Tag: city council
Delinquent trash accounts on Monday’s council agenda
During City Council's regular June 18 meeting, Recology South Valley, Gilroy's exclusive trash-collecting company, will ask permission to send 168 delinquent Gilroy homeowner accounts to the County Auditor to place liens on their properties.
City hires $100K community development liaison
The City of Gilroy brings on a new hire from the City of San Jose planning department to take on the role of Development Center Manager, a newly created position that largely deals with fostering development within the city.
Protesters give pool issue CPR
More than 60 people showered City Council with pleas to keep the pool at South Valley Middle School open during their regular meeting Monday night.
Council to consider banning smoking in parks
During Monday night’s regular meeting at 6 p.m. City Council plans to vote on a proposed ordinance that will prohibit smoking in public parks except for in designated smoking areas.
How to spend $1.3M of the city’s money
Late into the evening at the end of a busy City Council meeting May 21, the council passed more than $1.3 million in expenditures for the coming fiscal year on account of predicted tax revenue increases.
2 percent raise for police; union, city agree on contract
After nearly two months of negotiations, the City of Gilroy and the Gilroy Police Officers Association have agreed on a new two-year contract that awards 2 percent raises each year for all 59 police officers within the union.
Holiday Inn project approved after heated debate
After more than an hour of heated deliberation during Monday's City Council meeting, Council voted 5-2 to approve a 260 room Holiday Inn hotel project on the corner of Forest and Leavesley roads.
Council to talk increasing landscaping services on Monday
City Council is gearing up for their meeting Monday night, where they will discuss a $115,000 budget amendment from the general fund to go toward landscape maintenance that will maintain Gilroy Sports Park at the southern edge of the city, which hasn’t been maintained by the city since 2009.
