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Oakley city manager to move on by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent
OAKLEY Bryan Montgomery, Oakley’s city manager since 2005, announced that he will be leaving town next month. Montgomery has accepted the city manager position in the City of Indio in Southern California. His final day with Oakley will be May 7. “It is very bittersweet to leave Oakley and the many wonderful friends we have made here,” Montgomery said of the move. “It has been a great place to raise our family and it has been an honor to serve with such outstanding city employees and elected officials, as well as with so many others who help make Oakley such a great community. We will always cherish the memories and friendships and look forward to seeing the entire City of Oakley continue to succeed and flourish.” Before coming to Oakley,
Oakley City Manager Bryan Montgomery has announced he’ll be leaving the city in May to take the same position for the Southern California city of Indio.
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Montgomery served as the city manager in Mesquite, Nevada. He has 28 years of experience in local government management and has worked as an adjunct professor at San Francisco State
University and Los Medanos College. Former Mayor Kevin Romick was a member of the city council when Montgomery was hired by Oakley. He said he
felt then that Montgomery was a good choice, and his service over the past 15 years has justified that choice time and again. see Oakley page 22
County may stiffen firework enforcement by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent
REGIONAL Discovery Bay and the rest of unincorporated Contra Costa County may need to keep some new regulations in mind this year as fireworks season approaches. All fireworks are illegal in Contra Costa, and that won’t change, but certain parts of the existing ordinance could be changed so that sheriff ’s deputies and firefighters don’t have to actually see someone lighting a firework in order to issue a citation. “They are trying to change the county ordinance for fire-
works,” said Delta Station Commander Lt. Mark Johnson. “Normally, when we get a call we have to actually catch the person with fireworks, but there are some other cities and counties where, if we can determine the fireworks are coming from a specific house, then we can cite the owner. So the board of supervisors is trying to pass that and change our ordinance to make it easier for us to cite folks who are lighting fireworks off.” Due to long, hot summers that bring with them large expanses of dry grasses, and a recent history riddled with losee Fireworks page 22
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Certain parts of a county ordinance are expected to be changed, to make it easier for law enforcement officials to ticket residents using fireworks.
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Town plans for wastewater project by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent
DISCOVERY BAY The Town of Discovery Bay is inching forward in its plans to complete a state-mandated denitrification project for its wastewater treatment systems. The project has been on the town’s horizon for more than a decade, but work will begin this summer and should take two years to complete. It must be done in time for the town’s Federal National Pollutant Discharge Eliminating System (FNPDES) permit to change on Jan. 1, 2024. The permit covers wastewater discharge into Old River; the new permit will require the town to reduce the nitrogen entering the water, hence the title, “denitrification.” “This is a project for treating wastewater,” explained Dina Breitstein, the town’s assistant general manager. “It will make the water discharged back into the Delta cleaner than what’s there now, cleaner than drinking water. It is the cleanest water you can possibly get.” The town has contracted with Herwit Engineering to design the components for the project. As a community services district, the town operates and maintains its own water and wastewater systems, making it responsible for completsee Wastewater page 22
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