Redding officially welcomes new city manager
William S. Tarbox attended his first Redding City Council meeting last week and is transitioning into the role by meeting with staff and touring city facilities.
William S. Tarbox attended his first Redding City Council meeting last week and is transitioning into the role by meeting with staff and touring city facilities.
With the aim of improving aging infrastructure and keeping up with factors such as inflation and California clean energy mandates, REU is proposing a 4.5% increase in utility costs each year, over the next four years, starting in April.
The library, which hasn’t been fully operational since last July, will reopen on Feb. 17 after significant upgrades made through a grant from the California State Library.
As the city kicks off an environmental process related to downtown riverfront planning, the public is invited to share comments on the scope of the project through March 2.
While community conversation leading up to the "Faith Night" was highly politicized, speakers at the event mostly shared personal stories about God, with little political content outside of a video screening and posters displayed by Turning Point USA.
The city and the federal Small Business Administration will host a Disaster Loan Outreach Center for several weeks to help individuals and businesses affected by the flooding apply for loans. It opens Feb. 6.
The Redding City Council is allocating $116,000 a month for the next four months as a short-term solution to the Civic’s financial problems. Council members will discuss the future of the venue again in May to decide on further action.
Redding Mayor Mike Littau said that the city council is taking first steps toward recruiting Curtis’ replacement. There’s no word yet on when Curtis will leave. News of his departure comes as Redding awaits the arrival of a new city manager.
Data from the federal government confirms that the facility, which does not appear on ICE's public listings of facilities, has been detaining noncitizens at a rate of more than a dozen a month.
The Civic needs between $1.4 million to $1.6 million in additional annual funding to keep its operations going, according to the organization that runs the event space.