Sentinel staff report–
The Citrus Heights City Council is expected on Wednesday to consider labor agreements with police officers and police employee associations, consider approving several infrastructure-related items, and honor community photo contest winners and retiring city employees. The City Council will meet Wednesday, July 8, at 6 p.m. at Citrus Heights City Hall.
Closed Session: Prior to the regular meeting, council members will meet in closed session to confer with labor negotiators regarding negotiations with the Citrus Heights Police Officers Association, the Citrus Heights Police Employees Association, and unrepresented employees. The city’s designated representatives include City Manager Ashley Feeney, City Attorney Ryan Jones, and labor negotiator Patrick Clark.
Presentations: The City Council plans to recognize several individuals and achievements during Wednesday’s meeting through several proclamations, including a proclamation honoring Alison Bermudez on the occasion of her retirement from the City of Citrus Heights.
The City Council is also slated to receive the 2026 Planning Agency Award of Merit from the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the American Planning Association, recognize the winners of the “Postcards from Citrus Heights” Tree Photo Contest, and proclaim July 2026 as Park and Recreation Month.
Consent Calendar: As part of the consent calendar, the City Council is slated to consider approving several environmental and infrastructure-related items, including adopting environmental documents for both the Arcade-Cripple Creek Trail extension between Sylvan and Stock Ranch and the Creek Erosion and Bridge Scour Protection Project; adopting the city’s 2026 Local Road Safety Plan update; approving minutes from a March special meeting; and authorizing the sale of city-owned property at 7859 Casa Bella Way.
Items in the consent calendar are voted on as a block unless a councilmember pulls a specific item for separate discussion and action.
Public Hearings: The council is slated to hold several public hearings, including one to consider accepting the 2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, which provides funding for law enforcement programs. Additional public hearings will address the annual levy of Fiscal Year 2026-27 assessments for Landscape Maintenance Assessment Districts 97-01, 98-01, 98-02, and 03-01, along with the Citrus Heights Lighting Assessment District. Council members will also consider confirming delinquent solid waste charges for collection through the county property tax roll.
Opportunity Zone 2.0 designation: During the regular business portion of the meeting, the City Council will consider adopting a resolution supporting the nomination of three eligible Citrus Heights census tracts for Opportunity Zone 2.0 designation, a federal program intended to encourage private investment in designated economically distressed areas.
Labor agreements and Police Department structural reorganization: Council members will also consider approving new memorandums of understanding with the Citrus Heights Police Officers Association and the Citrus Heights Police Employees Association, along with amended salary tables that include cost-of-living and selected market equity adjustments. The proposed action also includes amendments to the city’s employer contribution levels for employee health benefits.
According to a message from City Manager Ashley Feeney in the agenda packet, as part of the negotiations process in order to meet the needs of police employees and officers’ associations, the city has implemented a “structural reorganization” of the Citrus Heights Police Department to “maximize operational efficiencies while better aligning operational responsibilities.”
Under this reorganization, the department’s Traffic Unit will be eliminated, and officers will be reassigned to the patrol unit. Animal Services will also transition from the Police Department to the General Services Department.
To implement the proposed compensation adjustments for unrepresented employees, Police Association and Police Employees Association staff are recommending a General Fund budget amendment of $1.11 million for the next fiscal year. These costs include negotiated and proposed salary adjustments, medical benefit increases, and an additional 1.3 percent COLA to the budgeted 2.5 percent, totaling 3.8 percent.
Read the full message from Feeney in the agenda packet here. (Page 1,077).
Those wishing to make a public comment during the meeting can do so by attending the council meeting on June 24, 2026, at City Hall or by submitting a written comment beforehand using the city’s website.
Written comments are no longer being read out loud following amendments to the city council’s handbook but will be included in city council agenda packets. The deadline to submit comments online is 4 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
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