County buildings could shelter people during extreme weather
Smith asked the supervisors "to have compassion, be empathetic and (have) a sense of social responsibility" and to directly speak with the insurance company regarding the cost of additional coverage at the
One of these two locations, she proposed, could be utilized as a heating and cooling center during extreme weather. If the board agreed to receive a free quote, Smith asked that she also obtain that information.
"Then I can come back and give you a presentation and we can continue this conversation," Smith told the board of supervisors Tuesday morning, noting she had already contacted the insurance company every week for seven weeks since May and was told "they were working on it."
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"But we contacted them," Simon said. "There's just a lot more involved than the insurance."
Smith added, "No I understand that. That's step one. But you have to have a building and you have to have insurance ... There has to be a starting point. Having a building and having insurance is the starting point of that conversation. It doesn't matter if we have a hundred volunteers, (if) we have nowhere for somebody to go it doesn't really matter."
Smith, who is also chair of the
"There's no reason why a building we own -- we already have insurance, we already have water, gas -- could not have opened it as a county," Smith said.
In other action Tuesday, the supervisors:
-- Approved a hiring resolution for new driver's license clerk
-- Tabled an item requesting Silverado Jewelry use the courthouse lawn for a band during Ridiculous Days, in
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