Northern Humboldt board extends superintendent’s contract through 2027-28
Trustees approved a one-year employment agreement amendment for Roger Macdonald after reporting a positive evaluation.
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Civic Digest
What your local boards and councils decided, from their own agendas and minutes.
Humboldt Planning Commission to consider Bay Area Plan update, rezoning recommendations
The Oct. 15 hearing would move the long-running plan update from a workshop into a formal recommendation process, but no commission vote has been recorded.
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Fortuna approves $2.98 million in Jacobs amendments for wastewater plant upgrades and SCADA system
The 4-0 action authorizes final design, bid-phase services and SCADA construction for the city’s NPDES compliance project.
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Eureka council to hear data-center moratorium, vote on vacant-property registry
The Oct. 6 agenda calls for a public hearing and adoption vote on the data-center measure, plus a vote to create a foreclosed and vacant property registration program.
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Humboldt supervisors restart surveillance-policy group after 4-1 vote
The reconstituted group will develop a countywide surveillance policy and draft ordinance covering Flock cameras, drones and other technologies by the end of 2027.
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Rio Dell planners begin review of housing obligations requiring 95 potential sites
The Planning Commission heard a staff presentation on the 2027-2035 Housing Element, including 40 low-income and 55 moderate- and above-moderate-income housing opportunities, but took no action.
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Humboldt commission approves two tree-removal permits as county weighs broader protections
The Planning Commission voted 3-1 on each CAL FIRE-related coastal permit, retaining some safeguards for one project while removing a tree-retention condition for the other.
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Harbor District authorizes negotiation of $810,000 tribal-engagement contract for offshore-wind terminal
The agreement with the Northern California Indian Development Council would support tribal participation in planning and design for the proposed Heavy Lift Marine Terminal.
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Arcata school board sets Oct. 12 hearing on Coastal Grove charter revision
The board’s agenda lists a public determination hearing and possible consideration of Resolution 2627-4, but does not describe the requested changes or report an outcome.
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Humboldt County renews two Lower Eel River gravel-mining permits for 15 years
The Zoning Administrator approved renewals for the Hauck Bar and Leland Rock instream mining operations in the Alton area after finding no further environmental review was required under CEQA.
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Humboldt education board to weigh year-end finances, retirement windows and school-violence grant
The Oct. 14 agenda includes the county office’s unaudited financial statement, Education Protection Account expenditures, proposed PERS and STRS resolutions and an intent to apply for a STOP grant.
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HCAOG to consider agreement creating regional climate committee, manager
The agency’s Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to recommend whether the board should sign an agreement tied to the Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan.
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HCAOG to consider revised Transportation Development Act rules Oct. 15
The Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to recommend Board approval, but no vote or implementation details have been reported.
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Fortuna adopts massage-establishment regulations in 3-1 council vote
The council added Chapter 5.30 to the Fortuna Municipal Code after the same split on the ordinance’s first reading earlier this month.
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Jacoby Creek trustees to consider facilities-fee update, study contract and state funding applications
The Oct. 12 agenda calls for a public hearing and action on school facilities fees, a developer fee study contract and applications to a State Allocation Board program.
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Fortuna trustees scheduled facilities-plan vote tied to state small-district funding
Resolution 26-09 was placed on a special-meeting agenda for Oct. 8, alongside separate construction-related items for Fortuna Middle School and Ambrosini Elementary.
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Fortuna trustees scheduled vote on proposed superintendent contract
The Oct. 8 agenda put a proposed 2026-2029 contract on the Fortuna Elementary School District board’s action calendar after a closed-session discussion of superintendent matters and labor negotiations.
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Fortuna council gives divided first reading to massage-establishment regulations
The City Council voted 3-1 to advance Ordinance 2026-788, with a second reading and possible adoption scheduled for Oct. 5.
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Humboldt zoning administrator denies three cannabis permit applications
The Oct. 1 decisions affect 36,920 square feet of existing cultivation in the Dinsmore, Ettersberg and Salmon Creek areas.
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Fortuna elementary board to consider superintendent’s 2026-29 contract
The Oct. 8 agenda schedules a closed-session evaluation and labor-negotiation discussion before the proposed contract comes up for board action.
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Humboldt panel approves Quantum Leasing cannabis expansion, but manufacturing awaits wastewater plan
The Planning Commission voted 4-2 to add distribution and non-volatile manufacturing to the Rohnerville-area operation, with manufacturing barred until wastewater requirements are addressed.
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Humboldt Planning Commission approves McKinleyville Ace Hardware expansion package
Commissioners unanimously approved the Black Dog Partnership project’s local permits and environmental documents Oct. 1, while recommending that supervisors approve related land-use changes.
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Fortuna school board to consider FMS shade-structure pricing, Ambrosini remodel direction
The Oct. 8 agenda does not list costs, contractors or construction timelines for the two facilities items.
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Northern Humboldt school board schedules Oct. 11 session to interview vacancy candidates
The special session is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the district office in McKinleyville; the agenda does not identify the candidates or vacancies.
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