Colton Courier 06 11 20

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COLTON COURIER We ekly

Vol 148 , NO. 26

June 1 1, 2020

County of San Ber nardino declares racism a public health crisis By Manny B. Sandoval

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n June 9, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors declared racism a public health crisis during its regularly scheduled meeting. “Today we are directing staff to prepare a resolution acknowledging that racism is a public health crisis, which results in societal concerns and may result in measurable detriments to persons and communities of color in the delivery of and access to wellness, economic development and opportunity, public safety, housing, and education,” said Leonard Hernandez, County Chief Operating Officer.

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In addition to Hernandez’s direction, the County will also be adding language to the federal and state legislative platforms stating that the county supports the promotion of equity and social justice, establishing "equiCrisis, cont. on next pg.

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Agencies and constituents from the County of San Bernardino letting their voices be heard, and declaring racism a public health crisis on Tuesday, June 2.

Colton’s Assistant City Mana ger Dr. David Kolk announces retirement By Manny B. Sandoval

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On May 19, via a zoom city council meeting, Colton’s Assistant City Manager Dr. David Kolk announced his retirement after eight years of service. “Dr. David Kolk has chosen May 29, 2020 as his date of retirement. During his tenure with Colton Dr. Folk has used his extensive expertise to position Colton’s vital electric utility for future stability and has accepted numerous new challenges. Some of those new challenges include assuming responsibility of many city divisions and most recently taking on the challenge of accepting a role of assistant city manager,” said Mayor Frank Navarro. Prior to serving in the assistant city manager capacity earlier this year, Kolk served a majority of his eight years enhancing the city’s public works utility department. Retirement, cont. on next pg.

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During comment, all council members congratulated Dr. David Kolk (bottom right) on his retirement and thanked him for administrating the city’s utility program.


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