Nevada County Board of Supervisors Accepts $950,000 CAL FIRE Grant to Support Wildfire Prevention

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors formally accepted funds awarded by CAL FIRE at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU) announced last month that it had secured funding for a grant to mitigate the impacts of the damaging heavy storm event that began on December 27th, 2021. The $950,000 from the California Climate Investments CAL FIRE Wildfire Prevention Grant Program will help with costs to the county attributed to the extensive storm clean up. 

The primary goal of the grant is to provide financial support focusing on wildfire mitigation efforts along primary ingress and egress routes on County maintained roads. This also is contributing to green waste mitigation efforts on privately maintained properties and ingress/egress routes along private roads.

“Our focus is to evacuate residents safely. We are doing all we can to take proactive measures to make that more effective,” said North Division Chief, CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit Jim Mathias, who was on hand to answer questions during the presentation. 

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County Offices Closed May 30th for Memorial Day

All County administrative offices will be closed on Monday, May 30th, in observance of Memorial Day.

Public safety and Sheriff's patrol services will continue as normal. Normal business hours for other offices will resume on Tuesday, May 31st.

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Nevada County Receives $1.7 Million Youth Workforce Development Grant

Nevada County has been awarded $1.7 Million in Youth Workforce funds from the State’s California Volunteers program.

The purpose of the initiative is to increase youth employment, develop youth interest in and experience towards a career, and to strengthen our community’s capacity to address urgent community challenges in the areas of climate, food insecurity, and local COVID-19 recovery.

“We’re thrilled to be able to provide living wage employment opportunities for under-resourced youth in our community while creating more capacity to tackle some of our county’s most challenging issues,” said Nevada County Social Services Director Rachel Peña. 

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Child Support Services and Community Beyond Violence Collaborate on School Supply Drive 

Sierra Nevada Regional Department of Child Support Services (SNRDCSS), in collaboration with Community Beyond Violence (CBV), is seeking donations of new backpacks and school supplies for children aged 5-17.

In addition to donations of new backpacks, the school supplies needed include pencils, colored pencils, crayons, highlighters, spiral notebooks, paper (wide and college-ruled), scissors, erasers, rulers, folders, glue, scientific calculators, and binders.

The support of the community is imperative to the success of this drive. Please join SNRDCSS and CBV in their effort to help kids feel confident and ready to learn as they enter the 22-23 school year! 

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2022 CalFresh Farmers' Market Match Program Begins June 4th

The Market Match program encourages CalFresh recipients to use their CalFresh benefits at our local farmers' markets to obtain seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables.

To do this, the Market Match Program provides token matching incentives to purchase additional produce, in addition to the amount customers spend with their own EBT dollars. When CalFresh recipients go to the Market Manager’s booth at any of the three eligible farmers' markets and show their EBT card and photo ID, their EBT tokens will be matched up to $10 at each and every market for the entire season while funding remains.

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One-Way Traffic Control Ahead on State Route 174

Caltrans is alerting motorists to expect one-way traffic control next week on State Route 174 in Nevada County for remaining roadway improvements on a safety project.
 
One-way traffic control will be in effect between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, June 3.

Motorists are advised to anticipate 20-minute delays when traveling through the construction zone. The schedule is subject to change based on weather, availability of supplies or other unexpected events.

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Chair Hoek Introduces Board Objectives Quarterly Report

Although the winter storms were a challenging way to start the new year, we tackled it in true Nevada County fashion. First off, I want to thank everyone who looked out for their family, friends, and neighbors. We sent a CodeRED Alert out asking residents to check in with each other and to report emergencies to 911 and urgent unmet needs to 211. As a result, we saw no deaths resulting from the storms and outages.

At the County, we’ve continued our work to recover from the storms and prepare for the upcoming fire season. Immediately, our Building Department offered fee waivers and priority permitting for residents whose homes were hit by the storms, causing repairs. We also just received a $950,000 CAL FIRE grant to expand brush removal along key evacuation routes, in addition to the 9,000 cubic yards of green waste already removed from county-maintained roadways this year. And speaking of neighbors helping neighbors, we also just saw another record green waste year, equivalent to the weight of about 450 school buses removed from private properties alone. This is critical before fire season, as we know there is so much work to do.

2022 also marked my appointment as Board Chair – a role I am proud to serve for our community. As Board Chair, I serve on the Budget Subcommittee, ensuring good fiscal stewardship and sound financial management strategies for the upcoming 22/23 fiscal year. The budget supports our priorities to reduce wildfire risk, expand broadband, address homelessness, support affordable housing, promote economic development and sustainable recreation.

The Budget Subcommittee and Board meeting process enables us to plan for community initiatives responsibly and transparently. For example, the County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded Nevada County’s Outdoor Visitor Safety Fund Grant Program will provide up to $850,000 in onetime grants for highly impacted outdoor recreation destinations from the South Yuba River to Donner Summit. We’ve just placed three new emergency call boxes along the South Yuba River at the 49 Crossing, Edwards Crossing, and the Town of Washington. These call boxes use a satellite connection to provide emergency phone service where traditional landline and cellular services are unavailable.

From cell service for emergency communications to broadband access for our day-to-day, connectivity has proven to be a big topic for our community. Over 4,000 residents participated in our “Need for Speed” survey on broadband connectivity. The survey results will help the County prioritize new broadband projects, apply for funding, and advocate to elected officials and state regulators.

All of this – from fires and emergency events to increased recreation tourism to broadband – impacts our local business community and economy. We started 2022 out with a renewed focus on our smallest businesses. We’ve already distributed $57,000 to 23 local microbusinesses through Nevada County’s Microbusiness Grant Program made available through state grant funding, with another $50,000 available in round 2.

We’ve faced new and unique challenges together already this year. I’m proud of how we’ve continued to work for the residents of Nevada County, and I look forward to seeing what else we can accomplish together in 2022.

-Susan Hoek, Chair, Nevada County Board of Supervisors

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Job Openings at Nevada County: Senior Management Analyst

Nevada County employs approximately 800 employees covering a full range of services and positions, from accountants to wastewater treatment system operators. In Nevada County, quality of life comes first. It is the only rural California county with two designated Cultural Arts Districts and is known for its abundance of outdoor recreational activities.

Nevada County is hiring a Senior Management Analyst to work in our Human Resources department. We are seeking a very seasoned human resources professional who has comfortably operated at a managerial level, preferably in a public sector environment. Significant enterprise-wide programming decisions are part of this person's responsibility, including benefits administration, leave management, progressive discipline and performance management, and labor relations. Supervision of advanced journey level para-professional staff are also part of the duty set. We work in a fast-paced environment which requires accuracy, dedication, and a desire to provide excellent customer service.

The person in this position reports to the Director of Human Resources and often interacts with other senior executives in the organization. Ability to respond quickly to a series of informational questions; create and give in-person presentations; design and deliver significant programs; and provide guidance to others in a range of sensitive issues, are all included in the average week.

What type of work environment would you be in? We like to have fun, and we laugh a lot! We celebrate the small and large events in life (usually with a food event). We collaborate and work as a team. We share information and knowledge, and we strive to be leaders at all levels. We aim high for excellence in our work product. 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, preferably with major course work in business or public administration, political science, industrial relations or a related field; and two years of responsible professional analytical and/or management experience performing duties in an area to which the incumbent is assigned at a level equivalent to the Nevada County Management Analyst II classification. A Master's degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

Interviews will be held on June 14, 2022 and June 16, 2022. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Find more information about this position online. Have a question? Contact Human Resources by calling (530) 265-7010 and selecting option 2.

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