Theresa Hitchcock, Calaveras County administrative officer, described recent and planned wildfire mitigation and water-infrastructure work in the county.

Hitchcock said the county "just finished 1, McKay's fuel break" and that Cal Fire has performed controlled burns in the county. She said county crews have spent about $1 million removing dead trees in critical areas near roadways to protect evacuation routes and that brush clearing has been an active effort.

Hitchcock praised the Office of Emergency Services, managed by Eric Holt, and the Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) as partners. She said CCWD is "a very well managed, water agency" and that the district is working with other jurisdictions to address a water basin in critical overdraft.

Hitchcock said the county is seeking additional grant funding to support water and sewer infrastructure projects and that concerns about significant wildfires elsewhere in the state could tighten state budgets and reduce available funding for other counties. "We need to be really conservative in our budgeting," she said, citing potential state-level impacts from disaster recovery needs.

No new board actions were announced during the interview; Hitchcock described ongoing projects and grant-seeking efforts.