The new Council sits for its first full meeting, which includes reallocating $7 million during a budget update and considering a 22-unit affordable housing complex at Five Points.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worthy of your attention in the next week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.
City Council
City Council will meet in closed and open sessions on Tuesday, April 9, in afternoon sessions at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and an evening session at 6:15 p.m. (agenda). The agenda includes:
Authorizing the transfer of $2 million from the City's Infrastructure Reserve Fund to the Airport Fund as a 4% interest rate loan to fund new roofs on 17 airport buildings.
Purchasing three new paramedic vehicles for the Fire Department.
The Commission on Aging meets on Monday, April 15, at 4:00 p.m. (agenda) for a presentation on the Brown Act, which requires the discussions and decisions by public boards to happen openly and in public.
New councilmember Sean Mill joins councilmembers Conder and Perry on the Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee, which meets on Wednesday, April 17, at 1:00 p.m. (agenda) to review the Fire Department's contract with ambulance company AMR and a review of 2023's Fourth of July fireworks enforcement.
Cultural Heritage Board
The Cultural Heritage Board meets on Wednesday, April 17, at 3:30 p.m. (agenda) to review the development plans for the site of the old Sears building on Arlington Ave.
Commission on Disabilities
The Commission on Disabilities meets on Thursday, April 18, at 5:30 p.m. (agenda).
The City Council is in the process of selecting an Interim City Attorney, while the Governmental Process Committee will soon be reviewing a proposal to end phone-in public comment options for city meetings.
The Human Relations Commission will discuss calling on the City Council to retain the commemorative flag policy, which it repealed last week, in a memo "to express its deep disappointment" in the Council.
