By Pat Doody
City Council Coverage – June 6
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Present at the City Council presentation were not in any order Faith Hopkins, Josiah Hopkins, Alex Gohr, Austin Garrett, Ethan Tenderholt, Lou Smith, Emma Knowlton, Grace Knowlton, Seth Podratz, Perry Podratz, Calie Mason and Micah Mason. Accompanying the riders were coaches Darrin and Becky Mason, Justin Chulyak, Chad Farewell and Dan Dunn. It was a "great ride", said Darrin Mason. Several other team members arrived late and missed this photo.
Develoment Services Director Jay Schlosser told the City Council that RRM Design Group, Inc has been retained to update the City's Landscape Design Guidelines. They will also be developing a new recommended plant list to incorporate into the list of draught tolerant vegitation. The list will be available online.
The Council also approved two requests from Police Chief Kent Kroeger. The first approved an agreement with the California Highway Patrol for use of the Bakersfield Communication Platform which cross-connects existing radio frequencies and networks. This will make the Tehachapi Police Department frequency compatible with other agencies. The other approved request was to lease space at the El Rancho Repeater site. The space is being offered for free and the only cost to the city will be for the radio equipment and installation. The location will offer a wide span of radio communitcations throughout the City and areas of Highway 58 and will assist with switching services when the new dispatch center goes online on June 30.
Mayor Susan Wiggins proudly presents a Certificate of Recognition to Tehachapi City Clerks Tori Marsh and Ashley Whitmore for an award in Records Management.
City Manager Greg Garrett outlined projects that have recently started including the curb and gutter work on Tehachapi Blvd. Between Mill and Curry. Repaving should begin in about two or three weeks. The Summit Project is also progressing with turn lanes and signals to be installed near Love's.
Garrett added that bid requests are going out for the reconstruction of the North Mill Street overpass to Highway 58 into Capital Hills and for Tucker Rd. between Valley and Cherry Lane.
City Clerks Recognized
Mayor Susan Wiggins proudly presented a Certificate of Recognition to Tehachapi City Clerks Tori Marsh and Ashley Whitmore for an award in Records Management that they received on April 28 from the City Clerks Association of California. Marsh and Whitmore processed over 100 years of permanent records into an electronic document management system. They were honored for their proper record keeping which allows for more accessable document management and increased transparency.
