City Council meets Tuesday with $1.8 million in spending approvals and a Fire Department defensible space discussion. The Planning Commission will consider revoking a Downtown bar's permits after repeated code violations and emergency calls.
City Council meets Tuesday with $1.8 million in spending approvals and a Fire Department defensible space discussion. The Planning Commission will consider revoking a Downtown bar's permits after repeated code violations and emergency calls.
Welcome to our weekly digest of public meetings and agenda items worth your attention for this coming 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 Tuesday, Feb. 24 in afternoon sessions at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and an evening session at 6:15 p.m. (agenda). The agenda includes:
Reviewing a report of the 2025-26 fiscal year’s first quarter and approving various projects totaling $1.8 million – including $400,000 to repair flood damage to City Hall’s 50-year-old basement, and a review of a Measure Z spending plan.
Conducting a state-mandated public hearing on the number of job vacancies and recruitment efforts in the citywide workforce, where roughly 12 percent of authorized city positions were unfilled as of December 2025.
Inspection Program and plan to inspect and prepare properties located in high-risk fire hazard areas.
Awarding $1.5 million to builders to construct a median on Mission Inn Avenue between Redwood Drive and Scout Lane.
Board of Public Utilities
The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to discuss Riverside’s participation in a water pipeline research project by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and to consider approval of a $2 million work order to update electrical poles and infrastructure throughout the city.
The Planning Commission meets on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. (agenda) for a public hearing to consider revoking Downtown Experiment’s bar and nightclub permit and alcohol sale permit due to multiple code violations and a high volume of emergency calls.
Riverside's annual planning session revealed big ambitions — and council frustration over homelessness, fire staffing and uneven investment across the city.
The committee's vote sends both bans to the full City Council, putting Riverside ahead of state lawmakers who failed to pass kratom regulations last year.
City Council does not meet this week. The Safety Committee will consider restrictions on nitrous oxide and kratom products after police found extensive sales and health officials linked them to fatal overdoses.
