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Ceres panel backs sending downtown levy proposal to council, urges review of landscaping contract costs

Ceres Planning Commission · August 19, 2025
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The Planning Commission voted unanimously to send the Downtown Revitalization Area annual report and proposed levy assessment to city council, while asking council to review contract service expenditures after staff said the levy brings in roughly $10,000 annually and downtown landscaping costs about $21,841 per year.

The Ceres Planning Commission voted to forward the Downtown Revitalization Area annual report and a proposed levy assessment to the City Council, and asked that the council consider reviewing the downtown contract services that currently draw from the fund.

Staff member Julian described the downtown levy program — established in 1989 and unchanged since — and said the fund balance was corrected to $34,456. He told the commission that with the proposed assessment the levy would collect money from about 48 downtown…

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