LAKEPORT — Pieces of California history found a new home during the Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting Tuesday morning after approval of the relocation of an early 1900s San Francisco cable car and the Old County Jail.
BOS approved the movement of both historic pieces to the Ely Stage Stop in Kelseyville, a project that will cost an estimated $22,000.
“These artifacts need to be saved, there”s no question about that,” supervisor Jim Comstock said.
Prior to the approval of the project, the BOS rejected a plan to move the two items to the Courthouse Museum in Lakeport, which would have cost an estimated $60,000.
There was a consensus among the BOS that both structures needed to be saved, but there were concerns about the cost of doing so -“$20,000 (dollars) is a lot, $60,000 is really a lot,” supervisor Jeff Smith said.
In other business, the BOS approved the appointment of Roland Sanford as Upper Putah Creek Watershed Advisory Committee supervisor. Sanford previously worked for the Solano County Water Agency and has worked in watershed all of his career, Public Works and Water Resources director Scott De Leon said.
Supervisors previously evaluated if the position needed to be advertised prior to appointing it to someone, but supervisor Denise Rushing said she found no need because it was clear the applicant was well qualified.
The BOS also approved the appointment of Kyle Stevens as Emergency Room Affiliated Medical Care Coordinator.
In a timed item at 9:45 a.m., the BOS approved rollover to fees to taxes of annual water standby charges and delinquent fees in county water service areas numbers two, six, seven, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21 and 22. Rollovers of delinquent water fees in Kelseyville Waterworks District one, Clear Lake Keys Lighting and delinquent sewer fees in Lake County Sanitation District were also approved.
A public hearing for consideration of final grantee performance report of the Business Assistance Loan Program Microenterprise Technical Assistance and Facade Improvement Development Block Grant, which involves construction costs of the Middletown Senior Center, was continued until the next meeting because of amendments to the submitted report.
Consideration of request to award bid for construction of Chippewa South CSA Pavement Rehabilitation Project in Kelseyville was also pulled from the agenda.
Isaac Brambila is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 263-5636 ex. 37 or ibrambila@record-bee.com.
