ONTARIO
The city of Ontario will be receiving a new gazebo in one of its parks soon according to Al Cablay, public works director with Jacobs, the cityâs public works department.
He noted in the corresponding staff report that an existing gazebo, currently located at 797 SW 12th Street, was a donation âmade by a private party.â
Cablay said that the city was approached by the homeowner in December of 2020 and since that time, city staff has been coordinating with the donor on relocating the structure.
The report details how the structure has been inspected by city staff from both public works and community development.
ONTARIO
Evergreen Cemetery was one of the topics of discussion at the most recent Ontario Public Works Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Ontario Public Works Director Al Cablay reported to the committee that the cemeteryâs north gate has ârecentlyâ been reopened to the public.
He said that the comments and inquires regarding the cemetery were received over the course of 60 days and during this time the suggestion to open the grounds back up was made through âthe cemetery and the city managerâs office.â The public works department responded to the suggestion explained Cablay.
âBy doing that, we also opened up the lines of communication, if you will, to log every complaint,â he stated.
ONTARIO
Citizen and Ontario Public Works Committee member Jackson Fox brought a citizen petition before the Ontario City Council at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night.
Fox had composed a letter outlining his concerns and remitted that letter to the council for their perusal. He then read the letter in which he states that the Ontario City Council, in 2017, made the decision to impose a sales tax âin an obvious effort of non-transparency without a vote of the people.â
The tax that Fox was referring to was move to adopt a 1% sales tax in the City of Ontario.
Resolution #2017-139, which called for an election to amend Ontarioâs city charter to include the sales tax, was âpassed and adopted by the Ontario City Councilâ on Dec. 19, 2017. The vote to adopt was unanimous, with Councilors Tessa Winebarger, Dan Capron, Norm Crume, Betty Carter, Ramon Palomo, Marty Justus and Mayor Ron Verini in favor of the measure.