
Yuba-Sutter Transit prepares design-build competition for planned Linda facility
The agency’s Oct. 15 agenda recommends advancing the 19.2-acre Next Generation Transit Facility from qualifications to a design-build request for proposals.






The agency’s Oct. 15 agenda recommends advancing the 19.2-acre Next Generation Transit Facility from qualifications to a design-build request for proposals.

Fire Services Manager/Chief Kyle Long told county supervisors that critically low staffing had led to rolling brownouts and that new hires were expected to restore staffing later that week.

Supervisors are scheduled to consider an RFP for architectural and engineering plans for the 16,775-square-foot jail, with proposals due Nov. 18.

The proposed package also includes a $46,200 down payment and a $254,100 standby letter of credit tied to environmental permitting for the bridge replacement at Larkin Road.

The proposed purchase would replace five 2014 fixed-route buses with Gillig diesel low-floor vehicles, using federal and state transit funds.

The agreements would take effect only if voters approve the proposed 1% transactions-and-use tax on Nov. 3.

An Oct. 15 agenda calls for keeping a temporary Olivehurst relocation site through June 2028 as Caltrans’ Binney Junction project approaches a spring 2027 construction phase.

The 4-1 vote allows the city manager to sign an agreement for the 0.33-acre Medina parcel, subject to City Attorney approval, while the revised $30,040 deposit differs from the staff packet’s $6,080 estimate.

The Oct. 13 agenda lists Engineering Design, Games and Simulation, and Systems Programming as action items for the 2026-27 school year.

The Oct. 6 agenda proposed awards totaling up to $2,427,693.07, but the available materials do not show whether the council approved either contract.

The Sept. 15 agenda called for a four-fifths board determination to continue emergency contracting for Colgate Penstock repairs, but the draft minutes record no separate motion or vote on that item.

A proposed contract amendment would raise Dewberry/DRAKE HAGLAN’s ceiling to $600,941.62 and extend the agreement through Oct. 31, 2028, as right-of-way negotiations continue.

The City Council approved a resolution tied to Sutter County’s proposed 1% transaction-and-use tax, but the revenue remains contingent on voter approval and staff projections.

The Oct. 7 agenda recommends approving a two-parcel map at 2962 Elm Street while deferring curb, gutter, sidewalk and driveway improvements under an agreement with property owner Jose Guadalupe Medina.

The unanimous Sept. 15 vote approves changing the allocation, but the draft minutes do not state the amount or revised project purpose.

Agenda packets for Oct. 5-8 outline proposed agreements, budget actions and contract changes, but do not show whether any item was approved.

An Oct. 8 agenda would extend the Tisdale Road and Kent Avenue bridge project agreements through Oct. 31, 2028, and raise Kent Avenue compensation to $600,941.62.

A staff report says limited local placement capacity includes the loss of about 60 board-and-care beds since 2018, as the county considers amendments for three providers.

The proposed California Office of Traffic Safety funding would support education, workshops, equipment, events and outreach in Sutter County from October 2026 through September 2027.

The Oct. 7 agenda does not specify a donation amount, while August minutes show trustees were still seeking insurance and reimbursement details for repairs at the Sutter County Library.

The proposed FY 2026-27 agreement would retain three school-based probation officers, remove a truancy position because of staffing shortages and split the $592,200 cost between YCUSD and the county.

A proposed FY 2026-27 amendment would continue three school-based probation officers and split $592,200 in costs between YCUSD and Sutter County, but the packet does not show whether the deal was approved.

The agreement with Sutter County would return tax revenue generated in Live Oak to the city if voters approve the proposed 1% transactions-and-use tax on Nov. 3.

The county is asking commissioners to certify the project’s Final EIR and adopt findings addressing a significant and unavoidable cultural-resources impact.