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Amador County supervisors approve agenda items, budget resolutions and park contract in 5-0 votes
Summary
At their May 13 meeting the Amador County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a series of procedural and substantive items including agenda changes, ceremonial resolutions, a change in board leadership, an SB1 project list and a parks maintenance contract.
The Amador County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on multiple items at its May 13 meeting, approving the day's agenda as amended and voting on several resolutions, budget and contract items.
The board voted 5-0 to: allow remote participation by Supervisor Crew; approve the agenda as changed; adopt a resolution honoring Probation Department employee James King on his retirement; proclaim May as Mental Health Matters Month; appoint Supervisor Brown as chair pro tempore through February 2026 with Supervisor Epperson serving as vice chair; approve a resolution to accept a transfer related to Pine Grove Cemetery; adopt the county’s fiscal-year SB1 (RMRA) project list and associated resolution; approve a new maintenance contract with the Amador County Recreation Agency (ACRA) for Pioneer Park and Fiddletown Park; and approve the board meeting minutes from April 22, 2025. Each vote recorded the same five supervisors as voting “aye” (Chairman Crew, Supervisor Oneto, Supervisor Epperson, Vice Chairman Brown, Supervisor Carnell) in the roll calls conducted on the record.
Why it matters: the SB1 resolution finalizes the county’s allocation plan for road maintenance funds the county will receive from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) this fiscal year; the chair/vice-chair change is a temporary leadership adjustment while Chairman Crew is out for medical reasons; the Pine Grove cemetery resolution authorizes the county to proceed with a transfer process that trustees and community members have sought for years; and the ACRA contract formalizes park maintenance terms that had been performed informally for a decade.
Details of key votes - Remote participation for Supervisor Crew: approved 5-0. Motion to authorize Supervisor Crew to participate via remote means during his absence. - Agenda, as changed (includes addendum items): approved 5-0. - Resolution honoring James King (Probation Department): adopted 5-0; the board heard remarks from Probation Chief Darren Bridal and King. - Resolution declaring May as Mental Health Matters Month (Behavioral Health): adopted 5-0; presenters included Amador County Behavioral Health staff. - Temporary leadership change (Brown to serve as chair through Feb. 2026; Epperson as vice chair): approved 5-0. - Pine Grove Cemetery transfer resolution (approval to facilitate transfer/transition of cemetery property to another steward if feasible): adopted 5-0 (see separate meeting discussion about trustees, possible transfer to Denari(s) or county backup management). - SB1 (RMRA) fiscal-year resolution and project list: adopted 5-0; staff presented a proposed SB1 distribution including a roughly $2.5 million RMRA projection for the county and a proposed equipment/maintenance/project list. - ACRA parks maintenance contract (Pioneer Park, Fiddletown Park): approved 5-0; contract raises annual maintenance compensation from $33,000 to $46,846.75 and sets out optional extra projects (attachment B) by written request of the county. - Approval of April 22, 2025 minutes: adopted 5-0.
Votes and records: Each roll call was recorded on the public audio/video record with roll-call responses from the five supervisors (Crew, Oneto, Epperson, Brown, Carnell). Where motions listed a mover and second during the meeting, staff called the roll and recorded each member’s “Aye.” The meeting did not show any recorded “no,” abstain, or recused votes for the listed motions.
Context and next steps: Items approved today that require follow-up include staff work to implement the SB1 project list and to finalize the Pine Grove Cemetery title/transfer paperwork (county staff said they will work with a title company and county counsel). The parks contract takes effect immediately under the terms presented. Several items approved were ceremonial or administrative (resolutions, minutes, chair rotation) but the SB1 adoption and cemetery transfer carry operational and financial follow-up responsibilities for county departments.
