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Recent budget coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Council is scheduled to consider awarding the next phase of the city’s Operations Complex project to Adams Commercial General Contracting Inc., along with related contingency and budget authority.
Council approved Resolution 1683-2026 and authorized city staff to finish the kennel project before winter, citing donations already in hand and more cost savings ahead.
The unanimous vote locks in a proposed split of countywide sales-tax revenue if voters approve Measure G on Nov. 3, 2026.
City staff told council a vacancy report under Bill 2561 shows 93 open positions, a 223-day average recruitment time and a citywide hiring freeze that now requires departments to justify openings.
Supervisors are being asked to introduce an ordinance that would raise the reward for tips leading to unlawful-dumping arrests and convictions.
A Sept. 9 commission packet shows the agency poised to trim funding for a Mendocino Substation long-duration storage demo and reduce the project’s planned size.
The board approved the county’s 2026-27 spending plan after a public hearing, with Supervisors Vasquez and Fuhrer voting no.
The board delayed action on a proposed three-year consulting agreement with the California Counties Foundation, sending it back for further research.
The commission adopted its annual AB 209 report on Sept. 9 and directed staff to finalize it, send it to the Legislature and post it publicly.
The agenda item pairs intergovernmental agreements with the state health department and supplemental budgets for behavioral health and substance-use programs.
The Sept. 15 agenda would award the Sheriff’s Main Station Office Remodel Project to Adams Commercial General Contracting, Inc. and add two related budget transfers totaling $812,445.
If approved, the agreement would guarantee the city at least $750,000 a year for two fiscal years if voters pass the countywide sales tax measure.
The Sept. 2 vote accepts a five-year grant to rehabilitate Live Oak Pool and support related programming and staff services.
The commission approved the 2025 report at its Sept. 9 business meeting and directed staff to send it to the Legislature and post it publicly.
Council reviewed a draft agreement that would create a regional climate committee and shared program manager, while deferring the city’s first payment until FY 2027/28.
Supervisors were set to hear a proposed FY 2026-27 budget totaling $411,031,247 in operating funds, along with multimillion-dollar transfers to reserves and internal funds.
The board tied the Sept. 1 rate change to a $26 million cash-reserve minimum as it warned of PCIA pressure and market volatility.
Public Works says J.F. Shea Construction submitted the lowest responsive bid for the road rehabilitation contract, which came in below the engineer’s estimate.
Supervisors will hold a Sept. 29 public hearing on a proposed fee tied to the state’s mandatory recorder notification program.
The board revised a previously approved $4.25 AB 2766 increase after staff said the DMV would round it down to $4 unless the district adopted a whole-dollar amount.
The Sept. 8 agenda moves the SB 255 proposal toward implementation, with a hearing planned for a fee that would help fund a mandatory recorder notification program starting Feb. 1, 2027.
The board’s Sept. 9 meeting agenda includes a public hearing on instructional materials, a related resolution and an action item to set the superintendent’s 2026-27 salary.
The Sept. 2 vote turns a previously ineligible Proposition 64 award into an executed city grant for pool repairs and youth programming.
The Sept. 8 draft agenda includes proposed new reading and math curricula, handbook updates, an LCAP revision and an ELOP-linked classified pay schedule change.