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Community panelists for city manager interviews identified
According to several City Council members and panelists, the community members chosen by council members to interview city manager candidates on Sunday are: Mick Founts, deputy superintendent of the San Joaquin County Board of Education; Moses Elam, physician-in-chief for Kaiser Permanente’s Central Valley Area; Kevin Dougherty of First Commercial Real Estate; Joel Reyna Jr., a [...]
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Morning roundup
The filing deadline for City Council races is at 6 p.m.. The field is expected to be small, perhaps smaller than it has been in more than a decade.
Anyone hoping for a return of Gus Vina to Stockton as city manager (some people at City Hall were crossing their fingers) saw him take over as interim [...]
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More from City Hall:
8:38 p.m.:
Community Development Director Michael Niblock is taking questions from City Council members. When that is done, the council is to talk about its upcoming town hall meetings. And then the meeting is to be over.
The blog is done first. Goodnight.
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More from City Hall:
8:26 p.m.:
Community Development Director Michael Niblock is up. He is talking about the possibility of requiring a general fund subsidy in community development for non-fee related tasks, such as medical marijuana, the state hospital and annexation concerns.
Niblock is proposing $1.2 million in reductions, including nine layoffs. Last year staff was reduced by 52 percent, he [...]
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More from City Hall:
7:34 p.m.:
Revitalization Director Gus Duran is up. The department’s name is to be changed next week to the Economic Development Department.
Economic development is to be prioritized, Duran said. Redevelopment is to “take a back seat,” he said.
O’Rourke said, “Currently you have one staff person dedicated to this (economic development).” He said this will be the [...]
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More from City Hall: “You did good”
7:32 p.m.:
Mayor Ann Johnston said, “Thank you Mr. Madison. You did good.”
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More from City Hall: Stormwater, wastewater rate hikes likely
7:09 p.m.:
Interim City Manager Kevin O’Rourke said the City Council need nod have late, back-to-back meetings. He said to Mayor Ann Johnston, “You need to tell me when you want to call this.”
Councilman Dale Fritchen suggested 7:30 p.m. O’Rourke said Fritchen does not count.
There is now some joking about Municipal Utilities Director Mark Madison’s reputation [...]
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From City Hall:
7:04 p.m.:
The City Council has been in closed session since 5:30 p.m. It is now coming back, and the budget hearing is likely to begin momentarily.
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Eggman, Murrillo file
City Councilwoman Susan Eggman filed today for re-election (District 5).
Arthur Murrillo filed in District 3.
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Field set