David Wayne Rowlands

There were a number of items on Tuesday's Fillmore City Council Meeting's agenda requiring the meeting to continue late into the evening. The issue that filled the chamber to standing room only was the renewal of the E. J. Harrison/Santa Clara Disposal contract. Other items included the approval of the new City Manager, placing past due utility charges on the property tax roll for collection, accepting the 2013-2014 Budget and requests for a fee waver and temporary use permit.

NEW CITY MANAGER CONTRACT APPROVED
The Council approved the contract for a new City Manager. David Wayne Rowlands will start on August 12, 2013 with an annual salary of $159,000. Rowlands has been the City Manager for Clayton, Ohio, a city of approximately 14,000 residents, for 12 years. He worked with a full-time staff of 32 which included the Police and Fire Departments. Before Clayton, he served as the Deputy City Manager for Novato, California. Rowlands received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California Lutheran University and a Master of Public Administration degree from California State University Stanislaus. Mayor Pro Tem Manuel Minjares stated the Council was looking for someone with technical skills that could communicate with everyone and they believe they have found that in Rowlands. Fillmore Council Members traveled to the City of Clayton to interview their city staff members and ask questions of those who had worked under Rowlands’ management. Mayor Rick Neal said the staff spoke of Rowlands’ community involvement and was told everyone was saddened to lose him as their City Manager.

E. J. HARRISON CONTRACT RENEWAL
The renewal of E. J. CONTINUED »

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Their yard is located at the corner of Mountain View and Bridlewood Lane, you will find star jasmine with the aroma of gardenias; vincas; succulents; orchids; bottle noses; Mediterranean roses; cherry trees and very nice decorative statues. James and Carol moved to Fillmore in 2007 to their lovely Iron Horse Estates Home in The Bridges! A Big Thank you to Otto & Sons Nursery for providing a gift certificate to the winners, where they will find more of their gardening and plant needs!

Cal Fire

Sacramento, CA – Expected triple digit temperatures, low humidity and breezy winds have elevated the fire danger over the next several days, prompting CAL FIRE to increase its staffing across many parts of Northern California. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning due to the heightened fire danger starting Friday afternoon and lasting through Saturday evening for parts of Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Lake and Colusa Counties. On Sunday in the higher country, dry thunderstorms and lightning are possible in the Northern, Central and Eastern Sierra Nevadas.

With the increased potential for new fires, CAL FIRE has brought on additional firefighters to staff extra equipment during the high risk days. “While we are hoping we can make it through the next couple of days with minimal fire activity, we are prepared to respond if Mother Nature doesn’t agree,” said Chief Ken Pimlott, CAL FIRE director. “With approximately 94 percent of our wildfires being human caused, we are strongly urging the public to be extra careful and to take the proper steps to prevent wildfires.”

Since January 1, CAL FIRE has responded to over 2,100 wildfires across California that have charred over 50,000 acres. Fire activity remains significantly higher than average; typically by this time of year CAL FIRE would have responded to only about 1,100 wildfires with 8,000 acres burned.

During the Red Flag Warning, CAL FIRE urges all Californians to exercise extreme caution outdoors in order to prevent wildfires. A few helpful reminders and fire prevention tips include:

Don’t mow or weed eat dry grass on windy days
Ensure campfires are allowed, and if so, be sure to extinguish them completely
Never pull your vehicle over in dry grass
Never burn landscape debris like leaves or branches on NO Burn Days or when it’s windy
Make sure all portable gasoline-powered equipment have spark arresters

For more ways to help prevent and prepare for wildfires visit ReadyForWildfire.org or www.fire.ca.gov.

Mr. Briney may have health problems. He is described as a 66-year-old Caucasian male who stands 5’-5” tall, with grey hair, and blue eyes. Mr. Briney was last seen wearing a black baseball style cap, a black leather jacket, blue jeans, and brown moccasin style shoes.

Missing 66-year-old Fillmore Resident. Mr. Briney was last seen on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at approximately 4:30 P.M. at Henry Mayo Hospital in Valencia. Mr. Briney provided transportation for a friend who was admitted to the hospital. Mr. Briney was expected to drive home in his green 1999 Dodge Neon 2 door sedan (Lic #4HMN849).

Mr. Briney may have health problems. He is described as a 66-year-old Caucasian male who stands 5’-5” tall, with grey hair, and blue eyes. Mr. Briney was last seen wearing a black baseball style cap, a black leather jacket, blue jeans, and brown moccasin style shoes.

If you have seen Mr. Briney, or know his whereabouts, please contact Detective John Fox.

Nature of Incident: Missing Person At Risk
Report Number: 13-12565
Location: City of Fillmore
Date & Time: June 6, 2013 / 4:30 PM
Unit(s) Responsible: Fillmore Patrol / Investigations Unit
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age
Gary Carl Briney Fillmore 66
Prepared by: Detective John Fox
Media Release Date: June 8, 2013
Follow-Up Contact: Detective John Fox (805) 947-9391. John.fox@ventura.org
Approved by: Captain Dave Wareham

City of Fillmore

At the City Council meeting of Tuesday, June 11, the City Council will consider the appointment of David Rowlands to the position of City Manager. Rowlands, 45, is currently the City Manager in Clayton, Ohio, where he has served for over twelve years, and was a Deputy City Manager in Novato, California prior to that. Clayton is a City of approximately 14,000 residents with a full-time staff of 32, including its own Police and Fire Departments.

The appointment of Rowlands and the recommended approval will be the culmination of an extensive national search for a permanent City Manager to replace Yvonne Quiring who resigned in September of last year to take an Assistant City Manager position in Northern California. Rigo Landeros, Fillmore's Fire Chief was named Acting City Manager when Quiring left while the City Council undertook a national search for her permanent replacement. Over 60 candidates applied for the position and the City Council was involved in an extensive interview and background process for the top candidates. The City Council has been particularly impressed during the interview and background process with Rowlands' proven record of bringing his community together on issues, his fiscal acumen, and his solid commitment to ethics and open government.

If the contract is approved by the City Council, Rowlands will start in Fillmore on August 12 and will earn a salary of $159,000 annually. He will pay the full employee share of his retirement and social security contributions, and will be subject to a new maximum retirement benefit adopted by the State last year.

Attached to this release is the proposed employment agreement.

Rick Neal, Mayor
City of Fillmore

[Employment Agreement Attachment]
CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY OF FILLMORE & DAVID WAYNE ROWLANDS
This City Manager Employment Agreement (“Agreement”), is made and entered into the 11th day of June, 2013 by and between the City of Fillmore of California, a municipal corporation (“City"), and David Wayne Rowlands ("City Manager").

A G R E E M E N T
1.0 EMPLOYMENT & DUTIES; AB1344
1.1 General Terms. City hereby CONTINUED »

VENTURA COUNTY, CA - As previously reported, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has warned consumers not to eat Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend of frozen berries sold through Costco stores, and possibly other retail outlets, as they have been linked to a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections. Ventura County now has its first documented case of hepatitis A associated with the frozen berry blend. The affected individual is a male who used the product in preparing a smoothie. He has been ill at home for about 2 weeks and has not required hospitalization.

He is among over 40 cases that are being investigated nationwide. Three of these individuals have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. In California, seven confirmed illnesses in persons who consumed this product have been reported from Humboldt, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino (2), San Diego, and now, Ventura counties.

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