Politics

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.

City Council is pushing ahead with plans to place a sales tax or bond measure on the November 2014 ballot, after polling data shows “solid support” for a revenue-generating “Quality of Life” initiative proposed earlier this year by Mayor Don Gage.

Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, traveled to the nation’s capitol Monday and Tuesday to talk with lawmakers about the fate of immigration reform at the federal level.

After six months of negotiations, City Council voted 5-1 during its regular meeting Monday night to approve a half-percent pay raise for local firefighters.