Calaveras supervisors approve staffing appointment, air‑pollution rule change, wildfire grant and unbind supervisor pay

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 adopted several routine but consequential items, including a proclamation recognizing longtime county archivist Shannon Van Zandt, appointment of Marcos Muñoz as public guardian and director of social services, an Air Pollution Control District rule amendment to remove certain emergency defenses, authorization to pursue a Cal Fire wildfire‑prevention grant for the Buckeye Gulch project, and an ordinance to formally decouple supervisors’ pay from other elected officials.

Those actions were presented and approved during the board’s public meeting in San Andreas. The board acted on the consent calendar and then took separate votes on the items listed above; most passed unanimously or by voice vote. The board did not take any controversial policy changes or long substantive debates on the items.

The proclamation: The board read and adopted a proclamation recognizing Shannon Van Zandt for 21 years of service as the county archivist. The proclamation language read in open session thanked Van Zandt for “preserving regional heritage” and was followed by public comment from local historians who praised her…