Paso Robles Daily News reported that, Paso Robles City Council met Tuesday night at the Norris Meeting Room in Centennial Park. Paso Robles Daily News reported that council approves resolution establishing fees for cannabis permits.

The fees are $5,500 for an initial permit application, $4,600 for annual renewal, $5,500 for a permit transfer and $11,000 for a financial audit conducted every three years. Appeals and revocation-related activities will be charged based on time and materials. Background checks…. The fees are intended to cover the costs of city staff and a specialized consultant who will administer the program, review applications, conduct inspections and monitor compliance. The fees can take effect immediately and will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer…. Council adopts Citywide Traffic Signal Master Plan.

Staff told the council the current system operates mostly intersection by intersection, with no centralized way to monitor signals remotely and outdated detection equipment at several locations. The plan sets priorities for fixing that, starting with basic repairs, updated signal timing and…. The full plan carries a $16.5 million price tag over 10 years, but adoption doesn’t commit the city to spending that money or building any specific project; it’s a planning framework. Individual projects will still need separate funding and approval, likely through….

The plan builds on the city’s 2021 Local Roadway Safety Plan, which flagged high-collision intersections needing attention. Council keeps full-body interviews for advisory body applicants. The council also rejected a staff proposal to create a standing committee for advisory body interviews, instead voting to keep the current process, in which the full council interviews applicants.

Reports differed on some details. Reports differed on some details.

Council members directed staff to instead focus on scheduling, so the entire council can be present for interviews going forward.

Staff had proposed the committee, made up of two council members plus the relevant department director and the city clerk, as a way to ease scheduling pressure and cut down on special meetings. Staff also cited a new state law, SB 707,….

The council’s decision keeps interviews before the full body rather than a smaller subset, meaning future recruitments will continue to require special meetings scheduled around all council members’ availability.

Click here to view the full meeting agenda with linked staff reports. Watch the full meeting streamed on YouTube below:.

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