The 2015-16 El Dorado County Grand Jury began work this month on a yearlong process to investigate various issues in the county.

The jury is tasked with investigating civil matters in the county. However, it has no real authority other than to write a report each other – good or bad – about the people or entities involved. The subjects of the reports then write back saying what they might do to correct the allegations.

Six members of the 2015-16 El Dorado County Grand Jury served on last year’s panel. They are Richard Coffin, James Kern, Peter Marty, Jeanne Ott, Thomas Simpson and Colleen Young.

The other members include: Kenneth Cater, Hal Erpenbeck, Dan Kelly, Thomas Orth, Roger Pickler, Rodney Pimental, Debbie Rice, Julie Ryan, Jan Sawyer, George Turnboo, Richard White, Gatha Willyard, and Laura Anne Winston. Cater is the foreman.

Superior Court Judge Dylan Sullivan will be overseeing this jury, her first year to do so.