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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
That was but one of the many exclamations of delight heard following soprano Karen Vengerow's concert last year at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center. This year we are doubly fortunate, because she has graciously agreed to return, along with her piano accompanist par excellance Yukiko Oba, and perform twice! On Friday, September 5, at 7:30 PM, she will perform at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City. The following evening, Saturday, September 6, a performance will be given at the North Columbia Schoolhouse, again at 7:30 PM. Each performance will be totally different, so you can attend both and enjoy different experiences! Included will be works by Gershwin, Copland, Barber, Mozart, Menotti, Dvorak, and others. Remember, every penny realized from these performances goes to further the safety of your community by supporting your North San Juan Volunteer Fire Department. So show your support for those who keep you safe, and have what I guarantee will be a most delightful evening by attending at least one of these performances. Tickets are $15.00. There will be a reception at intermission, with a chance to meet the artists. Click here to see a poster for the NCSCC event. Call 292-9159 for more information.

Multiple-Call Days
Monday, August 11, 2008, NSJVFD was "toned out" for four emergency responses. This begged the question, "How many multiple-call days do we have?" A little research revealed that, since the beginning of calendar year 2003, we have responded to three calls on 55 days, to four calls 24 times (including yesterday), to five calls on 4 occasions, and on January 3, 2004 we responded to a record seven calls! All the more reason to thank our volunteers for their service!

Board Meeting
There will be no Board meeting in August, 2008. The next regular Board meeting will be held on September 16, 2008.

New Budget
The 2008-2009 Preliminary Budget is available for inspection at the left of this page and on the District Finances page.

New District Map
Working with the Nevada County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), the physical size and shape of your Fire Protection District has been defined and stabilized for the next decade. If population growth requires, your district may grow to the East, eventually perhaps including Malakoff Diggins and North Bloomfield. From North to South, the district will continue to provide services from the South Yuba to the Middle Yuba, as has historically been the case. A new map of the district, showing its current boundaries as well as the limits of its "sphere of influence" for the next two 5-year periods, is included on the "The District and Our Mission" page of this site.

Historic Photo of Bellett Station (Sta. 3) Site
A new addition to the "Gallery" page is a photo taken in the 1940s of the site of the future Station 3. Take a peek. It's interesting. Anyone who has other interesting photos of a fire-department-related nature is urged to make them available for inclusion on this site. They will be scanned and returned unharmed.

Ordinance 2008-01
This Ordinance, titled "Establishing Rules and Regulations for Use of Fire Department Grounds," was approved at the February 19 Board meeting. Click here to view the approved ordinance.

Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Audit
Every year, most businesses have their financial procedures and condition audited by an independent outside accounting firm. In the case of public agencies such as the NSJFPD, the resulting document is open to public scrutiny. I can't imagine that anyone would actually want to read it, since it's dry as last week's toast, but far be it from me to judge anyone else's obsessions (I've got some of my own), so here it is. Suffice it to say that our audit firm was well satisfied with our internal financial procedures, and issued no "findings," that is, areas of our financial life that need serious modification.
It is gratifying to be told by this firm that we are doing a better job of carrying out our fiduciary responsibility to be good stewards of your money than most similar agencies.

Note: Many of the documents available on this site, including the budget and the District map, are in PDF format. If Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you can download it free by clicking here.