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Council approves annual levy of assessments for Hemet’s maintenance districts, with recusals noted
Summary
The council held a public hearing on fiscal year 2025–26 engineers' reports for existing landscape and streetlight maintenance districts and voted 5–0 to approve the reports and order levy and collection of assessments; two councilmembers recused for specific districts.
The Hemet City Council on July 14, 2025 conducted a public hearing and approved the city engineer’s reports and the levy and collection of assessments for the city’s existing landscape and streetlight maintenance districts for fiscal year 2025–26.
Noah Rau, Public Works Director, delivered a brief staff report stating that public works, finance staff and the assessment-district consultant Harrison Associates had prepared the required budgets and levies within allowable parameters, and that staff recommended approval of the engineers’ reports and ordering of the levy and collection of assessments.
There were no registered public speakers for the item. Councilmember Mayles requested a recusal for the 7 Hills District and Mayor Peterson recused for the Heartland District; staff said those recusals would be noted on the resolution. Following motion and second, the council approved the engineers’ reports and ordered the levy and collection of assessments for the fiscal year 2025–26 maintenance districts on a 5–0 vote (with the recusals recorded for the specific districts).
Ending: Staff said a resolution documenting the approval and the noted recusals would be prepared for the record and that assessments will be levied and collected according to the engineers’ reports for fiscal year 2025–26.
Sections: Lede: The Hemet City Council approved the fiscal year 2025–26 engineers’ reports and ordered the levy and collection of assessments for the city’s landscape and streetlight maintenance districts, with two recusals noted for specific districts. Nut graf: Public Works Director Noah Rau told the council that staff and Harrison Associates prepared the budgets and recommended levies; no members of the public testified on the item. The council recorded recusals for Councilmember Mayles (7 Hills District) and Mayor Peterson (Heartland District) and approved the levy 5–0 with those recusals noted. Body: The assessment levies follow procedures initiated previously by council resolutions in June. Staff said the levies fall within allowable parameters and the assessments will support landscape and streetlight maintenance services for the districts named in the engineers’ reports. Ending: Staff will prepare a resolution reflecting approval and the recorded recusals for the official council record.
