May 8, 2002
LODI NEWS
SENTINELThree more residents chosen for proposed
Lockeford advisory council
By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel staff writer
Nearly 20 people expressed interest Monday in filling one of
the three remaining seats for what is likely to become Lockeford’s
first municipal advisory council.
Peter Bregman, Don Litchfield and Roy Wales were chosen by lot
to sit on the council, commonly known as a MAC.
Bregman is a financial and insurance planner, Litchfield owns
the Old Lockeford Winery on Locke Road and Wales is a retired
firefighter who owns a mobile home park in Lockeford.
They will join Lani Eklund, Timothy Fowler, Chris Littlefield
and Robert Marty on the seven-member board, if the San Joaquin
County Board of Supervisors authorizes the MAC’s formation. Eklund,
Fowler, Littlefield and Marty, part of a citizens group
researching the feasibility of forming the MAC, were chosen by lot
last week. The municipal advisory council, consisting strictly of
Lockeford-area residents, will advise county officials on public
health, safety, welfare, public works and land-use planning
issues. The MAC will have no legislative powers.
County Supervisor Jack Sieglock will bring the MAC’s formation
to the board for approval, probably in early June.
If supervisors approve a MAC for Lockeford, the community will
join Woodbridge, Linden and Morada as communities with municipal
advisory councils.
The Lockeford MAC boundaries, which Sieglock established, are
Tretheway Road, Kettleman Lane and the Mokelumne River. The
eastern boundary is Tully Road between Kettleman Lane and Brandt
Road, and Disch Road between Brandt and the river.
The length of the terms for each of the MAC members has yet to
be determined, said Eileen Indelicato, president of the
Clements-Lockeford Chamber of Commerce, who initiated the movement
to form the MAC.
Four of the council members will serve two-year terms, while
the other three will serve for four years.
The MAC seats will be filled by election beginning in 2004. For
more information on the municipal advisory council, call the
chamber office at 727-3142.
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