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Recent budget coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Supervisors approved the 10-month contract with SVT Gruppe, Inc. after a board discussion raised questions about why the selected bid was well above lower offers.
Council signed off on two more spending increases tied to the wastewater treatment facilities upgrade, one for construction and one for engineering.
The Aug. 20 special meeting agenda asks council members to decide whether to appoint the only nominees in Districts 1, 2 and 3 or keep the Nov. 3 election on the ballot.
The City Council used Elections Code 10229 to seat the only nominees for Districts 1, 2 and 3, avoiding an expected election cost of at least $36,000.
Council unanimously approved an MOU that turns years of informal downtown coordination into a formal city-DBA framework.
The council unanimously backed two grant-funded enforcement programs, including state traffic-safety money and a CHP cannabis-tax grant for checkpoints, patrols, training and equipment.
The Sept. 1 agenda also includes a public hearing on zoning changes for about 750 acres and other board actions.
The Board of Supervisors agenda would ratify 14 change orders on the Marysville library project, raising its projected cost above $4 million.
An Aug. 25 agenda item would create a new sheriff cost center, add a one-year limited-term deputy sheriff and move money from Elections if supervisors approve it.
Draft minutes in the Aug. 27 board packet say directors adopted a rate strategy and amended budget built around the surcharge, which staff said would add about $2 a month for an average customer.
Council reviewed proposed fee changes across parks, development services, fire, solid waste and the airport, but members said some items need clearer guardrails and more data before they move forward.
The Aug. 4 council agenda and meeting summary show approval of an added $602,396.25 for the GHD sewer evaluation study, extending the work through Dec. 1, 2027.
Council amended the wastewater capital budget Aug. 18 to replace failed biosolid dryer rotary units and 24-hour packs after staff said the equipment had been offline for weeks.
A Sept. 25 Board of Supervisors agenda item would establish a Sheriff Homeless Liaison cost center, add a limited-term deputy sheriff position for one year and move $225,000 from Elections to the sheriff budget.
County departments outlined grant funding and budget priorities during a two-day FY 2026-27 workshop in Marysville.
The committee moved SB 895 forward as amended during its Aug. 13 suspense hearing, trimming the measure to a $5 billion bond.
The board also ordered $41,031.90 recorded as an abatement lien after a cost-accounting hearing for the property at 3735/3751 Arboga Road.
The council is being asked to back applications for about $4.45 million in grant money for two roadway and bike-route projects with an estimated combined cost of $5.032 million.
Council is being asked to push the final-map recording deadline from Aug. 27 to Oct. 30, 2026, keeping eight subdivisions under the legacy road fee instead of the updated rate.
The proposal would double the exemption threshold for low-value personal property, reduce annual processing for about 730 accounts and take effect only if the full board adopts it.
The Aug. 18 Board of Supervisors agenda bundles a $4.9 million health-care transfer, at least $850,000 in ARPA child-care loans, a $2.254 million behavioral-health contract and new roads spending.
The county’s Health and Welfare Committee recommended a subrecipient agreement with Sierra Health Foundation to help administer Proposition 36 implementation work for Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health, along with a related FY 2026-27 budget increase.
Council is set to consider revised appropriations-limit resolutions for two fiscal years after RAMS flagged an error in the original FY 2025-26 calculation.
Supervisors approved a personnel-rule change and a related agreement aimed at filling the county’s Chief of Psychiatry post, which staff said has been difficult to recruit.