In 2014, the voters of Humboldt County passed Measure Z to make their communities safer. Over the last two years, this community has funded nearly 50 new projects with approximately $20 million to help achieve that goal. Now, as Measure Z enters its third year, the county is looking for more ways to make Humboldt a better, safer place to live.
If you have a project that provides a public safety or essential service to our community, consider applying for Measure Z funds. The Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures is now accepting applications for funding, and you have until Feb. 17 to apply.
Measure Z is a half-cent sales tax applied to local purchases and was passed by voters in November 2014. Since then, the committee has received 89 applications for funding. Some of the projects that have been funded by the Board of Supervisors include:
• Hiring nearly 40 Sheriff’s Office personnel
• Maintaining ambulance service on Highway 299
• Innovative project with Eureka Police and the Department of Health & Human Services regarding homeless services
• Student resource and juvenile probation diversion positions in our local schools
• Purchasing nearly $4 million of equipment for volunteer fire departments
• Providing more than $3 million for road improvement and safety projects, and more.
Learn more about the projects that have been funded by Measure Z.
The advisory committee will review applications and recommend projects for funding. This process will be repeated each year until 2020 when Measure Z sunsets.
The applications ask you to describe your proposal, as well as your plan to sustain the proposal after 2020. In addition, the application requires an explanation as to how the request is an essential service or for public safety.
If you cannot download the application you can pick up a copy at the County Administrative Office at 825 5th Street, Room 112 in Eureka.
APPOINTMENTS
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday re-appointed Lora Canzoneri to serve on the nine-member citizen advisory committee. There is still one open at-large seat and the Board will make that appointment in the coming weeks. Other appointments made on Tuesday include: Ginger Campbell (reappointed) representing District 3; Leonard Masten representing District 5; and Brian Anderson (reappointed) representing the Humboldt County Fire Chief’s Association.
If you are interested in serving on this committee you can still fill out an application and submit it to the Clerk of the Board. Applications for future vacancies remain on file and are reviewed when seats become available.