as to what staff was actually putting in,” said Morris. Under Permanent Manufactured Homes – Plan Check, the current fee is $575, and the proposed fee is 0.00975 x value with a minimum of $144, with a variable net change. Other changes include: Temporary Commercial Modular on Construction Site – Plan Check, current fee $287, proposed fee, $575; Temporary Manufactured Homes for Residential Use Application – Plan Check, current fee $144, proposed fee $575; Temporary Manufactured Homes or Commercial Modular Inspection, current fee $718, proposed fee $431; and Permanent Manufactured Homes – Inspection, stayed the same at $431. Victims of the Caldor Fire can apply for a fee waiver, according to Morris. ■ See FEES, page A4
The El Dorado Hills Community Services Board of Directors meeting ended before it began on Feb. 13. Board President Stephen Ferry refused to open the meeting at 5:30 p.m., announcing to the crowd at the Norm Rowett Pavilion, “We’re not going to start this meeting until the unelected person sitting up here at the dais leaves. Thank you.” Ferry was referring to Director Chuck King, whose status as an active board member is being questioned after he submitted a letter announcing
his resignation last month only to rescind that resignation two days later. “I am not leaving, so it’s up to him to decide what he wants to do,” King responded to Ferry Thursday evening. “I am a member in good standing, and no action … has been taken against me.” King had previously shared that a family crisis, health issues and ongoing board disputes prompted his resignation but after personal matters were addressed, he realized he wanted to remain on the board. “Most importantly, I did not submit my resignation to the clerk of the board, as is required — reference ■ See MEETING, page A4
Isn’t it lovely?
Mountain Democrat photo by Shelly Thorene
Sebastian, 10, and Julian, 8, capture the moment with a cell phone camera and a Polaroid camera as their mom Alexandra leans in for a kiss with her new husband Jose. The couple were joined in marriage by officiant El Dorado County Recorder-Clerk Janelle Horne in front of two witnesses and the bride’s three children in the atrium of El Dorado County Government Center Building B at 360 Fair Lane in Placerville on Valentine’s Day. Left to right, translator Jazmin Contreras of Woodland, Alexandra and Jose Ochoa, witness Edgar Rizo of Woodland and Ximena, 9 months, Sebastian and Julian.
Nine couples tie the knot on Valentine’s Day Shelly Thorene Staff writer
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ine wedding ceremonies took place at the El Dorado County Government Center on Valentine’s Day. El Dorado County RecorderClerk Janelle Horne officiated most of the ceremonies that took place both in the atrium round beautiful greenery and the decorated wedding room. Feb. 14 is popular date for couples to ■ See WEDDINGS, page A5
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