Yuba City Council confirms annual levies for landscape and residential streetlight maintenance districts

The Yuba City Council adopted a series of resolutions confirming and ordering annual assessments for multiple landscape and streetlight maintenance districts for fiscal year 2025–26.

Public Works staff presented a consolidated overview of the annual levy process for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1; Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts Nos. 2–6; and Residential Streetlight Maintenance Districts covering the Terre Buena and Walton Avenue areas. The levies cover costs for landscape maintenance, lighting, block walls and streetlight operation where the city pays operating costs for PG&E‑owned residential streetlights.

Staff said most districts' assessments were adjusted within the districts' allowed maximum levy amounts — typically tied to a January‑to‑January cost‑of‑living adjustment. A small number of districts saw reduced dollar amounts to avoid excess reserve balances; others remained at prior rates because available funding and operating needs did not require an increase. Staff recommended adoption of the budgets and corresponding resolutions for the levies.

The council accommodated recusals for members with property in affected districts. The meeting record notes a recusal for a council member with property in a district area and that the vice mayor would similarly recuse on relevant items; the council followed standard recusal procedure and temporarily adjusted seating when necessary.

For the residential streetlight districts, staff noted that the Terre Buena district has sufficient funding while the Walton Avenue district does not. Public Works said it had performed financial system checks and planned a physical audit of streetlights and PG&E billing to verify whether any billing or inventory discrepancies exist.

The council held public hearings for each district group and then adopted separate resolutions confirming and ordering the levies: Landscape Maintenance District No. 1; Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts Nos. 2–4; Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts Nos. 5–6; and Residential Streetlight Maintenance Districts (Terre Buena and Walton). Each motion carried on a voice vote with council members in favor; the meeting record does not show roll‑call tallies. Council members asked staff to continue monitoring reserves and to report any billing irregularities identified in the upcoming physical audit.

Notes: The levy process is annual under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972; the resolutions confirm the assessments and allow the city to collect district assessments for operation and maintenance.