Archive By Section - Government
Director of Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities Allison Van Guilder said her department is analogous to an event planning firm.
March 17, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
The City of Turlock is outperforming both Stanislaus County and the State of California in sales tax revenue and while this is indicative of a strengthening local economy, it doesn't necessarily translate into more money for the City.
March 13, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
On any given school day roughly 1,000 kids across 13 school sites are taking advantage of the City of Turlock after school programs, but the programs' beginnings in the late 1990s were far more modest: there was only one student and two staff at Crowell Elementary School.
March 12, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
The future of mobile food trucks in downtown Turlock lies entirely in the hands of the Turlock City Council as the Planning Commission failed to reach an agreement on whether they should recommend stronger restrictions of the mobile vendors in certain downtown areas.
March 12, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
The dissolution of the City of Turlock and Chamber of Commerce's contract to operate the Convention and Visitors Bureau is already taking shape as evidenced by the City Council's lengthy deliberation Tuesday evening to decide who would administer grant funds, a job formerly reserved for the CVB.
March 10, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
In a sign of recovering times the number of complex construction projects is on the rise in Turlock, meaning the City needs more staff to keep its customers satisfied.
March 06, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
Seven churches of different denominations in Denair have one thing in common: they are dissatisfied with the rate they are paying for water.
March 06, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
The intersection of Golden State Boulevard and Berkeley Avenue, as well as the tangential Golf Road, is Stanislaus County property and on Tuesday the Board of Supervisors approved taking the first step towards overhauling the commonly congested intersection.
March 05, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
The Turlock City Council approved two motions Tuesday night that will simultaneously improve the curb appeal of one neighborhood and bolster the funds for a nonprofit agency helping the community's homeless.
February 27, 2015
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Sabra
Stafford
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Government
Transit services for those in need in the community are becoming much more comprehensive due to the Turlock City Council's approval of an agreement with a new firm to sell advertising on local buses, the revenue of which allows the City to provide transit tickets to local nonprofits and the Turlock Unified School District.
February 26, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
When Mayor Matt Beekman took the microphone Monday evening to deliver his State of the City address at the Hughson City Council meeting, he had one piece of news of which not all mayors can boast: the City's General Fund reserves are at 83 percent.
February 24, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
Transit services for those in need in the community could become much more comprehensive pending the Turlock City Council's approval of an agreement with a new firm to sell advertising on local buses. The revenue from the sale of bus ads allows the City to provide transit tickets to local nonprofits and the Turlock Unified School District.
February 20, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
While a City of Turlock workshop held Tuesday had citizens and council members alike lamenting the poor quality of roads in town, in a positive twist of fate just two days later the City was notified that it received a grant of $105,550 from the Department of Resources Recycle and Recovery, or CalRecycle.
February 20, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
The Stanislaus Water Advisory Committee convened for their first meeting of 2015 Tuesday morning to discuss taking steps towards establishing a Groundwater Sustainability Agency, one component of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act that was passed in 2014 to allow regional control of local groundwater resources.
February 19, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
It's public opinion shared by many in Turlock that the roads are in poor condition, but on Tuesday evening Director of Development Services Michael Pitcock enlightened the community on just how bad the streets really are.
February 17, 2015
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Elizabeth
Arakelian
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Government
