Video | Oxnard Budget Meeting
On May 11, 2019 the City of Oxnard held a Community Budget Meeting for fiscal year 2019 – 2020 at Blackstock School in south Oxnard. In its efforts to inform the residents, Oxnard City Manager Alex Nguyen and department heads are holding these budget meetings at several locations in the city, this is the first […]
Oxnard Budget meeting 6-7-17
By George Miller There was a another budget hearing on Wednesday, 6-7-17., following the previous Monday session. Covered were: Public Works, City Clerk, City Manager, Public Works- Water, Wastewater/Stormwater, maintenance, Environmental Services, Finance, Cultural Services, Measure O There was a budget hearing on 6-13-17 and a vote on the budget is planned for the 6-20-17 meeting. […]
Oxnard budget omission?
By Phil Molina Even before the Council approves the proposed budget for next year, the staff has already found a three quarters of a million dollar mistake that they missed. They forgot to fund half a year for 12 firefighters. I won’t do a “I told you so”, even though this would have or should […]
More painful Oxnard budget hearings- prioritize and close deficit
By George Miller Difficult hearings on the coming year’s Oxnard City budget continued Thursday (May 28) afternoon/evening, with Library, Recreation, Human Resources, Finance and Environmental (waste disposal) Departments presenting. Significantly, the Utilities and Streets presentations were pulled from the program at the last minute. City Manager Greg Nyhoff said they just weren’t ready, but would be […]
Special meeting on Oxnard Budget crisis held
By George Miller A rather emotional, somber special meeting was held to attempt to explain and quantify the budget crisis, probable causes and possible approaches. See our prior article: Special Oxnard City Council emergency meeting Monday to discuss budget crisis. Name Date Duration Agenda Minutes Video City Council Meeting – Special Meeting May 4, 2015 03h 17m […]
Oxnard Budgeting process grinds closer to approval
By George Miller The City Council further sharpened budget spending priorities at the June 3 meeting (Agenda item K-1). The $358 million total was pared down from initial projections and is now actually 2% lower than last year’s. Mayor Tim Flynn outlined 10 priorities in a letter he presented, which he said incorporated thoughts of […]
Oxnard budget not approved, large low income housing advanced, controversy over key city staff “evaluation”
By George Miller July 15, 2013 Editor’s Note: The following is a summary of the Oxnard City Council meeting of Tuesday, July 9th: The $364 million (2013-14) and $426 million (2014-15) proposed budgets were not approved by the City Council because of excessive disagreements on priorities, missing items and questions about funding sources. Financial […]
State Budget Support of Ventura County Family Justice Center – Oxnard Satellite
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Assembly member Jacqui Irwin (AD-44) has secured $1 million in funding for a Ventura County Family Justice Center (FJC) – Oxnard satellite pilot project. This new funding was included in the California 2021-22 Budget signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. This budget allocation will improve the […]
City of Oxnard Adopts First Positive Budget In a Decade
OXNARD, Calif. – The Oxnard City Council and Housing Authority adopted a Fiscal Year 2021-22 Operating and Capital Improvement Budget of $632,752,937 on June 30, 2021, which includes the General Fund group, landscape maintenance and community facilities district funds, special revenue funds, assessment district funds, enterprise funds, internal service funds and Housing Authority funds. The […]
Oxnard Approves Budget; Declares Police Brutality/Racism “Public Health Crisis”; Moves Ahead on $34MM Homeless Facility
By George Miller The Oxnard City Council on 6-30-20 addressed: – The 2020-21 fiscal year budget approved, with massive loans and new taxes promised. – A resolution declaring racism and police brutality a public health crisis. – A $34 million dollar homeless center, now dubbed a solution center, with an additional $2-3 million in annual […]
