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Council debates shrinking or repealing citizen budget committee amid low participation
Summary
City manager recommended amending or repealing Chapter 134 — the citizen budget committee ordinance adopted in 2021 — after years of low attendance. Councilmembers discussed reducing membership, using quarterly open-house updates, and commissioning third-party reviews to rebuild trust.
The Riverside city manager recommended the council consider amending or repealing Chapter 134, the 2021 ordinance that established a large citizen budget committee, citing persistent low participation and operational difficulty.
The ordinance currently calls for a large committee—described in the code as 28 members, a primary and alternate from each voting precinct—language the manager said is now out of date because precincts were renumbered and…
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