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Mariposa County split over plan to dissolve Fish Camp advisory council; motion fails
Summary
Mariposa County supervisors and Fish Camp residents debated dissolving the Fish Camp Planning Advisory Council to reduce county costs and remove Brown Act restrictions. A motion to dissolve the council contingent on creating new bylaws failed on a 3-3 vote; county staff agreed to draft replacement bylaws for community review.
Supervisor Rosemary Small Chrome, Mariposa County District 1, proposed recommending that the Board of Supervisors dissolve the Fish Camp Planning Advisory Council and work with the community to design a different, non-board-appointed structure.
Supporters and opponents debated whether dissolving the council would reduce county administrative costs and free the community from Brown Act limits — allowing more flexible electronic meetings and informal information-sharing — or whether it would diminish the council’s formal channel to county decisionmakers. After discussion, a motion to dissolve the council with the caveat that the county help develop new bylaws failed on a 3-3 tie.
Rosemary Small Chrome framed the change as a budget and workload decision: “We are…
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