🍊 Wednesday Gazette: January 15, 2025
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Council cites full-time demands of job in approving first pay increase since 2023; monthly car stipend also increased to $500.
Approving new contracts for RPD and considering a potential raise to the Mayor and Councilmembers' salaries are on the City Council agenda this week.
Concerns over dispensary concentration prompt 90-day delay.
Public safety improvements, infrastructure investments, and economic development initiatives take center stage in an annual update from Mike Futrell.
A year-end financial review, approving drones for anti-illegal fireworks policing, and a one-year pilot project to reduce cut-through traffic on Redwood Drive are on the City Council's agenda.
CSDR Football to be recognized by the Mayor; City Council will consider streamlining the permitting process for pre-approved ADUs and the final reallocations of $7.2 million in ARPA funding.
Reaccreditation by the Center for Public Safety Excellence highlights the department's handling of 43,000+ incidents, placing it among the top five fire agencies in California.
Council cites housing needs in 6-1 vote to approve 347 units at Mission Grove Plaza, overruling density restrictions
City Council will hold a public hearing for the 347-unit Mission Grove Apartments project on the site of the vacant K-Mart site in the Mission Grove Plaza and look for options to participate in the 2028 Olympics.
There are no public meetings for City Council or any boards, commissions, or committees at City Hall this week.
City Council set to consider a 23-unit affordable housing project in La Sierra, a 24-station electric vehicle charging hub at the Riverside Airport, and the $2.4 million purchase of electric trucks for its fleet.
City Council does not meet this week. Potentially stricter rules for industrial development near neighborhoods and a review of the City’s homelessness outreach and cleanup spending are on committee and commission agendas this week.
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