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Recent budget coverage from Yuba-Sutter, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The board also ordered $41,031.90 recorded as an abatement lien after a cost-accounting hearing for the property at 3735/3751 Arboga Road.
The council is being asked to back applications for about $4.45 million in grant money for two roadway and bike-route projects with an estimated combined cost of $5.032 million.
Council is being asked to push the final-map recording deadline from Aug. 27 to Oct. 30, 2026, keeping eight subdivisions under the legacy road fee instead of the updated rate.
The proposal would double the exemption threshold for low-value personal property, reduce annual processing for about 730 accounts and take effect only if the full board adopts it.
The county’s Health and Welfare Committee recommended a subrecipient agreement with Sierra Health Foundation to help administer Proposition 36 implementation work for Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health, along with a related FY 2026-27 budget increase.
Council is set to consider revised appropriations-limit resolutions for two fiscal years after RAMS flagged an error in the original FY 2025-26 calculation.
The committee backed an amendment that would shift the annual report on minimum essential coverage and the individual mandate from June 1 to April 1.
County officials told lawmakers some local indigent-care programs are dormant or too weak to meet current safety-net demand, while Finance projected Medi-Cal enrollment will fall and warned federal work-rule changes could tighten exemptions.
Witnesses urged lawmakers to shift from short-term grants to long-term, flexible support for regional workforce and economic mobility efforts.
A legislative oversight hearing highlighted long projected timelines, unspent repatriation funds and open audit recommendations as lawmakers pressed University of California leaders on CalNAGPRA compliance.
At a joint legislative agriculture hearing, CDFA said it needs annual funding for detection, monitoring and eradication tied to the pest outbreak.
The board’s July 14 actions add county money and a separate agreement for the 16-bed social rehabilitation facility project, alongside a $550,000 behavioral health budget increase and $600,000 in state funds.
The agency authorized short-term cash flow for a pipe replacement project and directed staff to file the related CEQA notice as a responsible agency.
A Health and Welfare Committee item would replace a failing immunization refrigerator with Medi-Cal Administrative Activities revenue funds and no General Fund impact.
The July 28 agenda includes a resolution that would place a countywide retail transactions and use tax on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot.
A July 28 supervisors agenda shows County Administrator Steven M. Smith scheduled to seek a resolution placing a countywide retail transactions and use tax on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot.
The July 21 agenda includes a successor labor agreement with Public Employees’ Union, Local 1/AFSCME 57, along with changes to paid time off, standby pay and medical contribution terms.
Staff say Water Works District No. 1’s current rates do not cover operating costs, and the board is set to return June 23 for final adoption.
The board signed off on a $300,000 Yuba County match and an MOU worth up to $850,000 tied to the Willow Glen Care Center expansion, along with a $550,000 behavioral health budget increase backed by restricted fund balance.
Supervisors are set to consider two Willow Glen Care Center funding items tied to the same 16-bed social rehabilitation facility project, including a local match agreement and a budget increase backed by restricted fund balances.
The July 15 agenda includes an agreement that would let Sutter County run Live Oak’s municipal election alongside the statewide general election, with staff estimating a $27,000 cost.
The multiyear agreement will support forecasting, electrification analysis, demand-flexibility tools and the commission’s Common Platform.
Staff is recommending that directors waive an automatic 2.5% increase for eight member units, saying reduced deliveries from the Colgate Penstock incident could make groundwater pumping more expensive than the hike.
The Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 126 on a 56-1 vote after debate over charter-school language in the education finance package.
