Joseph Bowers, an assistant director at Redding Electric Utility, could temporarily step into a department head role that was recently vacated by Greg Robinett. If appointed, Bowers would split his time between his current role at REU and Redding’s top finance role, at no additional cost to the city.
Events are being held by three local organizations. They will publicly interview candidates about their approach to business, the environment and other topics of interest to local community members.
Curtis has been instructed to bring voted ballots from the June election to a federal grand jury in Sacramento. Discussing how complex that will be, Curtis said he’d be happy to hand off the ballots to federal law enforcement or state election officials instead. Doing so would violate the law, some experts say.
Earlier this year, long-term planning commissioner Steve Kerns pushed back on the environmental process for a solar project in Manton, referencing a judge’s decision in another project, a proposed Millville shooting range. In August, Kerns found his seat at risk.
A group of community leaders organizing under the name Good Governance Redding has endorsed two candidates for Redding City Council this fall.
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As part of a busy agenda Tuesday, supervisors deferred a decision about a change in planning commissioners and heard a presentation on how H.R. 1 might impact county finances.
The agenda item was brought forward by Supervisor Corkey Harmon, who hopes to replace Kerns with civil engineer Kevin Butler. Kerns said the first he heard about his replacement was from a community member who read the board’s agenda. Harmon disagrees.
Curtis said he hopes to hire the former elections official from Colorado, who’s served time for felony election crimes. Peters is considering the offer, her attorney said.
Election employees represented by Teamsters Local 137 have issued a vote of no confidence in Curtis after he responded to his censure with new allegations against staff. Another union representing election employees is expected to issue a vote of no confidence on Monday.
