Politics

The City of Gilroy recently released its second quarter sales tax update for this fiscal year, demonstrating “significant” gains for new automobile sales and miscellaneous vehicle sales, along with a 1.9 percent increase in cash receipts for the City overall.

Assemblyman Luis Alejo traveled to El Salvador to meet with political leaders in Watsonville’s sister city, San Pedro Masahuat.

City Council voted unanimously in support of giving City Administrator Tom Haglund a 2 percent raise ($4,299) Monday night, which brings his annual salary to $219,255.

The City Council has a smorgasbord of items to cover for their regular meeting Monday night. Here is a sampling of what City leaders in your community will be discussing:

The City of Gilroy is re-defining the very blueprints of its future and community leaders are taking unprecedented steps to ensure residents and business owners play a role in the process.

Ever wonder what the cameras in some of the intersections throughout Gilroy are for?

The votes are in, and two incumbents on the Board of Directors for the South Santa Clara County Valley Memorial Special District have been reelected following the Nov. 5 election.

The City of Gilroy is looking for volunteers to fill 27 open seats on 13 different City boards, commissions and committees, according to City Clerk Shawna Freels. From the Arts and Culture Commission to the Open Government Commission to the Planning Commission, most positions have a term between two and four years of service.

Gliding his patrol car to a stop around 5:30 p.m. on a recent Friday, Gilroy Police Department Officer Rene Arbizu peers through Oakley sunglasses at Miller Park, eyeing a group of seven transients standing around a park bench, some with bicycles and drinks in hand.

City Council will be considering during its upcoming regular meeting Monday an amendment to Gilroy City Code that could limit the consumption of alcohol in public parks to a reservation and permit-only basis.