Exit Interview: Mayor Don Gage Says Farewell With Few Regrets
GILROY—After 34 years in various local political offices, plain speaking Mayor Don Gage, 70, announced his retirement this week, at the start of Monday’s city council meeting. The one-time farmer, IBM program manager and elected representative said he wanted to spend time with his family, including three daughters and six grandchildren. He served through boom and bust times, watched the city and the freeway grow, and leaves as Gilroy pursues its biggest and most controversial housing project.
New cell phone towers approved for Gilroy
Two new cell phone towers will be erected in Gilroy, according Christi Garcia, a member of the City of Gilroy’s Planning Commission.
Officials target method for ridding mussels at San Justo Reservoir
Federal and local officials might use sodium potash slurry -
City seeks to halt wire theft
In response to a string of theft of copper wire from city-owned facilities over the past two years, Gilroy officials are considering adding teeth to regulations surrounding metal recycling within city limits. State law requires scrap metal recyclers document each transaction and record the seller’s name as a way to prevent theft, but compliance across California varies.
Council considers $2,989 raise for city clerk
After several months of closed-to-the-public talks and meetings with a City Council subcommittee, Council will vote during their regular meeting Monday night on whether to give the city clerk a merit raise.Â
VTA’s Woodward says $130M Gilroy highway fix ‘shovel ready’
HOLLISTER—Hollister City Councilman Victor Gomez last week said the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority tabled creation of the Mobility Partnership, a multi-county coalition weighing changes to Highways 152 and 25, based on his concerns about imbalanced representation.
iTAN Morgan Hill Grand Opening Sets the Glow Standard in Northern California
iTAN Sun Spray Spa, California’s leading health and beauty salon, will open its first Northern California location, iTAN Morgan Hill, at 106 Cochrane Plaza, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 on Sept. 23-24, 2017. To celebrate its grand opening, iTAN Morgan Hill will offer its services for $1 to local community members on Sept. 23-24, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
City Council looks at 2040 general plan Monday
Gilroy’s City Council will be looking at the year 2040 at its first meeting of 2016 on Monday, when it starts the lengthy process of approving a new general plan.
