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# This Week in City Hall: July 8, 2024
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-july-8-2024/
- Published: 2024-07-08T12:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-14T22:04:49.000Z
- Description: City Council does not meet this week. Instead, other boards and commissions will provide input on proposed spending and project plans.
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: City Hall, Budget & Finance, Column, #bulk-2025-10-14

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, July 2, in an afternoon session at 1:00 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1183886&GUID=B7A7544A-AFF0-425A-8C8A-D05EDC7AB2D3&ref=raincrossgazette.com)). The agenda includes:

- Updating the City's contract with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to [include retirement cost-sharing for select Police Management employees](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13046983&GUID=C42C0825-B0C3-44C3-B855-F5A4EE7B5736&ref=raincrossgazette.com) "as soon as administratively possible."
- Authorizing the $4.9 million [purchase of new police radio units](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13046978&GUID=0B083654-41D9-49CB-B3C0-56FE2A300F1D&ref=raincrossgazette.com).
- Authorizing up to $1.7 million for pool improvements at Shamel, Hunt, Reid, and Villegas Parks.

### Transportation Board

The Transportation Board meets on Wednesday, July 3, at 5:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1205982&GUID=5960034F-6043-4CEB-9D1E-CB07BB492FF5&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to consider eliminating permit-required street parking on [Ferguson Court](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13039715&GUID=04DF4167-6AA0-4D79-8FD5-B45AC51C3946&ref=raincrossgazette.com) near La Sierra High School and on [11th Street](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13039724&GUID=44835A92-D77B-4AE8-9224-2B465D2438E5&ref=raincrossgazette.com) downtown.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.

## Board of Public Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1205419&GUID=E1A24B93-9C2B-45E8-A467-301F366C92A8&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to [review revisions](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13053560&GUID=E9E96A51-5AC4-42DA-ABE8-DCB299C3CC64&ref=raincrossgazette.com) proposed by the Board of Ethics to the City's Code of Ethics and Conduct and consider roughly $6.9 million in capital improvement projects.

## Board of Ethics

The Board of Ethics meets on Tuesday, July 9, at 5:00 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1207049&GUID=E9E718FB-206A-4122-BBD3-06C16041D8BF&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) for regular business.

## Commission of the Deaf

The Commission of the Deaf meets on Wednesday, July 10, at 5:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1204612&GUID=F7253A9C-F549-4394-A501-1ECDACEE409B&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) for a [presentation on the City's 311 Contact Center](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13059603&GUID=C2DEBB5D-C6E5-49D7-925C-06454A477FCD&ref=raincrossgazette.com) and other regular business.

## Budget Engagement Commission

The Budget Engagement Commission meets on Thursday, July 11, at 5:00 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1205203&GUID=DBC8C081-464C-4AAA-B6F3-CE24DE0D7688&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to review the [City's Third-Quarter Financial Update](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13061178&GUID=381EF87D-406C-43DB-870B-817A88BEAA0D&ref=raincrossgazette.com) and to receive a [Pavement Management Program project update](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13060576&GUID=60F019DD-CD79-4700-AD42-C35F4B0D9651&ref=raincrossgazette.com).