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Some items from The Rio Linda
Elverta News, November 17, 2005:
Water District deals with yet another lawsuit
Hayer Dam & Bridge Grand Opening
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Water District deals with yet another lawsuit
Retiree wants benefits restored
by Jay O'Brien
Retired Rio Linda Community Water District (RLECWD) Director Gerald Wickham wants his California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) health benefits restored.
The RLECWD Board of Directors has terminated the District's contract with CalPERS, triggering a round of lawsuits; Wickham's is the third such suit.
RLECWD Board President Darrell Nelson made the following announcement after the closed session of the Board November 14th: "We're going to come out of closed session, and announce that on November 7, 2005, the District received a claim from former Director Jerry Wickham. It has the District paying his health care benefits for life. And the Board has denied that claim and we have instructed Dave Andres to communicate this decision to Mr. Wickham."
This court action, as do the similar suits filed by retired General Manager Mike Phelan and the RLECWD employees, additionally seeks an award of attorney's fees from RLECWD.
In other action at the November 14th meeting, the Board passed a resolution accepting the Rio Linda / Elverta Community Water District Employee Association and established bargaining units for the employees.
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Hayer Dam & Bridge Grand Opening
Monday, Nov. 21st - 11:00 AM
By Guy Kolling
Associate Landscape Architect
Sacramento County Regional Parks, Recreation and Open Space
Sacramento County Regional Parks,
Recreation and Open Space (Parks), in
collaboration with the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA), is
planning a public grand opening for the Hayer Dam and Bridge Site
Renovation project. The event will occur at the project site,
located in Roy Hayer Park, at the west end of G Street. The grand
opening will take place on Monday, November 21 at 11:00 am.
Please see the related article in this issue of the News for a report
on the project’s status.
The project includes a new prefabricated bridge and paved bicycle-pedestrian paths, which will improve non-motorized transportation by connecting G Street with the Sacramento Northern Parkway Trail. The bridge is constructed of "weathering" steel with a wood deck, and has a span of 100 feet and a width of 10 feet. The bridge will provide a safe, attractive, all-weather crossing over Dry Creek for bicyclists, pedestrians and equestrians.
Parks has contributed $100,000 of Proposition 12 funds and $238,575 of Proposition 40 funds to the project. The State Department of Water Resources has contributed $334,000 from the Proposition 13 Flood Protection Corridor Program. SAFCA has contributed the balance of the funding for this $1,800,000 project.
Water District deals with yet another lawsuit
Hayer Dam & Bridge Grand Opening
Published in Rio Linda Elverta News November 17, 2005 - Scroll for other articles
Water District deals with yet another lawsuit
Retiree wants benefits restored
by Jay O'Brien
Retired Rio Linda Community Water District (RLECWD) Director Gerald Wickham wants his California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) health benefits restored.
The RLECWD Board of Directors has terminated the District's contract with CalPERS, triggering a round of lawsuits; Wickham's is the third such suit.
RLECWD Board President Darrell Nelson made the following announcement after the closed session of the Board November 14th: "We're going to come out of closed session, and announce that on November 7, 2005, the District received a claim from former Director Jerry Wickham. It has the District paying his health care benefits for life. And the Board has denied that claim and we have instructed Dave Andres to communicate this decision to Mr. Wickham."
This court action, as do the similar suits filed by retired General Manager Mike Phelan and the RLECWD employees, additionally seeks an award of attorney's fees from RLECWD.
In other action at the November 14th meeting, the Board passed a resolution accepting the Rio Linda / Elverta Community Water District Employee Association and established bargaining units for the employees.
Published in Rio Linda Elverta News November 17, 2005 - Scroll for other articles
Hayer Dam & Bridge Grand Opening
Monday, Nov. 21st - 11:00 AM
By Guy Kolling
Associate Landscape Architect
Sacramento County Regional Parks, Recreation and Open Space
Sacramento County Regional Parks,
Recreation and Open Space (Parks), in
collaboration with the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA), is
planning a public grand opening for the Hayer Dam and Bridge Site
Renovation project. The event will occur at the project site,
located in Roy Hayer Park, at the west end of G Street. The grand
opening will take place on Monday, November 21 at 11:00 am.
Please see the related article in this issue of the News for a report
on the project’s status.The project includes a new prefabricated bridge and paved bicycle-pedestrian paths, which will improve non-motorized transportation by connecting G Street with the Sacramento Northern Parkway Trail. The bridge is constructed of "weathering" steel with a wood deck, and has a span of 100 feet and a width of 10 feet. The bridge will provide a safe, attractive, all-weather crossing over Dry Creek for bicyclists, pedestrians and equestrians.
Parks has contributed $100,000 of Proposition 12 funds and $238,575 of Proposition 40 funds to the project. The State Department of Water Resources has contributed $334,000 from the Proposition 13 Flood Protection Corridor Program. SAFCA has contributed the balance of the funding for this $1,800,000 project.