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Shirtsleeve procedures are topic of discussion
The Lodi City Council usually discusses city issues at its weekly shirtsleeve meetings each Tuesday morning.
Soon, the council will discuss how it should carry on discussions at those meetings.
The issue came to a head at Tuesday's shirtsleeve session, when city staff asked council members for a straw poll on how to proceed with a budget decision at Tuesday's session. The city attorney, city manager and council members offered diverging opinions of whether council members should be giving direction to staff at a meeting clearly billed on agendas as "informal and informational."
Vice Mayor Bob Johnson asked Wednesday night that the council take up at a later meeting exactly what can be done at shirtsleeve meetings.
"I would not like to see a repeat of what happened yesterday," Johnson said.
If decisions are being made, the meetings "should not be held at seven in the morning while people are going to work," Hitchcock said.
After the straw poll request on Tuesday, City Attorney Stephen Schwabauer said the council would be encroaching on a Brown Act violation if they offered direction to staff. City manager Blair King said Schwabauer offered a "conservative" opinion of the open meeting laws.
Hitchcock agreed with Schwabauer.
"If we want to have these as meetings where we're coming to consensus and making decisions, we should do it at an appropriate time," Hitchcock said before gaveling Tuesday''s shirtsleeve session to a close.
LUSD to hold forum on north Stockton bond
The Lodi Unified School District announces a presentation and public forum on the north Stockton bond that would fund construction and upgrades for schools.
The proposed $114 million bond will be put to voters in November on the general election ballot. It would be funded through taxes on assessed property values in north Stockton. Lodi property owners would not be affected, and the bond will not cover Lodi schools.
After presentations by board of education members and administrators there will be a question-and-answer session.
The public forum is scheduled for Monday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at Bear Creek High School cafeteria, 10555 Thornton Road, Stockton. For questions, accessibility concerns or more information, call the superintendent's office at 331-7002 or 953-8010.
Salvation Army majors to transfer to Red Bluff
After five years of service to Lodi, Majors Frank and Susan Severs of the Lodi Salvation Army are transferring to Red Bluff.
Their "farewell" service will be Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Salvation Army's chapel at Lockeford and Hutchins streets. Frank Severs will deliver his last sermon in Lodi.
During their time in Lodi, ground was broken in April 2004 for a new shelter. The Hope Harbor Family Service Center opened in May 2005. The shelter serves men, women and children and is much larger than the Archway Shelter that was in downtown Lodi.
While the Severs were in Lodi, they were promoted from captains to majors in mid-2004, after 15 years of service total.
Their first appointment as lieutenants was to Kanehoe, Hawaii, and after five years, they were promoted to captains and moved to Flagstaff, Ariz. In 2001, they were transferred to Lodi.
The Severs' replacements, Lietenants Dan and Kim Williams, will have their welcome service on July 2. They are coming from San Ramon.
Waiting list set for concert fund-raiser
A waiting list has been created for a sold-out fundraising concert and dinner to benefit area nonprofits.
The event is set for Hutchins Street Square on Aug. 11 and will feature Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
Titled "Rock the Square," the event is being underwritten by local business owners. The concert is projected to raise $250,000 for the Boys and Girls Club, Lodi House and the Children's Home of Stockton. Organizers are hopeful of creating similar concert fund-raisers in coming years.
Tables are $2,500 each. For information on the waiting list, please call 333-1032. Further seating availability will be announced by July 15.
Stockton man convicted in prostitution ring
A Stockton man faces up to 80 years in prison after being convicted Wednesday of operating an interstate prostitution ring involving women under age 18.
Federal jurors convicted Will Moss Jr., 30, of 12 counts after a six-day federal trial in Sacramento.
Prosecutors said Moss recruited young women to work as prostitutes, then transported them between California, Nevada and Arizona. He threatened them and forced them to stay with him by using firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Moss is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 8 by U.S. District Judge Edward J. Garcia. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 80 years, according to prosecutors.
First published: Friday, June 23, 2006
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