With $22 million to help the city recover from the pandemic, Chico leaders would like to improve the sewer infrastructure to have more hospital services.
Chico City leaders to discuss budget plans, homeless crisis
On Tuesday, Chico city leaders will be working out a spending plan for the new fiscal year, looking at homelessness issues, and considering a change in the city s false alarm code.
Posted: May 18, 2021 4:19 PM
Posted By: Kristian Lopez
CHICO, Calif. - The Chico City Council is working out a spending plan for the year ahead.
The City is looking at spending a large amount of the proposed budget on public safety, which would lead to adding on more police officers and firefighters.
Chico City Manager Mark Orme said the total proposed budget for the next fiscal year is $143 million. Of that, the general fund would consist of $56 million.
Tona Petersen, who was displaced from Paradise due to the Camp Fire, poses for a portrait at the Comanche Creek Greenway on May 4, 2021, in Chico, Calif. The Comanche Creek Greenway is the site of an unhoused community where Chico residents are currently safe from sweeps by local police. Photo: Salgu Wissmath for The InterceptTona Petersen, who was displaced from Paradise due to the Camp Fire, poses for a portrait at the Comanche Creek Greenway on May 4, 2021, in Chico, Calif. The Comanche Creek Greenway is the site of an unhoused community where Chico residents are currently safe from sweeps by local police. Photo: Salgu Wissmath for The Intercept
Grants to be used to put roundabout on Eaton Road in Chico
The City of Chico is going to use some grant money for a roundabout on Eaton Road off Highway 99. Another project will expand traffic lanes on Cohasset Road.
Posted: May 7, 2021 5:44 PM
Updated: May 7, 2021 7:42 PM
Posted By: Dani Masten
CHICO, Calif. - One grant the city received will go towards implementing a roundabout on Eaton Road to help ensure better safety for people in Chico.
The Eaton Road project would be implemented off the Highway 99 ramp with the goal of preventing traffic back-ups.
Christian Garcia has lived in Chico for over 18 years. He said he used to live in this area and couldn t stand all the traffic.