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Stanislaus Board of Supervisors watch

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday:

Named Assistant County Counsel John Doering as county counsel, replacing longtime County Counsel Michael Krausnick. The board met in closed session Tuesday to discuss the position, and unanimously voted to name Doering to the position. He will take the position on the date of Krausnick's retirement, March 28. Doering's salary will be set by the supervisors at a later meeting.

Vote: Unanimous

  • Adopted an expenditure plan for the proposed projects to be listed for unincorporated areas in the transportation sales tax program. The half-cent sales tax measure is expected to be put on the November ballot. It would raise $700 million over 20 years for roads and transportation projects, if approved by two-thirds of county voters. An attempt at a similar tax failed 18 months ago. The county's share of the proposed sales tax would be $77.6 million, or about $3.9 million a year. In the plan are new traffic signals, road widening, bridge maintenance and replacement, and road resurfacing.

Vote: Unanimous, consent calendar

  • Agreed to delay the final report and vote on the PCCP West Park LLC development until after the California Transportation Commission votes on whether to fund West Park's short-haul rail proposal. The commission is scheduled to vote on the funding at its meeting April 9-10. West Park proposes a 4,800-acre business and industrial park in and around the Crows Landing Air Facility southeast of Patterson. It would be anchored by a short-haul rail link to the Port of Oakland. The county and West Park have applied for $26 million in transportation bond money from the state commission.

    • Vote: Unanimous, consent calendar

  • Approved an ordinance implementing Measure E, the initiative restricting residential development in unincorporated areas. Measure E, approved by voters in February, requires a public vote before farmland can be converted to residential development.

    • Vote: Unanimous, consent calendar

  • Approved a contract for Dave Young to serve as director of the Animal Services Department for as much as another year. Young is serving as interim director while the county seeks a permanent director.Vote: Unanimous, consent calendar

    • -- Tim Moran

    This story was originally published March 19, 2008 at 4:29 AM with the headline "Stanislaus Board of Supervisors watch."

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