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Pittsburg City Commission and various Boards convene for their first meetings of 2023 this week

Beard-Shanks Law Enforcement Center
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Beard-Shanks Law Enforcement Center

The Pittsburg City Commission convenes tonight for its first meeting of 2023. It’s the first of four meetings the community will hold this week. KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.

The final city commission meeting was nearly one month ago, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. It’s common for small communities to hold one meeting in December or delay holding them until January because it is a busy time for many of us.

Tonight at 5:30, the five-person commission will meet at the Beard-Shanks Law Enforcement Center courtroom. You can attend in person or watch live on the Pittsburg YouTube page.

City meetings will continue tomorrow as the Library Board of Trustees adjourns at the Pittsburg Public Library at 4:30 pm. On Thursday, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting will assemble at 1 pm at Lincoln Center in Pittsburg.

Finally, the Farmers Market Advisory Board Meeting joins this Friday afternoon at 2 pm. To learn more about all 13 Pittsburg commissions and boards, visit the link at our website, KRPS.org. For 89 9 KRPS, I’m Fred Fletcher-Fierro

Click this link for the City of Pittsburg’s YouTube page

Since 2017 Fred Fletcher-Fierro has driven up Highway 171 through thunderstorms, downpours, snow, and ice storms to host KRPS’s Morning Edition. He’s also a daily reporter for the station, covering city government, elections, public safety, arts, entertainment, culture, sports and more. Fred has also spearheaded and overseen a sea change in programming for KRPS from a legacy classical station to one that airs a balance of classical, news, jazz, and cultural programming that better reflects the diverse audience of the Four States. For over two months in the fall of 2022 he worked remotely with NPR staff to relaunch krps.org to an NPR style news and information website.

In the fall of 2023 Fred was promoted to Interim General Manager and was appointed GM in Feburary of 2024.