News release The entire Fiscal Year 2018-2019 CAO Recommended Budget document is now available online at the County’s webpage, www.inyocounty.us, offering the public an opportunity to review the proposed $100,393,501 spending plan coming up for possible adoption in September. Publication of the budget was made possible by many weeks of analysis, calculation, research, meetings, planning, […]
Inyo County news release Longtime Inyo County Administrator Kevin Carunchio has announced his retirement after 13 years with the County. Carunchio, County Administrator since 2007, informed the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 12 of his intent to retire following completion of several outstanding projects, including the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 County Budget. He plans to continue living in […]
By Deb Murphy The first few hours of Wednesday’s Technical Group meeting continued the verbal wrestling match between Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over a proposed two-month pumping test on Five Bridges’ W385. Then came the question of the department providing water to three landfill sites as a new […]
Press release In what is becoming a “holiday tradition” at the County of Inyo, department heads gave their annual year-in-review reports to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, highlighting both accomplishments and challenges from the past 12 months. CAO Kevin Carunchio said the annual review serves as a great showcase of just how much the County […]
By Deb Murphy Inyo County Board of Supervisor Chair Matt Kingsley started Tuesday’s special meeting expressing his pride and appreciation for the people who volunteered to take the helm of the embattled Southern Inyo Healthcare District. “This is not an easy appointment,” he said. “The district is struggling on many levels.” Three south county residents […]
By Deb Murphy In what seemed anti-climactic, the Inyo County Board of Supervisors approved the 2015-16 Budget at its regular Tuesday meeting. At $93,590,304 the final budget expenditures deviated by a pittance — $124,334 – from the draft on the table at the September 2 public hearing. The county’s contingency budget went up by $44,344; […]
By Deb Murphy While some key revenue sources have increased and Inyo County’s budget should come close to balancing with a little help from a $3.5 million fund balance, Chief Administrative Officer Kevin Carunchio strongly urged the Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting to use this relative lull in the storm to address serious financial […]
– Press release Independence, CA–Elections offices throughout the country will have new and better ways to serve voters in 2016, thanks to a partnership that brings elections officials from Hillsborough County, Florida; Cook County, Illinois; and Inyo County, California together with elections experts specializing in technology and design. With $400,000 in support announced today from […]
By Deb Murphy Saturday was a good day to be a “Piner.” The Big Pine Volunteer Fire Department threw a party to celebrate the grand opening of its new engine bay, a 2,000 square foot structure with garage doors tall enough to admit high-clearance engines and water tenders and gear for all 35 of the […]
By Charles James The battle continues on the ATV Adventure Trails Pilot Program, slated for a public hearing before the Inyo County Board of Supervisors onJanuary 22 at 10 a.m. in Independence. Perhaps the “third time will be a charm” for the already twice-scheduled public hearing for consideration by the Supervisors to approve the project’s […]
Why did the Inyo Supervisors vote for raises that added up to $2 million without the money to pay for them? That’s the puzzler for many people as the Board and Administrator drag through cuts that sharply offend citizens and Department heads. Sierra Wave Media talked to four supervisors about why they okayed raises without […]
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will hold two public meetings on its proposed Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch project. The plan includes around 1200 acres six miles southeast of Independence. DWP says the project would generate 200 megawatts from one million solar panels. The project site is also […]
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