Mendocino County Grand Jury • 2009-2010 • Agency Response
Response to: BRING BACK THE DOG!

Response Form Grand Jury Report Title: Trials and Tribulations of Running a Small City a Report on the City of Willits*

Published: May 14, 2010 3 pages
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F2, F9

Findings and Recommendations 10 findings

F1
The City Council receives mandatory annual training in the Brown Act, ethics, and sexual harassment. Leadership and boardsmanship training is at the discretion of each City Council Member. The City does not pay for retirees' health care. The Cal-PERS retirement system is used.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
Seven of the City's employees retired early in December, 2009. The incentive to retire was an offer of two years of paid health care coverage.
No recommendations for this finding
F4
The Director of Public Works and the Water Treatment Plant Supervisor positions were vacated due to early retirement. The responsibilities for both positions are under the direction of the City Manager.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
All City employees deferred their cost of living raises in July, 2009.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
City Council members get a $50/month stipend, recently reduced from $150/month. They continue to receive City funded health care coverage.
No recommendations for this finding
F7
Infiltration of surface water into the sewer system is six to eight times greater during a storm.
No recommendations for this finding
F8
The City recently purchased a camera equipped truck to check for ground water infiltration into the waste water system. There is no emergency water connection between the City and Brooktrails Township.
No recommendations for this finding
F10
Morris and Centennial Reservoirs are the primary sources of water for the City.
No recommendations for this finding
F11
In January 2010, a study was released stating that the Morris Dam had been certified safe by the State and "good for at least another 80 years", and that the height of the dam can be raised an additional 20 feet.
No recommendations for this finding
F12
City Ordinance §12.36.020, "Prohibited Activities", prohibits sleeping
No recommendations for this finding

* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.