Only two grand jury reports we’ve told you about have required formal responses from Nevada County officials this year. One has urged a “fast track” to legalizing cannabis operations. The report says the county is currently converting only two to three-percent of an estimated 35-hundred to four-thousand illegal growers into permitted operators. Speaking to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Molly Legoe, says they can’t waive expensive health and safety permit requirements…

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Other grand jury recommendations call for a stronger enforcement role from the Sheriff’s Department with illegal grows. Legoe says the department is as involved as it can be, with cannabis legalized. She says it’s not a criminal ordinance that the county has, with the focus on land use and code violations. The other report says the maintenance of government vehicle fleets could be more cost-effective, including using alternative fuel vehicles. Legoe says they’re already in the process of doing that…

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Legoe says the county is also doing what it can to follow another recommendation, in sharing operations costs with surrounding cities, including snow removal.