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MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - At the Nov. 18 meeting of the Marysville City Council, they discussed potential guidelines for the establishment of a Measure G Oversight Committee. 

Approved by Marysville voters in 2024, Measure G continues an existing one-cent sales tax to support city services including fire and police departments, emergency services, road repairs, etc. 

With an estimated revenue of $3.9 million a year, the measure promised independent audits as well as financial oversight by a local oversight committee. Mayor Chris Branscum said the process for establishing the oversight committee was not defined by the measure, so council needed to provide direction for its establishment. 

Council members Marjorie Rollins and Brad Hudson both stated that community members should be involved in the committee, along with some council members. 

Vice Mayor Bruce Buttacavoli clarified that the committee is for oversight and communication and will not be a voting body. He suggested a 2x2 committee of two community members and two council members. 

Mayor Branscum said the committee will ensure proper dispersal of the tax revenue from Measure G, and the city’s finance director and senior management will provide integral support in the process. He supported the idea of a 2x2 committee, with the community members appointed to two-year terms by the council. He also suggested that quarterly meetings would be sufficient. 

Vice Mayor Buttacavoli said that he and the mayor already serve on the financial ad hoc committees, so he suggested other councilmembers should have the opportunity to serve on this committee.  

City Manager Jim Schaad said the city does have an existing ordinance on standing committees, so he suggested staff take the council’s direction and draft a proposal for the new committee to be reviewed at a future council meeting. 

Next, the council held a public hearing to consider an urgency ordinance to amend the city’s municipal code for sign and fence regulations. 

In September, the council approved the downtown specific plan, which included new zoning districts. As it went into effect, staff realized the sign and fence regulations were not updated to include the new zoning districts. They requested approval of an urgency ordinance, which would immediately go into effect so the headings in the code align with the new plan. 

Vice Mayor Buttacavoli clarified that this would not change anything in the regulations; the ordinance just clarifies the language to avoid confusion. 

The urgency ordinance was unanimously approved by council. A regular ordinance amendment will go to the planning commission for consideration and then back to council for approval in January 2026.