Dan Epperson
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Top issues during term (20)
Data center moratorium request
Backers say it would boost the tax base for schools and services without raising home taxes; critics want a fiscal analysis of who pays for roads, water, and fire impacts.
Westover Field hangar leasing
Adds roughly $3,500 a year to the airport enterprise budget, which earns about $4,000 a month from hangars.
Chief Probation Officer salary
The cut saves the county roughly $15,000 a year.
PG&E power shutoffs in the Pioneer area
Residents faced spoiled food, generator fuel costs, and three days without power.
Fire district lease at Pine Grove Park
Rent rises from $1,331 to $1,500 a month paid by the fire district to the county.
Animal control staffing
About $3,500 more per year at the top of the pay scale.
Bright Feather Road neighbor dispute
Renaming now would cost the county money and months of mail and 911 address confusion.
Community health priorities: suicide and chronic disease
Funded through the new Behavioral Health Services Act program, though state funding amounts aren't yet set.
Structural budget deficit in FY 2026-27
The budget totals about $148.9 million, with a projected $3.5 million deficit looming for next year.
Library services and Pioneer hours
Furniture funded by a grant; no general fund cost cited.
Arroyo Ditch loan repayment
County recovers $150,000 plus about $15,000 in interest into the Water Development Fund for future water loans.
Broadband for Fiddletown and Drytown
No cost to the county; funded through the California Advanced Services Fund.
local election results
Ballot measures can shift how local tax dollars get spent — or raise them — so your wallet has a stake in these results.
Upper Ridge Road safety petition
Electra Road and Tiger Creek Road Maintenance with PG&E
Shifts maintenance costs for about four miles of road between the county and PG&E.
Petersen Ranch Unit 3 reversion to acreage
County holds about $600,000 in improvement bonds that will be released with the cancelled agreement.
Wildfire liability legislation and CSAC opposition letter
Unknown until bill text emerges; potential multimillion-dollar implications for fire recovery costs and ratepayer bills.
Jail expansion financing sublease
$28 million project with roughly $17.2 million in state SB 863 funding; county remains responsible for operations and maintenance.
Kirkland Ranch RV spaces in the Shenandoah Valley
No direct county cost; the ranch gains a new revenue stream while wineries fear precedent in a struggling grape market.
Stinkwort Invasive Weed Spread
Control costs are currently falling on private landowners; county roadside spraying would add expense.
Decisions during term (227)
Recorded while Epperson was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Closed session resolution (Joshua Long v. County of Amador)
Approval of the meeting agenda
Consent agenda (items 7.a–7.i)
Reclassification of Animal Care Technician position to Animal Control Officer
Approval of October 6, 2026 Board meeting minutes
CONSENT AGENDA: Items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine and may be enacted by one motion.
Approval of various personnel changes at Public Health. These additions and deletions will be about revenue neutral, and will not have any effect on the General Fund.
2026 Citizen of the Year: Approval of a Resolution recognizing Mike Spinetta as Amador County Citizen of the Year for 2026.
Amador County Peace Officers' Association: Approval of a Resolution Honoring Casey Bettencourt as Peace Officer of the Year for 2026.
Surveying Department-Parcel Map No. 2907 for Connie Lee Jess Trustee of the Joseph Jess Sr. and Connie Lee Jess Family Trust dated May 1, 2003. The subject agenda item is a request for approval of Parcel Map. No. 2907. The properties are…
Surveying Department-request to set the date for a public hearing for a Certificate of Merger as requested by Paul Rose. The properties involved in said Merger are Lot 298 and Lot 299 of lake Camanche Village Subdivision Unit 1 as shown on…
General Services Administration: Lease by Amador Fire Protection District for space at Pine Grove Park
Approval of Amended Agenda
Approval of Amended Consent Agenda
Resolution 26-167 — Violence Awareness Month
Resolution Honoring Dave Sheppard
Airport Car Fee Modification
Approval of September 22, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Review and possible approval of the September 22, 2026 Confidential Minutes.
Approve the Department of Transportation and Public Works to Purchase of shop welder and one mobile welder
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