Corning cleared by Grand Jury

By JULIE ZEEB -DN Staff Writer
Updated: 05/01/2010 07:43:11 AM PDT

CORNING The city received a letter April 23 from 2009-2010 Tehama County Grand Jury Foreman James Froome saying a 2008-2009 Grand Jury investigation was now closed.

Once again the Grand Jury is pleased with the way the city has handled all of their investigations of (code enforcement) complaints, said Mayor Gary Strack.

I'm very pleased with the outcome of the letter from the Grand Jury.

The visit by the 2009- 2010 Grand Jury was a follow up on Corning resident Gene May's complaint regarding code enforcement on neighbor Steve Turner's property, which was investigated by the 2008-2009 grand jury, said City Manager Steve Kimbrough.

According to the 2008- 2009 report, the issue was an on-going problem for four years and May was not receiving feedback on the resolution process.

Information that you provided us shows the commitment that the City of Corning has to the citizens of the city, Froome said in his letter to Police Chief Tony Cardenas. Additionally, the increased coordination between city departments appears to have provided a high level of satisfaction and proves to be well received by the citizens and is therefore successful.

With this, we now consider the follow-up issue closed.

The code enforcement team is made up of Cardenas, Community Service Officers Tatia Dawley and Dawn Grimes, Building Official Terry Hoofard, Planning Director John Stoufer, Fire Chief Martin Spannaus and Administrative Analyst Tom Watson.

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