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Yolo supervisors ask staff to craft options after Clarksburg disputes matching-funds interpretation
Summary
After months of debate, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors stopped short of approving full matching funds for the Clarksburg Fire Protection District and directed staff to develop options — including a one-time grant and election support — after the district argued the county had led it to expect a larger match.
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 stopped short of approving ongoing county matching funds the Clarksburg Fire Protection District sought after the district and its supporters said they understood past county guidance to promise full matching up to the program cap.
Alex Tangolz, an administrator in the county executive’s office, told the board the county’s 2023 matching-funds guidelines were intended to reward districts that generated "new additional revenues" from Prop 218 assessments; staff’s reading treats the county match as limited to net new revenue. Under that interpretation, Tangolz said, Clarksburg’s…
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