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Obituaries
Gilbert Delacruz
Gilbert Delacruz of Parlier died April 10 in Selma. He was 75.
Mr. Delacruz worked as a barber.
He is survived by his wife, Joann D. Delacruz, one son, two daughters, three sis- ters, three grandchil- dren and three great- grandchildren.
Visitation took place on April 19. Dopkins Reedley Funeral Cha- pel handled the ar- rangements.
Ellen Moody
Ellen Moody of Oro- si died April 18. She was 70.
Mrs. Moody worked as a cashier.
She is survived by two children, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
A visitation and ro- sary will b e held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 26, at Dopkins Di- nuba Funeral Chapel. A
mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, followed by a grave- side service at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Santos Frank Reyes
Santos Frank Reyes
of Reedley died April 8 in Fresno. He was 86.
Mr. Reyes worked as a maintenance ma- chinist.
He is survived by his wife, Dora A. Reyes, one son, three daugh- ters, one brother, two sisters, 10 grandchil- dren and seven great- grandchildren.
A combined rosary/ mass will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 22, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. Burial will be at Reedley Cem- etery.
Dopkins Reed- ley Funeral Chapel is handling the arrange- ments.
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In the end, the coun- cil agreed to make the decision to outsource the services. One key factor in taking the action was that the city would nego- tiate with the company ultimately decided on in a contract to have the company offer affected employees jobs with a similar salary scale and benefits offered by the city. Such a provision would be included in the agreement with the selected company and brought to the council for consideration and approval.
City Manager Ni- cole Zieba mapped out three potential steps for council. One would be to outsource to a private company, which would result in lower rates beginning in July. The second would be to con- tinue with in-house ser- vice and take steps to pay added costs to cover SB1383 regulations from the state, resting in huge monthly increases to ratepayers starting this summer.
The third option was the most unpleasant, do- ing nothing. Zieba said the city would be faced with fines ranging up to $10,000 per day from the state; punitive actions that would eventually put the city on the finan- cial brink.
The issue drew the largest crowd to the council chambers since the COVID-19 pandem- ic amped up in March 2020. About 30 people sat physically-distanced in the chambers, more than 10 people watched on video in the main City Hall office entrance while about a dozen more followed from out- side the chambers.
There was some emo- tional public comment. Francisco Sandoval,
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Concerned residents sat socially distanced as Nicole Zieba, Reedley city manager, spoke at the Reedley City Council meeting on April 13. Community members watched on as the council unanimously voted to outsource the city's solid waste services beginning this summer. About 25 people attended the meeting and more watched on video.
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Betty ellen SylveSter
Barry February 5, 1931 ~
March 25, 2021
Betty Ellen Sylvester Barry, age 90 passed away March 25th, 2021.
Betty lived in Oregon for 32 years and Dinuba for 30 years before that.
She owned the Birds of Paradise Salon in Dinuba, CA for 30 years, was part of the American Legion for 40 years, served as part of the VFW for 45 years, was President of district 12 and Local Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her husband, 3 sons and 5 siblings. She leaves behind 4 siblings, a daughter-in-law, 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
She was a wonderful mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be so missed.
Graveside service to be held at Smith Mountain Cemetery on Friday, April 23rd at 10am. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Wounded
Warriors Project. It was a
cause close to her heart.
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Francisco Sandoval, a city employee, spoke in opposition of the city's plans to outsource its solid waste service.
charge of their own des- tiny. The negotiations with companies would include a commitment to offer a job to every em- ployee in good standing, allowing them to remain on the route they work or closer to their home if they live out of the area.
"I know the staff mentioned that all em- ployees would be able to go to the next place, but us as a council said that's the only way we would be going forward with this," Mayor Mary Fast told Francisco Sandoval and Ocanas. "We know how important that is. You guys have done ex- tra stuff for me, person- ally. We know you guys represent."
Council member Bob Beck made the motion for the outsourcing, di- recting his anger at the state for the limited op- tions for the city, while Matt Tuttle offered a second. Fast and fellow council members Anita Betancourt and Ray So- leno also approved the outsourcing.
Negotiations will proceed, and a final con- tract will be brought to the council at the regu- lar meeting on Tuesday, April 27.
ever-growing fire season. Webster said the in- terim position as chief was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. He hopes to remain on as chief after the six-month
probationary period. "Dinuba is special," he said. "Myles Chute was the longest seated chief in the state of Califor- nia when he served, and Chief Thompson was chief for 11 years. I have
at least that to go.
"The culture of the
fire service is don't be- come a chief until you're ready to retire. [But] I think Dinuba is spe- cial in the sense that it doesn't necessarily ap- ply here."
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city employee with the affected solid waste di- vision, shared about his pride in working for the city and offering a vital service to the commu- nity while providing for four children and family.
"When I got the news, I was disappointed but do not second guess my decision to work hard for my city," he said. "I continue to be a proud town resident in this great community." Makayla Sandoval, one of Francisco's daugh- ters, also commented on how proud she was of her father and he would
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nel per shift. Webster said the department continues in a transi- tion phase with he and Espino taking on their new roles. Eventually, the department is slated to grow by an additional 5 percent.
Webster said the de-
miss his job if it disap- peared.
Albert Ocanas, an- other city employee who lives in Parlier, shared his pride in his job and how it has helped him be able to send his daughter to Riverview School in the Kings Canyon Uni- fied School District. He said his plan was to re- tire at 62 (he's 54 now), but that would be un- likely with the change in services and losing his city salary and pension.
But Zieba stressed how the plan to look out for the affected employ- ees would put them in
partment's ambulance service covers more than 400 square miles of unincorporated northern Tulare County, and fire suppression covers 6 1/2 square miles of the city. Rural areas are covered with mutual aid agree- ments with Reedley Fire and Tulare County Fire. Personnel also help staff state wildfires during the
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