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Arrests
Cody Calhoun Davis, 20, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol and underage in possession of alcohol in public in the North Village on Jan. 2
Gregorio Botello, 20, arrested for driving without a license on Main Street on Jan. 2
Matthew John Smith, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon: not a firearm or means likely to produce great bodily harm and possession/making/selling a dangerous weapon on Center Street on Jan. 3
Randia Katherine Rayle, 20, arrested for battery on a cohabitant/spouse/other on Hidden Valley Road on Jan. 3
Bren Ray Shamel, 36, arrested for resisting/obstructing an officer, operating a motor vehicle with the intent to evade, willfully flee or otherwise elude a pursuing peace officer and driving with a suspended license on Lodestar Drive on Jan 4
Geri Loverme, 50, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Nicholas K. Burgess, 21, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Citations
Shoplifting citation issued on Minaret Road on Jan. 2
Stoplamps required citation issued on Sierra Nevada Road on Jan. 2
Underage in possession of alcohol in public in North Village on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
Parking/stopping within 15 feet of a fire hydrant citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
Driving without a license citation issued on Main Street on Jan. 2
Unregistered vehicle citation issued on Lee Road on Jan. 3
Failure to yield right of way citation issued on Old Mammoth Road on Jan. 4
Unregistered vehicle citation issued on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 4
Stop sign limit line citation issued on Azimuth on Jan. 4
Resisting/obstructing a peace officer citation issued on Lodestar Drive on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol citation issued on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol citation issued on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Using cell phone while driving citation issued on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 4
Incidents
Grand theft property: $400+ incident reported on Meadow Lane on Jan. 2
Driving without a license incident reported on Main Street on Jan. 2
Petty theft incident reported on Sierra Nevada Road on Jan. 2
Unauthorized use of personal information incident reported on Jan. 2
Hit and run: failure to locate/notify owner incident reported on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 2
Assault with a deadly weapon: not a firearm or means likely to produce great bodily harm incident reported on Lupin Street on Jan. 3
Lost property found incident reported in the North Village
Vehicle towed on South Frontage Road Jan. 3
Burlary incident reported on Main Street on Jan. 3
Defrauding the ski area incident reported at Chair 4 on Jan. 3
Defrauding the ski area incident reported at Canyon Lodge on Jan. 3
Hit and run: failure to locate/notify owner incident reported in Vons parking lot on Jan. 4
Resisting/obstructing a peace officer incident reported on Lodestar Drive on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol incident reported on corner of Minaret Boulevard and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4 |
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
Mammoth Times Staff Writer
While, as Mayor Pro Tem Wendy Sugimura asserted in February, the country may be talking itself into a recession, it remains to be seen whether the Town of Mammoth Lakes may be talking itself out of a budget crisis by banking on numbers that have yet to appear.
Like sands through the hourglass, these are the TOT trendlines of our lives.
Town of Mammoth Lakes' Financial Director Brad Koehn could have used this line at last week's Town Council workshop as he made his case on how the Town forecasts its budget.
Since 63 percent of the General Fund budget comes from Transient Occupancy Tax, the finance department relies heavily on the TOT trendline it has developed over the past decade.
According to Koehn, this TOT trendline is predictable even in bad times, or low-snow years, because there is a bottom trendline below which the tax never falls.
"The past is the best guide that we have, therefore the importance of the trendline based on 10 years of experience," Koehn said. "Choosing any discount such as 95 percent of that trendline then is what should help make the forecasts more feasible."
The discount is supposed to take into account Mother Nature's variable moods and keep the budget conservative enough to sustain the Town even when the snow doesn't arrive, such as in 2006/07.
The trouble with TOT is the lag time for collecting it. For example, the January TOT was just tallied because revenue figures were not due until the end of February.
Town Manager Rob Clark keeps stating that January through March are the Town's strongest TOT months, which means the community won't know if the Town has pulled itself back into the black by its TOT bootstraps until May
According to Koehn's presentation, the January numbers do look good. The actual dollars collected are $100,000 more than what was predicted when the budget was made. If these types of numbers continue, some of the budget pressure will be relieved, but it won't put a roof on the ice rink, build a police facility or a parking structure at the Village. These are all items that were relying on the Developer Impact Fees from the 1 Hotel, Eagle Lodge and the Ritz-Carlton/Hillside project. At this time it appears as though the Ritz-Carlton Residences may be the only project to break ground this year, but that all depends on whether or not presales of their units go well.
Steve Black of the Hillside project stated last week that a sales meeting would be taking place in different areas of Southern California this week. Those meetings will determine whether the Ritz-Carlton Residences will pull a grading permit this spring.
The Council approved a Community Facilities District and tightening up of the Public Arts Commission Fee Ordinance. Council decided to hold a Capital Improvement Plan workshop on the morning of March 29. The workshop is expected to begin at 9 a.m..
The next regular Town Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. in Suite Z (above Minaret Cinemas).
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Last Updated ( Friday, 21 March 2008 )
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