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The first of 4 Measure E workshops start this week * 02/06 Tire Collection Event February 5-8 * 02/07 Measure E Engagement Session: Reducing Crime (6 p.m.) * 02/08 City Council Meeting (6 p.m.) * 02/13 Historic Preservation Committee Meeting (6 p.m.) * 02/13 Measure E Discussion:
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Make demands for the animal shelter Last November, Elk Grove voters approved Measure E, which will increase sales taxes on many consumer purchases in Elk Grove by one percent. The measure is expected to raise $23 million annually. Even though the city will not levy the tax until April, with
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Fundraising included a large personal loan to campaign Campaign finance disclosure filed with the Elk Grove City Clerk’s office show newly elected District 2 Elk Grove City Councilmember Rob Brewer raised $172,737 in 2022 for his campaign. Brewer won the office with a plurality of votes after defeating
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Who pays? During the Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Elk Grove City Council meeting, an Elk Grove citizen asked the question that is on the mind of many taxpayers. The Mayor and City Council asked who pays for the proposed relocation of the Sacramento Zoo to a new facility in Elk
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Elk Grove, CCSD will get free billboard ads At their Wednesday, January 25 meeting, the Elk Grove City Council unanimously approved the removal of three billboards that a larger electronic one will replace. The three old and one new replacement billboard are on the city’s southside along northbound Highway
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Brewer, Robles break city council’s unwritten dress code If there has been one constant on the Elk Grove City Council for at least 15 years, it has been the male members of the council have consistently presented with a jacket and tie, and women members have always dressed professionally.
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Typically a city council ally, this Elk Grove citizen criticizes the process The oversight committee will monitor revenues and expenditures of Elk Grove’s Measure E, which increased sales taxes in the city by one percent. The tax increase will provide the city with an additional $23 million annually. Measure
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Elk Grove Citizen cast dispersions on the committee’s role With the passage last November of Elk Grove’s $23 million annual sales tax increase under Measure E, the Elk Grove City Council took a step to establishing a citizen’s oversight committee at their Wednesday, January 25 meeting. As
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Spease promises to protect taxpayers During the Wednesday, January 25, 2023, meeting of the Elk Grove City Council, a stark warning was issued by Elk Grove Vice Mayor Kevin Spease on the proposed relocation of the Sacramento Zoo. Read more about this topic here.
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Citizen asks the city council, mayor who pays During the Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Elk Grove City Council meeting, a resident asked the question that is on the mind of many taxpayers. The Mayor and City Council asked who pays for the proposed relocation of the Sacramento Zoo to a
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Spease says, “that’s my warning signal for the future” By a unanimous vote, the Elk Grove City Council approved an additional $800,000 expenditure for the Sacramento Zoo relocation project. The vote was taken at the Wednesday, January 25, regular city council meeting. According to a presentation to the
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Garbage cans being inspected randomly During his administrative report during the Wednesday, January 25 Elk Grove City Council meeting, City Manager Jason Berhmann reported garbage inspections in Elk Grove are underway. Behrmann said the city’s contracted garbage collector, Republic Services, was randomly inspecting residents’ organic garbage containers. Those who