Shafter RTC costs questioned in state audit report
California controller's audit faults Shafter city officials and the Shafter Community Development Agency over more than 1.9 million dollars in costs tied to the Return to Custody facility. The 100 page review criticizes land acquisition, construction, equipment, salaries, benefits, insurance, and related transactions while noting Gardemeyer Development Co. excluded from questioned items.
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Shafter
California State Controllers Office
City of
Shafter Community Development Agency
SCDA
Gardemeyer Development Co
RTC
Cleanup at Rio Bravo waste facility documented
Early July remedial investigation into the Rio Bravo Disposal Facility on Beech Avenue near 7th Standard Road seeks to determine if past operations released wastes to soil or groundwater. The plan includes drilling to 20 30 feet at multiple sites and installing a 255 foot groundwater monitoring well next to the injection well.
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Rio Bravo Disposal Facility
RBDF
Beech Avenue
7Th Standard Road
State Department of Toxic Substances Control
DTSC
Rio Bravo Ad Hoc Potentially Responsible Party
PRP
Rio Bravo
Department of Health Services
DHS
Building permits rise in Shafter area amid 1992 comparison
January through June 1992 permits totaled 4.65 million, far above 1991 figures, while Wasco shows a leveling off from prior prison-driven growth. Taft and Delano show mixed results with June declines, and Ridgecrest notes a large Albertson's Market permit as countywide activity edges up overall. Total year-to-date values reach 326.5 million versus 309.8 million in 1991.
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Wasco
Kern County Board of Trade
Taft
Delano
Sears
McFarland
KCBT
Ann Gutcher
Albertson
Ridgecrest
Reward Offered for Vandals at Richland Lerdo District
The Richland Lerdo School District offers up to a 50 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions of vandals who have broken school windows. Superintendent Dr Dan Knapp reports two suspects have been taken into custody in separate incidents and notes both parties involved have been killed for the damage. He warns parents their children could face severe court action.
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Richland-Lerdo
Dan Knapp
Knapp
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