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Lake County supervisors approve $1.75 million in emergency funding after Robin Lane sewage release
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted to increase reserve cancellations and make $1.75 million available in the disaster budget for response to the Robin Lane sewage release; board members and residents urged clearer public reporting and raised conflicting estimates of the spill volume.
Lake County supervisors on Wednesday approved a resolution to increase emergency funding for the Robin Lane sewage release, moving up to $1.75 million into the county’s disaster budget and removing a planned transfer to the Lake O'Shan Southeast Regional System.
Assistant CIO Stephen Carter told the board that invoices and known expenses tied to the incident already exceed about $1.2 million and that the county had initially provided $1,143,000; the action approved Wednesday increases available funding to $1.75 million in budget unit "19 20" to cover filtration systems, testing, water deliveries, laundry and other response costs. Carter said staff are working with Cal OES (California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services) on reimbursement but cautioned there is no guarantee that state claims or special-district repayments will cover the expense.
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