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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Shasta County public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Jones Valley water emergency
The Jones Valley water system's pump failed September 28, leaving about 500 households without a backup water source. The Board was asked to continue emergency contracting procedures to fix it.
Behavioral health and residential care contracts
The county retroactively approved roughly $5.8 million combined in contracts for youth mental health services, the senior-focused CARE Center, and adult residential care beds.
Chief of Psychiatry recruitment bonus
Facing chronic recruitment failures that force expensive contract psychiatrists, the county raised the sign-on bonus for its Chief of Psychiatry to as much as $100,000.
Cottonwood sewer capacity and connection fee increase
The Cottonwood sewer plant is at 77% capacity, and the county wants new connections to pay $28,300 instead of $6,700 to fund a $29 million expansion. Supervisors worried the huge fee could kill development and hurt individual landowners, so they delayed a decision until after budget hearings. Without it, staff warn new development could be banned outright.