Council weighs $100000 mechanized refuse system
Shafter city councilmen meet in adjourned session to decide on spending over $100,000 for a new mechanized refuse collection system. They requested a detailed personnel plan before action. The plan envisions one operator per truck with four residents per container and storage in alleys.
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Shafter City
Bill Sheldon
Public Works
Lew Carroll
Starrh cites government cost burden on California agriculture
Starrh testifies at a Sacramento two day hearing on the California Food and Agricultural Economy. He notes government laws agencies and taxes raise costs and harass farmers. He cites IRS collection duties and new IWC rules raising wages and overtime costs.
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Assembly Eaerial Sy
California
Starrh
Sacramento
John Garamendi
Shafter Vegetable Growers
Kern County Farm Bureau
California Farm Bureau Cotton Division
National Cotton Council
Kern Commodity Marketing Association
National
Community Development hearing set in Shafter November 3
Kern County CDPA will host a Shafter meeting at the Veterans Building on California Avenue to discuss Housing and Community Development Program needs for Kern County. Residents from Shafter and nearby areas are invited to participate in planning the third-year application and review past projects including a $150,000 Shafter Community Center, $29,000 water system improvements, and $52,000 curbs and gutters in the Mexican Colony. With third-year funding near $4.3 million, organizers seek public input and involvement.
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Kern County Development Program Agency
CDPA
Shafter Veterans Building
California Avenue
Shafter
North
Smith Corners
Mexican Colony
Community Development Program Agency
Kern County
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