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PSC changes its meeting night

The Public Safety Commission has changed its monthly meeting day. Beginning in February, the commission will meet on the second Thursday of every month instead of the second Monday of every month.

The Public Safety Commission meets monthly to discuss issues of safety in Saratoga.

SUSD needs residents for bond committee

The Saratoga Union School District is seeking three residents to be representatives on the district's bond oversight committee. Responsibilities will include reviewing the sale of bonds and the tax rate, auditing expenditures for facilities and preparing a yearly report for the community. The committee will determine how often and when the members will meet.

Interested residents must send a letter outlining their qualifications and reasons for wanting to serve to Superintendent Mary Gardner at the Saratoga Union School District, 20460 Forrest Hills Dr., Saratoga, 95070. Letters are due by January 30, 1998.

County courts consolidate

The Santa Clara County Superior and Municipal courts have voted to consolidate. The courts will now be known as the Santa Clara County Consolidated Courts. Judges have also agreed to cross-assign all criminal work, enabling any judge with a criminal assignment who is available to preside over any criminal issue, no matter what jurisdiction.

County officials said the consolidation results in the complete merger of all civil work and the anticipated increase in the availability of trial departments.

Proposed antennae issue returns in Jan.

A request for a use permit by Nextel Communications to construct a 70-foot personal communications antennae at the southwest corner of Sousa Lane and Quito Road has been continued to a Saratoga Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The proposed pole would replace an existing Pacific Gas & Electric monopole already on the lot adjacent to Highway 85. Neighbors oppose the pole, citing its proximity to a residential area.

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