Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE NORMAN Y. HERRING, COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF GLENN, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a director of an irrigation district contract with the district to obtain private construction services performed by the district valued at $29,000 in exchange for terminating a preexisting obligation of the district to repair a bridge located on the director's property, where such repair services are valued at $47,000? 2. Alternatively, may the irrigation district pay the director $29,000 in consideration for terminating its preexisting and ongoing bridge maintenance obligation? CONCLUSIONS 1. A director of an irrigation district may not contract with the district to obtain private construction services performed by the district valued at $29,000 in exchange for terminating a preexisting obligation of the district to repair a bridge located on the director's property, even though such repair services are valued at $47,000. 2. The irrigation district may not, in the alternative, pay the director $29,000 in consideration for terminating its preexisting and ongoing bridge maintenance…