Council to consider Columbia Pool final project Revision of Elected Officials’ Handbook on agenda The Turlock City Council is expected to consider approving a $6.3 million renovation project of Columbia Pool at their Tuesday meeting (Journal file photo).
A revamped Columbia Pool may be one step closer to reality following Tuesday’s Turlock City Council meeting, as the Council is expected to make a decision on how to move forward with the project.
In July 2020, the PARC and the Council held a special joint meeting where they were presented with several options for a remodel of Columbia Pool. While the pool is currently closed due to COVID, a facility evaluation study conducted last fall found a total of 18 violations which would keep the pool shut down even without a pandemic. Since the swimming pool was built in 1957, it has undergone minor renovations and facility updates. The pool has only been replastered once, i
Hampton returns to Turlock City Hall Former police chief, city manager appointed by Council as acting executive Gary Hampton will be reprising his role as Turlock City Manager, following the City Council’s decision to appointment him to the position in an acting role starting Jan. 13. (Journal file photo).
Gary Hampton has returned to the City of Turlock to serve in an executive leadership position for the third time, following City Council action to appoint him acting city manager while the current city manager is under investigation.
The Turlock City Council voted in closed session on Tuesday 4-1 with Councilmember Nicole Larson opposing to appoint Hampton acting city manager effective Wednesday. The City Clerk reported the appointment of Hampton at a Step 1 salary level, which is defined on the City’s website as an annual salary of $195,696.
Special Council meetings to determine future of City Manager, City Attorney
The first action of the Turlock City Council in the new year has been to evaluate the services of the City Manager and City Attorney, following two emergency meetings called by the Mayor.
The motivations behind the special meetings - before the two newly elected City Council members have even gone through orientation - have been called into question by incumbent City Council members Andrew Nosrati and Nicole Larson and members of the public.
With a 24-hour notice to at least two City Council members and the public, Mayor Amy Bublak called for a special closed session emergency meeting on Tuesday with two items on the agenda - performance evaluations of the City Manager and City Attorney.
Social distancing and other contagion protocols are difficult behind bars, but an investigation by WFAA and The Marshall Project showed that the spread of COVID-19 behind bars was also due to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice s lackluster response, potentially exacerbating outbreaks and putting surrounding communities at risk.
The agency s website lists the prisoners who have died from the virus. Below is a list of those people, including Campos.
Among the list are four people who officials removed from the agency s official county of coronavirus-related deaths, even though they had tested positive for the disease. Those four are: Nichole Perez, Floyd Thomas Scott, Matthew Clayton Pouncey and Elias Villanueva, Jr.