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Board responds to grand jury reports, pledges pension review and helps facilitate rural fire‑district consolidation talks
Summary
County staff disagreed with parts of a civil grand jury’s pension findings but said the unfunded liability is budgeted annually and that a pension policy review will be presented next January; staff also agreed some small rural fire districts lack funding and said the county is assisting consolidation discussions rather than mandating tax increases.
Nevada County officials presented formal responses on Aug. 20 to two civil grand‑jury reports: one on the county’s ability to meet future pension obligations and another on fiscal challenges in small rural fire protection districts.
On pensions, Deputy CEO and Chief Fiscal Officer Aaron Mettler said the county disagrees with the grand jury’s characterizations that the county lacks a realistic plan to meet pension obligations. Mettler…
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