In an effort to reign in costs and, to some degree, controversy, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to limit the scope of the Citizens Elections Advisory Commission. The panel is now restricted to 10 meetings during an election year and four meetings in a non-election year. Supervisors also re-appointed Patty Plumb to the commission on a 3 to 2 vote. The panel had been unable to meet after the resignations of two members. Last year’s meetings cost taxpayers more than $100,000 and not a single one of its recommendations has been implemented because most of them violated state law. The existence of the commission was debated for about 3 hours after the board returned from a couple of hours in closed session.
-Steve Gibson