Controversy Over Vote on Consultant’s Report

A Placer County (N. Calif.) supervisor says she wa confused when she voted to accept a consultant’s report that recommends the sheriff close one of its two comm centers. Sup. Jennifer Montgomery says voted only to accept the 167-page report by the Matrix Consulting Group, not to actually approve closing the Tahoe City center and moving operations to the Auburn center. Board of supervisors chair F.C. Rockholm agrees that the vote was only to accept the report, but he noted that the sheriff is the one who will make the final decision on closing the center. The six dispatchers who work at the center near Lake Tahoe say they disagree with the consultant’s findings. If the center closes, they would be offered other county jobs. Read the original story about the vote, and then read Montgomery’s explanation of her vote. You can also download (pdf) the consultant’s report report.