Riverside council to weigh Prop. 1 endorsement, $2.8 million fire truck and inspector general hire on Tuesday
A revised agenda for the Oct. 6 meeting includes a resolution backing the $11.25 billion statewide housing bond, an employment agreement for a new inspector general, and a three-year road diet pilot on Linden Street.
The Riverside City Council meets at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, in the Art Pick Council Chamber at City Hall, 3900 Main St., with a revised agenda that runs to 49 numbered items.
The afternoon's discussion calendar has two personnel items. Item 35 (file 26-3246) would approve an employment agreement with Lori K.M. Cox as the city's inspector general, with employment beginning Oct. 19. Item 36 (26-3108) would authorize the interim city manager to sign an agreement with Eric C. Crockett as interim real property services manager starting Oct. 7, at an hourly rate of $101.85.
In closed session, the council is scheduled to take up the recruitment of the inspector general (Item 47, 26-3085) and the recruitment or appointment of a city manager (Item 47a, 26-3290).
On the consent calendar
Item 10 (26-3242) is a resolution supporting Proposition 1, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, described on the agenda as an $11.25 billion statewide bond measure on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The Fire Department accounts for several of the larger contracts. Item 18 (26-3065) would approve $2,817,780.73 from the Measure Z Fund for one KME tiller truck from Fire Apparatus Solutions of Rialto. Item 22 (26-2951) is a five-year, $981,216 agreement with Riverside Medical Clinic for occupational medicine and Cal/OSHA medical evaluations for fire operations personnel. Item 21 (26-3068) is a three-year, $443,733 agreement with Galls LLC for station uniforms.
Item 19 (26-2950) is a cost-share agreement with Cal Fire and Riverside County for the Bain Incident, which the agenda describes as a coordinated multi-agency wildland fire response from May 19 to 25, 2026.
On the streets, Item 33 (26-3070) would implement a three-year pilot converting Linden Street between Chicago and Iowa avenues from four lanes to two, with a striped two-way left-turn median and buffered bike lanes. Item 32 (26-3061) would award a $2,135,800 construction contract to Crosstown Electrical & Data of Chino for Phase 2 of a citywide traffic signal controller replacement, plus 10 percent change-order authority. Item 34 (26-3071) would terminate a $3,126,989 contract with Servitek Electrical for a separate signal safety project and re-bid it.
Item 25 (26-3067) would award $410,050 in arts and culture grants to 27 organizations in fiscal 2026-27 and $414,150 in 2027-28. Item 26 (26-3069) would fund the Riverside Arts Council's Festival of Lights agreement at up to $900,000 a year for the same two years.
Item 37, a public hearing on new airport operations fees, is marked on the agenda as removed.
The agenda notes the Oct. 13 council meeting is canceled for the holiday; the next regular meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 20.