Murphys Sanitary District introduced new general manager Scott Mills to the public Monday morning at a Board of Directors meeting.

Mills, 39, began work March 28 and most recently served as director of maintenance and operations for the Calaveras Unified School District.

A brick wall that has served as the backdrop of the Sonora Farmers Market for nearly two decades will soon display a mural saluting the event and popular flower merchant Eleazar “Ed” Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was killed in a car crash last September. 

PUBLIC MEETING: Summerville Union High School District Board of Education, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, school library, 17555  Tuolumne Road, Tuolumne.

Summerville Union High School District’s Board of Education will consider adopting a new policy on discrimination and harassment at its board meeting Wednesday. 

Superintendent John Keiter said the policy follows California’s Safe Place to Learn Act, which requires school districts to adopt written rules against discrimination based on gender, race, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Twain Harte-Long Barn Union School District will decide this week on whether to share a superintendent with Soulsbyville School District.

Soulsbyville Superintendent Jeff Winfield would divide his time between the two districts under such an arrangement.

Details of a settlement between the Tuolumne Utilities District and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance will likely be discussed and possibly approved Tuesday at a meeting of the TUD Board of DIrectors.

According to the agenda and related documents, the district and environmental organization have been in settlement discussions over a federal lawsuit since the case was filed in June. The lawsuit accuses the district of illegal sewage spills and high pollutant levels in the district’s “recycled” water. It also alleges TUD violated the federal Clean Water Act with 130 spills or leaks in the sewage system dating back to October 2007.

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will discuss the site for a new animal shelter and alterations to the board’s meeting schedule and format.

A pair of afternoon study sessions are planned. The first will focus on Animal Services, about six months after the division transferred from the Sheriff’s Office to the Environmental Management Agency.

Summerville High School cashed in last week on $4.1 million from Measure H, the $8 million bond measure voters passed in November. 

The bond sale will cost school district taxpayers $11.2 million by the time they’re paid off in 2042. All bonds sold were capital appreciation bonds, a type that defers repayment further into the future but is more expensive because of compounding interest.

Raising the first wall of their new home are (from left) Will Geer, Stacy Lindsey, Katie Bauer and Lori Bauer. Maggie Beck / Union Democrat

The two families that will occupy the homes were surprised with an announcement at the wall raising that they were the new owners. They had been told they were being given a tour of the subdivision.

Tuolumne County school board members will gather at the Sonora High School library Saturday for a workshop on running school districts effectively. 

The workshop, which is open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m and include a presentation from Leslie DeMesserman of the California School Boards Association. 

Rides will be free for area residents this weekend aboard steam-powered excursion trains at Railtown 1897 Historic State Park in Jamestown.

With proof of residency, residents of Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne counties can visit the park and ride the trains Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the opening of the 2013 train operating season. The park is open daily all year long, but the excursion ride season extends generally from April through October.