Politics

Supervisors vote 3-2 to pursue contract with Hollister fire instead of maintaining service with Calfire

Non-union group offers 12.7 percent concessions in variety of compensation cuts

The county’s nearly 60-year relationship with Calfire could be going  down in flames Tuesday.

The state Monday announced that construction will start this week on a new $33.6 million county courthouse.

With the long arm of the newly created Morgan Hill oversight board threatening to lay claim to what’s left of the former redevelopment agency’s 2008 bond proceeds, the city council is poised to quickly spend the remnants of the $110 million in loans to spruce up the downtown. 

Hollister School District Trustee Michal Query has announced her resignation from the board, effective May 22, according to a statement from the Hollister School District.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors is set to discuss a resolution Tuesday that would cut the compensation and benefit costs of unrepresented employees by 12.27 percent.

The San Juan Bautista City Council has removed the interim title from City Manager Roger Grimsley, extending the contract of the former engineer and longtime government worker who came out of retirement last summer to fill a leadership void created when Stephen Julian resigned in May.

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Revision of ordinance designed to keep longstanding billboard in place