Management of the Novato Sanitary District Referendum (June 2010)
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A Management of the Novato Sanitary District Referendum will be on the June 8, 2010 ballot in Marin County for any voters who live in the area served by the Novato Sanitary District.[1]
The ballot measure will let voters have the final say over the decision by the board of the Novato Sanitary District to turn over the management and operation of its new $90 million wastewater treatment plant to Veolia Water.[2]
The California Healthy Communities Network, based in Martinez, turned in over 4,000 petition signatures on October 15, 2009 to qualify the veto referendum for the ballot. 2,178 valid signatures are required.[1]
The Novato Sanitary District primarily serves residents of Novato, a city of about 52,000 residents located about 30 miles north of San Francisco.
Timeline
The Novato Sanitary District has had a tumultuous 2009:
- May 2009: $514,000 is pilfered from the district's Bank of Marin account via hackers. The district has now recovered most of the money.[1]
- Federal agents working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's criminal investigation unit raided the offices of the Novato Sanitary District. The raid was about an investigation into environmental violations said to have occurred in 2006 and 2007.[3]
The events leading up to the possible referendum began in July:
- July 27: The Novato Sanitary District board voted to privatize the management of the new wastewater treatment plant.
- September 21: The district signed a five-year contract with Veolia, a French company.
- October 5: Veolia took over operations at the plant.
- October 15: The California Healthy Communities Network turned in 4,000+ signatures to qualify their referendum vote for the ballot.
- October 29: The Marin County registrar of voters announced that enough signtures were valid to qualify the question for the ballot.[4]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Contra Costa Times, "Novato Sanitary District board race heats up", October 15, 2009
- ↑ Marin Independent Journal, "Novato Sanitary referendum heads to ballot June 8, 2010", November 24, 2009
- ↑ News Blaze, "Bay Taxpayer Revolt", October 15, 2009
- ↑ Contra Costa Times, "Novato Sanitary referendum gets green light", October 30, 2009
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