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Redding City Council Increases Pension and Gives Raises to SEIU Staff
Dear Dad,
I wanted to tell you first, I'm buying a new
$228 bicycle with my own money! I knew you would be proud.
On another note, I'm wondering if you could
increase my allowance by $300?
Thanks,
City of Redding
In essence, that's the conversation held Tuesday night
at the Redding City Council meeting as councilors approved giving a pension
increase to a third of its employees from 2.5% at 55 to 2.7% at 55 (or after 30
years of service, retiring with 81% of your final salary versus 75% and a
whopping 15+% raise over the next 5 years.
To continue reading the latest update, click here.
Shastax successfully challenges City with Public Records Act request to get details on questionable purchase of Lithia Motors property.
After several interested citizens were denied access to these publicly paid-for documents, Shastax filed a Public Records Act request of the City and Redevelopment Agency to provide the appraisal on the purchase of the Lithia Motors site on Cypress Avenue in Redding.
To get the details on the appraisal and on the Lithia purchase, read our News & Views.
To view page 58 from the above referenced appraisal stating the land values alone, without buildings and other improvements, view this document.
One will note the vacant value of the land is $5,733,200, less costs of demolition, estimated on that same page to be $260,000, leaving a site worth $5,473,200 after an initial taxpayer investment of $7,934,000 = a $2.2 million loss to the taxpayer.
Check Out our new webpage exclusively on the details of the Fix 5 Tax
FEES, FEES, FEES!
2007 may go into the books as one of the hardest hitting to taxpayers, especially those that might be moving within the area.
To learn the latest about the new impact fees adopted and proposed, check out our News Page now.
Taxpayer Resources
On our Links page, you can find links to each governmental entity in Shasta County. Use these resources to stay informed of what is on the agenda of your elected officials.
**A special note of thanks to County CAO Larry Lees for having the Proposed County Budget information added to the website. After just mentioning it in passing, he took the request and helped ensure the public has access to these important documents without driving downtown.
The County and each City posts their agendas online. Be sure to bookmark Shastax.org as your one-stop reference link to access each of these sites.
