Greening the County's future
Solano County has demonstrated its leadership in "green" energy, long before the term was popularized in the media. In 1989, Solano County constructed its first major electrical generation project when it built a 1,500 kilowatt combined heat and power (cogeneration) plant to serve the new County jail facility. Since that first installation Solano County has embarked on numerous energy conservation, generation and renewable energy efforts.

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Senior and Disabled Transportation Survey

News ImageThe Solano Transportation Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, County of Solano and the Senior Coalition of Solano County are gathering information from seniors and disabled individuals on their transportation needs.  The information will be used to identify strategies to improve the overall mobility of seniors and disabled individuals.
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Solano 360: Building the Solano County Fair of the future

News ImageThe County of Solano, in partnership with the City of Vallejo, is working to create a new vision for the Solano County Fairgrounds. Called Solano 360, this planning process is looking at the opportunities for the future of this important community asset. Please join and help plan the future of the Solano County Fairgrounds.
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Prescription discount card offers 20% savings for all residents

News ImageSolano County residents can use this free prescription drug discount cards to get an average savings of 20 percent off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.
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County Headlines
County adopts balanced FY2009/10 budget
The Board of Supervisors adopted a balanced budget of $844 million late July 1 for fiscal year 2009/10, acknowledging that they will likely be back in the near future to grapple with the aftermath of State budget decisions. "This is a balanced budget that attempts to meet the community's diverse needs as best as possible given the current financial environment," said County Administrator Michael D. Johnson.  “The Board and the Departments were very aware that the decisions they were making impacted the lives of people in our community as well as County employees.”
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County presents Board with balanced budget
The County Administrator presented the FY 2009/10 Budget to the Board of Supervisors on Monday (Jan. 29) to begin the annual deliberations on the budget. The Proposed Budget, along with adjustments made in the Supplemental Budget, totaled $844 million. This reflects an $138 million reduction from the FY2008/09 Final Budget.
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News Image2 light brown apple moths found in Fairfield

The light brown apple moth was detected at two sites in Fairfield late Friday (June 26) afternoon, one north of Rockville Road and the other east of Abernathy Drive.  These findings are slightly south of a single moth discovery made last year in the Rancho Solano area. A third moth was discovered Friday in Vallejo, but it was within the existing quarantine area. The moth findings expand the area near Fairfield already under quarantine, but the Agricultural Commissioner Jim Allan says the public will probably never notice the change.  


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