Roughly a half-dozen agencies, governments and a nonprofit group have filed briefs with a state regulator that could determine whether or not California American Water Co. gets the OK for its years-long effort to build a desalination plant on the Monterey Peninsula.
The Nevada Irrigation District’s Board of Directors is expected to approve a new general manager in a Wednesday meeting, board officials say.
Jennifer Hanson, currently city manager for Lincoln, is slated to become the NID board’s next general manager, according to a press release.
Earlier this month the agency voted unanimously to select Hanson out of a pool of around 40 applicants, according to board President Chris Bierwagen. The meeting next week will be a formal confirmation of Hanson’s selection, as well as a consideration of an employment agreement with her, he added.
In addition to having served as the city manager in Lincoln for over two years, Hanson’s qualifications for the role include having worked as a civil engineer for nine years on storm quality and transportation infrastructure projects, according to an NID press release. She also previously served as Lincoln’s Public Works director, a role that gave her authority over the city’s waste, wastewater, tr