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Tuolumne supervisors approve routine consent items, appoint planning commissioner and hear air‑quality prioritization report
Summary
The Board approved the consent calendar unanimously, appointed Jerry Morrow as an at‑large planning commissioner, reported several closed‑session retainer approvals and received the Air Pollution Control District's AB 2588 prioritization report identifying 3 high‑priority, 9 intermediate and 48 low‑priority facilities among 60 permitted sources.
The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors approved its consent calendar by unanimous vote and made several personnel and administrative decisions during its Feb. 11 meeting.
On a motion by Supervisor Grieffer and a second from Supervisor Holland, the board approved the consent calendar, which included an ordinance amendment implementing a community choice aggregation framework (referencing Public Utilities Code section 366.2), grant‑acceptance resolutions, appointments to local boards and other routine items (vote recorded as 5‑0).
The board also appointed Jerry Morrow to an at‑large seat on the Tuolumne County Planning Commission (term to 02/15/2029) after public comment and a motion from Supervisor Campbell; the appointment was approved unanimously.
During closed session the board reported three items out: the board voted 4‑0 (Supervisor Brandon absent) to join a consortium of public entities represented by PRISM and to approve a retainer‑agreement addendum with the law firm named in the report for the Wellpath bankruptcy matter, and authorized County Counsel to sign the agreement; by the same 4‑0 count the board authorized County Counsel to defend SFAL and ZF minors v. Tuolumne County (Tuolumne County Superior Court case CV66850) and approved a retainer with Porter Scott; and the board approved a retainer with the law firm named in the report in the Cynthia Casper matter (case CV66165) related to self‑insurance coverage.
The board also received an informational public hearing from the Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District. Air District staff Kelly Schroeder (air pollution control officer) and Kent Rasmussen (air pollution control specialist) summarized AB 2588 prioritization work completed with York Engineering. Rasmussen told the board the district oversees 60 permitted facilities categorized into auto‑body shops (12), gasoline‑dispensing facilities (25), stationary sources (21) and Title V facilities (2). York's December 2024 prioritization resulted in 3 high‑priority facilities, 9 intermediate‑priority facilities and 48 low‑priority facilities; the district has notified the high‑priority facilities and will work with them or York on next steps, which may include health‑risk assessments and risk‑reduction audits.
During the hearing a public commenter alleged local plants (named during comment) had disconnected pollution controls and increased production, and asked for more testing and enforcement; Air District staff did not request board action at the meeting and characterized the presentation as informational.
What happens next: the planning commission appointment takes effect immediately; closed‑session retainer agreements were authorized; the Air District will continue AB 2588 follow up with prioritized facilities and notify the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as required for health‑risk review.
