Shasta County Board of Supervisors held a meeting on Tuesday with it’s usual share of conflicts and emotions.
Shasta County is feeling the financial burden of the Trump Administration’s deep cuts to food aid and medical funding. That’s what the Board of Supervisors was told Tuesday by county HHSA Director Christy Coleman. She said a hiring freeze is in place and many services are being reduced.
Supervisor Matt Plummer proposed a ballot initiative that would ask voters for a county charter amendment barring the board from granting their own pay raises. The motion died for a lack of a second. Plummer donates the difference between his salary and the county median household income to the general fund.
The Board voted unanimously to grant $890,000 worth of opioid pharmaceutical settlement funds to Shasta College for their “Step Up” program, which provides educational support and job training for formerly incarcerated people who have been affected by drug addiction.
– Steve Gibson