Government Report: Voter registration deadline for primary approaching

Voters only have one week left to register to vote in the June 3 California Primary Election.

The deadline to register to vote is May 19. Voters must register in the county that they live in at least 15 days before the election, according to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters office. If a voter has moved counties, the voter may request an address change. Voters who have changed their names must re-register.

Voter registration are available at DMV offices, Social Security offices, post offices, libraries, city halls, political party headquarters, and from the Registrar of Voters office.

If a voter would like to vote by mail, mail ballot applications must be at the Registrar of Voters office by available at 5:00 p.m. on May 27, 2008. Applications are available on the sample ballot, the Internet at http://www.sbcrov.com, or from the Registrar of Voters office.

Voters may also send the following to the registrar’s office, Registrar of Voters, 777 E. Rialto Avenue, San Bernardino, CA  92415 or fax to: (909) 386-8388.

1) Voter’s Name
2) Name of the Election for which the ballot is requested
3) Voter’s residence address
4) Where the ballot is to be mailed, if different from the residence address
5) Voter’s signature

Planning Commission to consider new apartment complex

The Barstow Planning Commission will review plans for a new apartment complex on Montara Road.

The 73-unit complex would be near Rimrock Road, east of the Holiday Mobile Home Park, according to the Planning Commission agenda. The complex would include 37 two-bedroom units and 36-three-bedroom units and enclosed garages.

The Planning Commission will meet on Monday in the council chambers at City Hall, 220 E. Mountain View at 7 p.m. Regularly scheduled meetings are televised live on Time Warner Cable channel 6 and recordings are placed on the city’s Web site, www.barstowca.org.

Unions, Barstow school district share contract information

The Barstow Unified School District and educational unions will share the initial plans for contract negotiations for the 2008-2009 school year at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Representatives from the district will present details to the Barstow Education Association and the California School Employee Association. The unions will also then present details. There will be a public hearing on the plans for contract negotiations held on May 27.

The Barstow school board meets in the Board Room of the Educational Center at 551 South Ave. H at 7 p.m.

Silver Valley school board to consider meal price increase, new principals

The Silver Valley Unified School District School Board will decide whether to raise the price for school meals during the next school year.
The district is proposing a 25-cent increase on all meal prices and a 20-cent increase for milk.

An increase in the price of food, milk and gas has strained the Child Nutrition Services budget, according to the agenda, and the government reimbursement programs are not sufficient to cover the costs.

The agenda states that many schools have had to increase prices and that Silver Valley offers meals below many schools in the county.

The board will also review nominations for vacant principal positions across the district. Final candidates for the position of principal at Fort Irwin Middle School, Yermo School and Tiefort View Intermediate School will be presented to the board. All these positions were left vacant due to resignations effective at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. The board will also be asked to approve Sandy Watkins as the summer school principal.

The Silver Valley school board meets in the Board Room at 35320 Daggett Yermo Road at 7 p.m.