Measure S oversight committee recommends $2.67 million in Measure S spending; approves resolution MS 2025‑02

The Crescent City Measure S oversight committee voted to recommend Measure S expenditures for fiscal year 2025–26, adopting Resolution MS 2025‑02 and forwarding the committee’s recommendations to the city council.

Staff presented an exhibit with the recommended allocations, saying the resolution would be transmitted to council and incorporated into the city’s proposed budget. Key items outlined in the presentation included fire-department equipment and staffing, police personnel and technology, street maintenance and capital projects, pool operations and a pool-roof repair, and spending for financial oversight.

On fire services, staff listed volunteer stipends and station staffing, funding for full‑time captain positions, training and command-system improvements, and equipment purchases including turnout gear. Staff said estimated total fire expenditures are $1,028,625; the Crescent Fire Protection District’s estimated reimbursement is “a little over $402,000,” leaving a projected net city expenditure of $626,131 for the fire program, according to staff.

Police-related items included salaries for three additional officers, an additional detective position, body cameras, tasers, dash cameras, a cell‑phone analyzer (partly grant‑funded), medical supplies and ongoing canine program costs. Staff presented total police expenditures at $6,042,111.

Street maintenance proposals covered routine pothole repairs, crack sealing, sidewalk replacement, striping and street lights. Staff proposed placing roughly $550,000–$600,000 in the capital improvement program for a fall paving project focused on 8th Street and other local streets; total street expenditures in the recommendation were presented as $935,000. Staff also referenced an additional future project that appeared in the record with a large figure that was not clarified during the meeting.

On the pool, staff said operating costs were expected to rise about 5 percent but that recent upgrades reduced equipment and repair needs. Staff said the pool roof project is budgeted in the council materials at $275,000, with $100,000 coming from Measure S and approximately $175,000 from the general fund, for a pool roof total of about $455,000.

Staff also recommended measures for financial oversight, including an independent audit and a sales‑tax consultant to support revenue projections. Summing the department and program recommendations and accounting for the fire district reimbursement, staff presented a net budget number of $2,666,408 to the committee.

Committee member Paul Baker moved to approve Resolution MS 2025‑02 recommending the Measure S expenditures for FY 25–26; a second was recorded and the committee carried the resolution by roll‑call vote. The committee’s vote forwards the recommendation to the city council, which will consider adopting the expenditures into the final city budget.

The meeting record did not provide a detailed roll‑call mapping of which named members voted each way; the motion carried by affirmative roll‑call responses. The committee also discussed timing for procurement and construction related to the pool roof, and staff said it would follow up with scheduling details by email for community users affected by the short closure window.

The oversight committee adjourned after the vote.