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SANGER HERALD 7A THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 Hall of Fame nomination
Gearing up for the 2018
Sanger Veterans Parade
Entries will be accepted until Oct. 19
deadline is approaching
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
The deadline is Oct. 15 for submitting nominations for the next group to be inducted into the Sanger High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
"Last year's group was limited to former play-
ers and coaches," said high school athletic director Brian Penner, chairman of the hall of fame committee.
"This year, we're open- ing it up to include teams and contributors as well as players and coaches," said Penner.
If the nominee is an alum- nus/alumna, the nominee must have graduated at least 10 years prior to his or her selection. Every nominee will remain on the list for selec- tion consideration for five
years.
Nomination forms are
available at the high school and at the Sanger Herald.
"We had 20 inductees
last year, 10 living and 10 posthumous. We felt that was a good way to get started. From now on we're going to have 10 inductees each year - any combination of living and posthumous," said Penner.
The committee already has a list of 40 nominees, left over from last year's list.
"We hope to have even more by Nov. 15 when we begin selecting this year's inductees," said Penner.
Inductees will be notified in early December and the enshrinement banquet will be on May 4 at the commu- nity center.
"We were sold out a week before the banquet last year.
It was a great event and we're looking forward to an even better one this year," said Penner.
"Proceeds from the event will assist in the restoration of the 'Red Brick School- house' which will be the fu- ture home of the SHS Athlet- ic Hall of Fame; a showcase where we can remember with pride our exceptional athletes and coaches who represent the true fabric of our great community," said Ken Marcantonio who is in charge of the schoolhouse project.
Tom Flores, Pete Beiden, Clare Slaughter, JR Boone, Huntley Dayton and Jim Merlo headlined the first class to be inducted into the new Sanger Athletic Hall of Fame.
“Those six, who played
or coached at Sanger High School, were already in the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame and we thought that would be a good place to start,” Penner.
The other inductees were Bruce Barnes, Herman Cooks, Bill Powell, David Naranjo, Rene Schneider, Brian Wallin, Brent Webber, Lynette Wilke, Gene Green, Bill Herron, Nick Katzemyer, Dean Nicholson, Louis Papac and Atomic Torosian.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sang- erherald@gmail.com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
Herald staff report
The 2018 Sanger Veterans Parade, always held on the first Saturday in November, will take place on Nov. 3 this year.
"Opening ceremonies will be held at 10:50 a.m. at the intersection of Jensen and O streets with the parade stepping off with military precision precisely at 11:11 a.m.," said parade chairman JD Bennett.
This year will mark the 8th Annual Sanger Veterans Parade honoring and saluting our military heroes.
This year the U.S. Air Force will be honored during the parade ceremonies.
The entry fee is $20 and
entries will be accepted until October 19.
Entrants will receive a specially minted challenge coin commemorating the parade. Additional coins may be purchased for $10 each.
Streets will be closed throughout the downtown area between 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. from Academy to Greenwood and from Jensen to 10th.
For more information, contact Bennett at (559) 280- 3173 or visit: https://www. facebook.com/sangerveter- ansparade/ ore-mailentry form to sangervdp@gmail. com or turn in your applica- tion at The American Legion Department of California, 1601 7th Street in Sanger.
CITY COUNCIL GRAND JURY RESPONSE
Continued from page 6A
Finding 2 above. The City Attorney has met three times with the CoC for input on a potential ordinance. Three alternative ordinances have been produced as a result of that process. At the last meeting the CoC determined to recommend the alternative which mirrors Resolution No. 4122. The City At- torney will be presenting the alternative ordinances to the City Council in September 2018.
Recommendation 2: A procedure or policy should be es- tablished, requiring that before the City Council can vote
on a Measure S expenditure request, the request must be reviewed by the Citizen's Oversight Committee and a recom- mendation rendered for review by the City Council.
(F3)
Response 2: This recommendation has been implemented. On April 20, 2017, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2017- 02 which clarified the process to ensure that the CoC would have an opportunity to review proposed Measure S expendi- tures. The ordinance added the following to the Measure S Ordinance:
Sanger City Code Section 66-218 (d)
The city manager or his or her designee shall provide any reasonable administrative or technical assistance required by the committee to fulfill its responsibilities or publicize its findings. The city manager or his or her designee shall ensure that all proposed expenditures to be made from revenues collected under this article are submitted to the committee prior to proposing that the city council approve such expenditures. The committee shall consider proposed expenditures and submit its written recommendations to the city council. City council agenda items relating to expenditures from revenues collected under this article shall include text regarding submission of the proposed expenditures to the committee and the committee's recommendations.
Recommendation 3: A compliance and/or a comprehensive audit of Measure S funds by an outside firm should be com- pleted at the conclusion of each fiscal year. (F4)
Response 3: This recommendation has not yet been imple- mented but will be implemented in the future. A compre- hensive or compliance audit for Measure S Audit will be contracted with a CPA firm.
It is noted that the Grand Jury's timeframe is not realistic for this particular recommendation. The completion of the audit will be within the normal audit cycle which requires the clos- ing of the fiscal year prior to conducting audit procedures. Audits customarily take from six to eight months to complete after the close of the fiscal year. Therefore, the audit will be concluded in the spring of the year following the close of the fiscal year.
Recommendation 4: Public safety pay increases funded from Measure S should be restricted to Measure S hired personnel. (F5)
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Response 4: This recommendation will not be implemented because it is unwarranted or unreasonable.
It appears that the only bases (Sic) provided in the Report for this recommendation are two bullet points in the Discussion section:
• "Measure S funds spent on public safety employee sala- ries and/or pay increases are limited to only employees hired under Measure S."
• "In discussions with past Sanger CoC members, past
City administrators/department heads, and City of Sanger Citizens, it was never the intent that monies collected under the Measure S tax be used for across-the-board pay increases for public safety employees. The only exception was to be those public safety employees hired under Measure S."
First, as to the conclusion that salaries and/or pay increases are to be limited to only employees hired under Measure S, there is no such limitation. Ordinance 1094, Section 66-214 (Use of Tax Proceeds and Expenditure Plan) explicitly pro- vides for the " ... paying the salaries and benefits of (police and fire) protection personnel..;" It does not limit the salary payments to only those employees hired under Measure S.
In comparison, this Section also provides for the " ... obtain- ing, furnishing, operating, and/or maintaining (police and fire) protection equipment or apparatus ... " It does not limit obtain- ing, furnishing, operating, and/or maintaining equipment to only those employees hired under Measure S. As is noted in respondent's response to Finding 1, equipment/supplies/capi- tal purchases out of Measure S funds are for the benefit of all public safety personnel, not solely for those positions
funded out of Measure S.
The Measure S Ordinance itself provides the City Council with authority to amend the expenditure plan: " ... The Public Safety Expenditure Plan may be amended from time to time by a majority vote of the City Council, so long as the funds are utilized for these public safety services ... "
It is clear that salaries may be paid with Measure S monies, so long as they were utilized for public safety services. On March 2nd, 2017, the City Council reviewed such action and duly authorized the use of Measure S funds by a majority vote for across-the-board salaries for public safety services.
Secondly, the supposition that Measure S funds were never intended for across-the-board raises also disregards the City Council's authority provided under the Ordinance to amend expenditures from time to time. Specifically, and by example, the establishment of the expenditures for Gang/Drug preven- tion services was approved by the City Council on July 19th, 2012. Resolution No. 4361 created a gang/drug prevention pro- gram and authorized such expenditures to be made
through Measure S funding. The resolution was passed by a majority of the City Council, including one member who is on the current City Council.
As noted above, the City Council has utilized the amendment process to further clarify the allowed use of Measure S funds for expenditures such as the gang/drug prevention program. In the case of salaries, the City Council's action of March 2, 2017 in essence followed the expenditure amendment process allowed for provided by the Ordinance.
In sum, the Ordinance allows the City Council to amend Mea- sure S expenditures from time to time so long as it meets the public safety definitions.
Recommendation 5: A liaison should be selected by the Sanger City Council to attend all Citizen's Oversight Commit- tee meetings, in an effort to improve communications. (F3)
Response 5: This recommendation has been implemented. On February 15th, 2018, the City Council designated one of its members to be the liaison to the CoC and to attend all of the CoC meetings.
Recommendation 6: A liaison should be selected by the Citi- zen's Oversight Committee to attend all Sanger City Council meetings, in an effort to improve communications. (F3)
Response 6: This recommendation has not yet been imple- mented but will be implemented. The recommendation will be transmitted to the CoC so they may officially designate one of its members to attend all City Council meetings.
Recommendation 7: All legal opinions by legal counsel regarding the use of Measure S funds should be provided in writing. (F6)
Response 7: This recommendation has been implemented as to the last verbal legal opinion.
Recommendation 8: A complete review of the City of Sanger's archival system should be completed by the end of 2018. (F7)
Response 8: This recommendation has not yet been imple- mented but will be implemented in the future. Any review of the City's systems is appropriate on a regular basis. Staff will be analyzing the cost of a review of the City's archiving sys- tem, and will make appropriate recommendations to the City Council at its mid-year budget process. The timing of such review would be subject to available funding and it approval.
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