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boxesandtwosewerman- holes that need to be ad- justed to match the pro- posed increased grades, said Robin Kampmann, interim Public Works di- rector for the city. The city is responsible for funding associated with the adjust- ment of these utility con- flicts, which would amount to $1,400 for all the man- holes and $31,500 for the water line adjustments. Finance Director Sandy Ryan said funding will come from the wastewater budget and water budget, which are both strong bud- gets. Those departments often don't use all of their budget for the fiscal year, providing enough funding for this project. The capital maintenance project will fill in pedes- trian sidewalk gaps and put in bike lanes and curbs, gutters and sidewalks, said Tehama County Public Works Director Gary An- tone at the Dec. 20 super- visors meeting. The Capital Prevention Pavement Project will start sometime in the spring with paving and grind- ing expected to continue through 2018, Antone said. Caltrans is implement- ing the pavement project on SR 36E with the work including a complete re- surfacing of the roadway, completing sidewalks at gap locations, installing corner ramps to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and add- ing bicycle lanes on both sides of the roadway. The pedestrian and bicycle im- provements will only ex- tend to the junction of SR 36 and SR 99E at the Te- hama County Sheriff's Of- fice. The pavement resurfac- ing will cover the entire length of the project area. The project serves the county's public purposes, as the implementation of pedestrian and bicycle im- provements will provide the public a much greater level of safety while trav- eling through the area, ac- cording to the Board of Su- pervisors agenda report. The Tehama County Transportation Commis- sion previously commit- ted $800,555 in Conges- tion Mitigation Air Qual- ity funds to the project. Conflict FROMPAGE1 Sanders said. The awards committee is made up of the Opera- tions Division Commander, Support and Special Ser- vices Division Commander, Records Manager, Presi- dent of the Peace Officers Association, and an Offi- cer at Large selected by the Chief. Recommenda- tions are then forwarded to the chief for review and approval. "It is a tough decision to determine what should be considered for special rec- ognition when the staff of the Red Bluff Police De- partment is conducting themselves honorably and professionally while serv- ing with distinction on a daily basis," Sanders said. Awards included ribbons for special positions as well as good conduct with the later award requiring three years of honorable service with no breaks in employ- ment and no preventable collisions. Recipients of the good conduct award must also serve an additional three years after the period for which they are recog- nized before receiving the award. Award recipients are as follows: Cpl. Kevin Bowen — Officer of the Year; Community Services Of- ficer Russ Tyndall — Ci- vilian of the Year; Kathy Engel — Volunteer of the Year; Sgt. Michael Gra- ham — Negotiator; Sgt. Kevin Busekist- Nego- tiator; Officer Jike De- ver- Honor Guard; Offi- cer Matt Coker — School Resource Officer; Dis- patcher Janee Hoover — 10 Year Longevity; Chief Kyle Sanders — 20 Year Longevity; Officer Matt Haman — First Award of Good Conduct Ribbon; Records Specialist Jessica Hoehman — First Award of Good Conduct Rib- bon; Sgt. Michael Brown — Second Award of Good Conduct Ribbon; Sgt. Aaron Murray — Third Award of Good Conduct Ribbon; Dispatcher Kim McIvor — 10 Year Lon- gevity and Third Award of Good Conduct Ribbon; Officer Lela Martinez — School Resource Officer and Honor Guard; Offi- cer Michael Fawnsworth — Field Training Officer and First Award of Good Conduct Ribbon; Cpl. Stephen Harper — Field Training Officer and Cer- tificate of Commenda- tion; Officer James Tal- ley — Honor Guard, K9 Handler and First Award of Good Conduct Ribbon; Detective Sean Baxter — Honor Guard, SWAT and Second Award of Good Conduct Ribbon Honor FROM PAGE 1 By Bill Barrow TheAssociatedPress ATLANTA National Demo- crats will elect a new chair whose task is to steady a reeling party and capital- ize on the widespread oppo- sition to Republican Presi- dent Donald Trump. Leading contenders in the Saturday vote are for- mer Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, is a longshot hop- ing he can rise to the top if neither of the two front- runners can capture major- ity support from the Demo- cratic National Committee. Here's an explanation of why an election among party insiders has drawn so much attention. Whatdoestheparty chairman do? The chair is the Demo- cratic National Commit- tee's top executive. Outgo- ing Chairwoman Donna Brazile says her successor "must be fearless ... must have courage," but there's no absolute job description. The post is part cheer- leader, part fundraiser, part organizer and re- cruiter, part public mes- senger. It's a much more visible role when a party no longer occupies the White House, since the president is de facto leader of his own party. Presidents also name their own party chairs, with the national committee op- erating essentially as a po- litical arm of the Oval Of- fice. The losing party's chair, though, is elected by its national committee members. Ellison, Perez and Butti- gieg have all committed to oppose the Trump adminis- tration with gusto, but con- centrate on nuts-and-bolts rebuilding of party infra- structure that helps win elections. The new chair won't be an undisputed "leader of the party." Senate Minor- ity Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and House Mi- nority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California will remain the highest ranking Dem- ocrats in Washington, but the DNC chair will play a major role in framing the party's arguments and iden- tity, while charting a strat- egy to turn those into votes in upcoming elections. Why does it matter so much this time? Neither major party has had such a competi- tive chair election in re- cent history, but there's a reason for Democrats' ex- istential lurching: They have as little actual politi- cal power around the coun- try as they've had in 90 years. That means virtu- ally no American voter has ever seen Democrats so re- moved from controlling the nation's policies. Republicans run both houses of Congress, sit in 33 governor's chairs, con- trol 32 state legislatures and, if Neil Gorsuch is con- firmed by the Senate, will enjoy a conservative Su- preme Court majority. The GOP has absolute control — the governor and legislature — in 24 states. For Demo- crats, that number is seven, with none between the West Coast and the Northeast. The chair also comes to the job after an election marred by Russian hackers stealing the DNC's internal communications. New Hampshire Chair- man Ray Buckley puts it plainly: "Our party has a long way to go." Who actually votes? Leading contenders have spent hundreds of thou- sands of dollars traveling and wooing the 442 eligi- ble voters who make up the Democratic National Com- mittee (a handful of the 447 DNC seats are vacant). Winning requires a ma- jority of those voting Satur- day, with as many rounds as it takes to identify the winner. Perez's campaign insists he's nearing that threshold, though Ellison disputes that notion. But- tigieg acknowledges that his strategy is to hope nei- ther Perez nor Ellison can reach a majority after sev- eral ballots, leading DNC members to turn to him as an alternative. Is this Clinton vs. Sanders II? There are undertones of the 2016 presidential pri- mary, but Ellison, Perez and their backers say fram- ing the race that way is wrong. An unapologetic liberal, Ellison has highlighted his endorsement from Ver- mont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the independent whose strong grass-roots support nearly upended the Demo- cratic primary. Perez got in the race at the urging of then-Presi- dent Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton allies, and he has the endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden. That makes him the perceived establishment candidate at a time many rank-and-file Democrats want a house-cleaning at the party's top echelon. But Texas Democratic Chairman Gilberto Hino- josa explains, "I come from the left, left, left wing of the Democratic Party, and I fully support Tom Perez." ELECTION AP E xp la ins : Wh y do es D em oc ra ti c Pa rt y cha ir r ac e mat te r? MANUELBALCECENETA—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the White House compound in Washington. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday proposed spending $437 million on flood control and emergency response in the waterlogged state. The Democratic gover- nor asked state lawmakers to redirect $50 million from the general fund and re- quested a $387 million ap- propriation from the voter- approved 2014 Proposition 1 water bond. "We've got to belly up to the bar and start spend- ing money," Brown said in a news conference at the state Capitol. Brown also is seeking up- dates on flood inundation maps and emergency action plans as well as enhanced dam inspections. Northern California has received more than twice the normal amount of rain and snow this win- ter, breaking five years of drought. Full rivers and water surging from dam spillways are pouring water into the Central Valley, a 450-mile- long depression running north and south through the heart of California. The region absorbs runoff from coastal mountains and the Sierra Nevada. California has $187 bil- lion in unmet needs for water and transportation infrastructure, Brown said. He suggested it can only be addressed with tax in- creases but said he wasn't prepared to offer "the full answer" to raising enough money to shore up infra- structure. "This is not an isolated set of problems," Brown said. "It's part of a larger picture of a state with 40 million people having to deal with the impacts of a modern civilization. De- spite what you hear from many conservatives, there has to be a very healthy public expenditure based on taxes." In letters to officials in President Donald Trump's administration, Brown asked for an expedited envi- ronmental review to speed up what he characterized as the state's most urgent in- frastructure needs. He identified repairs at the damaged Oroville Dam and nine other projects, in- cluding high speed rail, ma- jor highway improvements in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and demolition of the old Bay Bridge. Brown said he hopes the state will see $12 bil- lion over each of the next 10 years as part of Trump's proposal to generate $1 trillion in infrastructure spending. FLOOD CONTROL California governor seeks $437 million RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures to a chart that show his proposal to spend $437 million on flood control and emergency response in the wake of recent storms, during a news conference Friday in Sacramento. The Associated Press KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. A man suspected of killing a woman in Northern Cal- ifornia has been wanted in Oregon since a 2006 fel- ony assault in Klamath Falls. The Herald and News reports (https://is.gd/ cVIXsF ) a woman told police that her boyfriend Robert Vogee strangled her past the point of con- sciousness. A warrant for Vogee's arrest was issued in No- vember 2006. Vogee is now is sus- pected of killing Pamela Sue Johnson. Her remains were recovered Tuesday after a fire at Vogee's home in Alturas, California. The 59-year-old suspect was hospitalized after being found unconscious. Modoc County District Attorney Jordan Funk says authorities believe Vogee set the fire as both a suicide attempt and an effort to destroy evidence of a homicide. 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