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City Council approves response to grand jury on road repairs as citizens push ballot measure

5572848 · August 5, 2025
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City staff drafted a response agreeing with five grand-jury findings and accepting six of seven recommendations on road maintenance funding; council approved submitting the response while citizen volunteers reported collecting signatures for an initiative to fund street repairs.

The Red Bluff City Council on Aug. 1 approved a written response to the 2024–25 King County grand jury report that reviewed the city’s road repair and maintenance practices, while dozens of residents described separate citizen efforts to place a street-funding measure on the ballot.

City staff presented the response during the council’s regular meeting. Tom Osborn, who introduced the item, said the grand jury issued five findings and seven recommendations; the city agreed with all five findings and committed to implement six of the seven recommendations. The seventh recommendation — that the city place a new tax measure on the…

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