November
5, 2014
Plumas
County News
By Debra Moore,
Staff Writer
The Plumas Board of Supervisors
responded to the grand jury report on time this year.
“I want to emphasize that,”
Supervisor Lori Simpson said of the timeliness during a meeting in mid-October.
“It was easier this year.”
“We just had to agree with
them,” Supervisor Sherrie Thrall said.
It’s true: the supervisors
agreed with every finding and recommendation in a response dated Oct. 14.
For example, the grand jury
made six findings and six recommendations in the mental health department, and
the supervisors concurred with each one.
Finding 1: “The Plumas County
Grand Jury finds that the Plumas County Mental Health Department has
insufficient personnel to effectively handle case load and public outreach.”
The Plumas County Board of
Supervisors agreed with this finding.
That simple statement followed
each of the six findings, as well as many of the recommendations. Periodically
the supervisors elaborated, and the affected department heads also responded to
the grand jury report.
The county jail has been the
subject of the report for many years, with this year being no different.
The grand jury recommended that
the supervisors “make it a priority to continue to explore and secure funding
for a new state-of-the-art facility” to provide for increased safety for the
community, staff and inmates.
The supervisors agreed with the
recommendation, and noted during their discussion that the reference was for a
jail.
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