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Check out our continuous news feed, short Tout videos, photo galleries and more. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM EVEN MORE ON THE WEB By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red Bluff » The game of mu- sical chairs between govern- ment-owned buildings in Te- hama County began to take better shape Feb. 25 when the Board of Supervisors ap- proved a property purchase for one facility and awarded the contract to build another. The board approved the purchase of 778 and 780 An - telope Blvd. from Val Ross for the amount of $326,000 plus all closing and escrow costs. That site will house the Te - hama County sheriff and pro- bation departments' interim Day Reporting Center. Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said he anticipated the county would take con - trol of the property within 30 days. The board also awarded a $1,482,500 contract to Don- ald F. Gallino, Inc., General Contractors to build the county's new Agricultural Center Building. Both the Day Reporting Center, currently at Curtis Wetter Hall, and the Agri - culture Department are be- ing displaced from their Wal- nut Street digs due to the new Tehama County Courthouse. The California Adminis- trative Office of the Courts will begin work at the Wal- nut Street site in July. Gallino's bid was the sec- ond lowest received by the county. The board voted to reject the lowest bid from Slater & Son, which was a little more than $1,000 less than Galli - no's. The board adopted a find- ing that the Slater bid vi- olated the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Prac- tices Act and contained fur- ther irregularities. Slater's bid did not pro- vide many information items regarding which subcontrac- tors would be used. Slater & Son said they did not intend for that list to be made final and later submit - ted a complete subcontractor list hours after the bid pack- ages were opened. The county received pro- test letters from Gallino and a law firm representing the Carpenters Union Local 1599 objecting to the Slater bid. County staff said Slater & Son contacted them orally county Go ve rn men t pr op er ti es s hu ffle c on ti nu es Courtesy JoJo and Horton, 3-month-old puppies, play with a ball at the tehama County Animal Care Center. residents will soon be able to pay to adopt animals and for other county services with credit and debit cards. By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red Bluff » Building per- mits, archive searches, de- posits, even a new puppy — those are some of the services Tehama County res- idents will soon be able to pay for with their credit or debit cards. Within the next month the Tehama County build - ing, planning, environmen- tal health and animal ser- vices departments will be- gin accepting a credit cards, debit cards and electronic checks — payment options previously not available, to the chagrin of residents and county staff. T he Teh a m a Cou nt y Board of Supervisors moved in February to allow those de - partments to begin accept- ing the electronic payment types with an ordinance that passes along the transaction fee to the customer. Credit and debit transac - tions will carry a 2.95 per- cent service charge and elec- tronic checks will include an additional $2.50 transaction charge to be processed. Animal Care Center Man - ager Christine McClintock said the change will help op- erations at the shelter im- mensely. McClintock said the shel- ter receives multiple requests per day from residents want- ing to pay with a credit card. Those people without cash or checks on them have to head home or to a bank to get the right method of payment. Not only is it a hassle for residents, but McClintock says it has led to increased overtime because in some in - stances a staff member has to stay past closing time to ac- commodate a quick sprint to the bank. The county has had a ser- vice contract with HP Enter- prises Services since 2005 for credit and debit card pay- ments. But the decisions to imple- ment the services have been left on a department-by-de- partment basis. The Sheriff's Department for instance still doesn't ac- cept checks for services such as live scans. McClintock said the credit card machine has been or - dered and she hopes the shel- ter will have it up and run- ning by the start of April. She said she hopes to use the service to allow licenses to be paid online in the future as well. At the shelter the use of credit cards will benefit hu - mans and pets alike. McClintock said some pets have to wait in the shelter longer until their owner re - trieves the proper payment type. county seRvices CharGe it Staff Reports Red Bluff » City firefighters Tuesday morning rescued a man and woman after their homeless camp flooded at the Sand Slough north of Ante- lope Boulevard. Officials said rescue personnel initially could not reach a 33-year-old man who had trouble breath- ing and was stranded in an area between Inter- state 5 and the slough area south of the Sacramento River. After requesting a California Highway Pa- trol rescue helicopter that could not fly out of Red- ding because of the weather, additional firefighters responded to the west side of the slough with four- wheel drive vehicles. Firefighters eventually reached the man, who was soaked, pale and couldn't walk, according to a Red Bluff Fire Department press release. The man was driven to Durango Riverside Resort and RV Park, where he was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. The 41-year-old woman who reported the in - cident complained of hypothermia and also was transported to the hospital by ambulance, accord- ing to the release. A helicopter dispatched by California Depart- ment of Forestry and Fire Protection out of Vina and additional water rescue resources were called off. Officials said they strongly discourage anyone from camping or visiting the low areas near the Sand Slough, which was the same location of a he - licopter rescue and drowning in March, 2011. Cal Fire and the Tehama County Sheriff's Office assisted city firefighters with the rescue. PuBlic sAfety Flooded camp rescue Firefighters save pair, warn of dangers at Sand Slough By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red Bluff » It's not often a mid-year budget adjust- ment is met with enthusiastic applause, but such was the case at Tuesday's Tehama County Board of Supervisors meeting. Backed by the vocal and physical support of the Tehama County Cattlmen's Association and the Rancho Tehama Reserve Advisory Committee the board authorized budget adjustments to fund two new positions to help regulate marijuana grows. "This is a benefit to our entire county," Cattle - men's Vice President Steve McCarthy said. "The marijuana cultivation brings with it a law- lessness that is very harsh on cattlemen." The new positions, a full time sheriff's deputy and a code enforcement officer, were recommended by the Marijuana Ad Hoc Committee to help the county combat code violations related to medic - inal marijuana grows as well as crime from ille- gal operations. Larry Galper, a rancher who served on the ad hoc committee, said the point of the additional law enforcement was to regain control over the crime associated with illicit marijuana grows in the county, especially the increase of activity in rural areas. Galper said the board should continue explor - ing ways to provide more funding to bring in more personnel. That point was echoed by Supervisor Dennis Garton, who wondered aloud whether the county BoARd of suPeRvisoRs extra help for pot control Community ..... A3 Business .........A4 obituaries ....... A7 sports.............. B1 Puzzles............B5 Weather ..........B8 Index ............... ## indeX red Bluff-tehama County Chamber of Commerce urges community to get round-up ready. 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