City of Auburn Government News

A potential half-cent sales tax is closer to reaching the November ballot in Placer County, as the City of Auburn was last to approve an expenditure plan for Placer County Transportation Planning Agency’s potential sales tax measure in their April 22 meeting.

Auburn’s annual Community Service Day is scheduled Sunday, April 28, and the city is looking for volunteers to beautify some of its spaces.

A recall may be on the horizon for the Auburn Union School District as 35 community members filed Intent to Recall paperwork this week against Trustees Greg Holt and Jayson Wedge.

Auburn is on its way to adding three pickleball courts and a multiuse space at School Park Preserve. Construction has officially begun on the space, a cement pad which formerly housed school facilities.

Auburn PD's 2023 report also notes a 45-percent increase in DUI arrests

The city of Auburn is going through a General Plan update and the team behind the work has spent the past several weeks collecting input from the community through workshops and stakeholder meetings. The team is now looking toward the community to provide input through an online survey.

Auburn is facing a structural deficit in the years ahead as its costs outweigh its current revenues, a financial contractor for the city revealed last week.

The Auburn City Council passed a resolution calling out the state of California specifically around housing legislation usurping local control of land use decisions.

The city named Carol Cramer the official City Historian last month.

At the February 26 Auburn City Council meeting, Sustainability Committee member Roke Whitson reported that a greenhouse gas inventory recently revealed the city of Auburn has cut its emissions almost in half over the past 17 years.

After soliciting Request for Proposals from energy service companies, Auburn Public Works Director Mengil Deane shared that the city has received four proposals.

After serving as interim fire chief since September, the city officially named John Rogers fire chief this month as his family, friends and co-workers cheered him on.

Loomis officials agreed to pursue a trash pickup agreement with the cities of Auburn and Colfax. While the staffs of all three jurisdictions recommend the JPA, some Loomis locals are skeptical.

Almost Free to All has been hard at work breathing life into the old Carnegie Library in Auburn, working with the city and enthusiastic locals to establish “Branches at the Carnegie.”

With Councilwomen Alice Dowdin Calvillo and Michelle Sierra-Sammons dissenting, the Auburn City Council voted to have staff explore what it might look like if Auburn were to allow a commercial cannabis business.

Colfax reached out to Auburn for temporary assistance due to staff turnover. This will be the third time Auburn City Clerk Amy Lind will be providing assistance to Colfax.

The Auburn City Council approved an amendment for its on-call engineer, moving forward with a potential central gathering center in Old Town Auburn.

Through connecting with the community and attacking issues until they are solved, Auburn’s Problem-Oriented Policing unit works to improve the city.

Rachel Radell-Harris was named the new mayor in a unanimous vote. In her welcome speech, Radell-Harris thanked her family for making it possible to serve on council while also being a full-time working mother.

The Auburn City Council appointed its newest member: Michelle Sierra-Sammons. The former Auburn Union School District trustee and Planning Commission member said she thought sitting on council would be a good way to contribute to the city.

Due to limited staffing, Auburn’s interim fire chief introduced a scaled-back defensible space enforcement program that will align with the requirements of Assembly Bill 38, which requires property sellers in a very high fire hazard severity zone to provide the buyer with documentation the property is in compliance with defensible space requirements.

The city of Auburn celebrated the completion of the Solids Dewatering Project at its wastewater treatment plant. The $6 million project implements state-of-the-art water reduction technologies from biological waste.

A resident introduced the topic at the Oct. 23 council meeting and two members said they would be interested in more information.

The city of Auburn is accepting applications for a vacant seat on the city council after Daniel Berlant resigned when he was appointed as California’s State Fire Marshal.

Daniel Berlant, a member of the Auburn City Council, has had a career working for Cal Fire since 2001.

The Auburn City Council approved $20,000 in grants, aiming to boost the local economy by giving businesses, events and organizations a helping hand.

Due to the difficultly of securing law enforcement vehicles, the Auburn Police Department is looking to purchase a Tesla Model Y to add to its fleet.

The Western States Trail Museum is one step closer to reality, as the city of Auburn approved an agreement with the museum’s board.

Auburn City Clerk Amy Lind recently earned her Master Municipal Clerk designation from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks.