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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Solano law enforcement officers take part in the Solano County Peace Officers Memorial in Fairfield, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Solano board acknowledges Peace Officers Memorial Day
FAIRFIELD The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday recognized May 15 as the 59th annual commemoration of Peace Officers Memorial Day and recognized May 9-15 as National Police Officer Appreciation Week in Solano County.
The last peace officer in Solano County to die in the line of duty was California Highway Patrol Officer Kirk “Hollywood” Griess on Aug. 10, 2018.
Griess was 46. He left behind a wife, Keri, daughters, Kadi and Kaci, and son, Kole. The former Marine is buried in the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery near Dixon.
Federal
⢠The Senate voted 52-42 on the confirmation of Janet Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, D-Scranton, voted yes. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville, voted no.
⢠The House was out of session.
State
County
⢠Lycoming County commissioners approved just over $1 million in Community Development Block Grant funding for the Franklin Township sewer project and $130,901 in CDBG money for the Muncy public library. Rick Mirabito, Tony Mussare, and Scott Metzger voted yes.
City
⢠City Council voted 4-2 to accept an $8.8 million River Valley Transit budget for 2021 and 2022. Voting against it were Bonnie Katz and Adam Yoder. Council President Randall J. Allison, Liz Miele, Vince Pulizzi and Jon Mackey were in favor. David Banks was absent. Katz and Yoder asked for more details and description similar to a proposed budget in 2019 presented to council and were not comfortable withou
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City Council learned Church Street parking deck, with 350 parking spaces, has not had an annual inspection since it opened nine years ago.
Located at 11 West Church St., the four-level building provides 350 parking spaces and housed Susquehanna Trailways, an inter-city motorcoach company, until the bus company relocated.
Council found out this week about the lack of annual inspection of the structure built with concrete and steel from Adam Winder, River Valley Transit general manager, before approving a $17,800 five-year service agreement with a building inspection company, Structure Care, to inspect the facility.
“To the best of our knowledge the Church Street parking deck made of steel and concrete has not been inspected since it was built,” Winder said. Dedication was in 2012.
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Just as vaccines are getting into arms, so is the expected stimulus money in the American Rescue Plan, part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus signed by President Joe Biden to assist communities recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mayor Derek Slaughter said this week the city is slated to receive up to $25.8 million in stimulus.
He said he was unclear on the exact terms and obligations but said it may arrive in two separate installments, the first of which could arrive by mid-May.
A city consulting firm representative also previewed the upbeat update recently for council’s finance committee.