Antioch Set to Talk “Priorities” During Special Monday Meeting
On Monday, the Antioch City Council will host a special meeting/workshop to discuss its priorities which will begin at 1:00 pm at the Nick Rodriquez Community Center. According to the…
On Monday, the Antioch City Council will host a special meeting/workshop to discuss its priorities which will begin at 1:00 pm at the Nick Rodriquez Community Center. According to the…
On Monday, the Antioch City Council will hold a special meeting as they move closer towards finalizing its budget, but first, they need to make more budget cuts. Seeking a…
With a new council majority, the Antioch City Council has been tasked with fiscal responsibility and closing a $54 million budget deficit. This prompted a series of budget session meetings…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council will discuss a temporary pause of the Antioch Police Oversight Commission. If a pause is approved, it comes less than a year after the…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council will discuss the removal of Commissioner Leslie May from the Antioch Police Oversight Commission. The recommendation comes after Commissioner Leslie May spoke during an…
On Tuesday, the City of Antioch announced that City Attorney Thomas Lloyd Smith has resigned effective January 17, 2025. In response, Derek Cole, of the law firm Cole Huber LLP,…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council voted 4-0 to approved its sideshow ordinance. Within the ordinance, it prohibits organizing, advertising, and being a spectator at a street racing, sideshows, and…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council agreed to direct staff to prepare an ordinance to increase city council pay. With the direction, the council pay will increase from $1,604 per…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council is being asked to provide direction to prepare an ordinance on increasing city council pay. The increase would be to $1,900 per month. The…
Antioch City Councilmemeber Mike Barbanica warned the community that if they keep attacking the Antioch Police Department that officers will not apply and others will leave. The comments came after…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City council held a work session prior to its city council meeting to discuss tools for addressing substandard properties. Although the presentation was focused on residential…
On Tuesday, Antioch Mayor Pro Tem Tamisha Torres-Walker requested the council bring back a discussion for paid parking and security at the Antioch Marina. Torres-Walker gave no other information within…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council will continue to talk traffic calming improvements as well as reduced speed limits among other things. Not on the agenda is a discussion about…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council will discuss phase one of The Ranch Project which consist of 440 residential lots and a mix-used component, a fire station, 6.6 acres of…
On Friday, the Antioch City Council voted 4-0 to appoint Kwame Reed as acting city manager. Reed was hired in July of 2018 as Antioch’s new Economic Development Director. Prior…
At a special meeting of the Antioch City Council, the council will take up two items that could adjust how agendas are set, while possibly moving to a rotating mayoral…
On Tuesday, Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe accused Councilwoman Lori Ogorchock of “white fragility” after the council requested the minutes accurately reflect an outburst by Thorpe. Councilwoman Monica Wilson flipped her…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council voted 3-2 to approve payment to a law firm, even though it was an invalid contract. The contract in question was buried in the…
At a time when transparency is needed most, the exact opposite is occurring as the Antioch City Council agenda for Tuesday is a grand total of just 3-pages long. One…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council will discuss transferring the power to appoint, supervisor, and remove the chief of the police away from the city manager to the city council.…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council discussed the future of its Economic Development Commission and opted to create an ad-hoc committee to better define its role. This means the commission…
On Friday, the Antioch City Council unanimously voted to place city manager Con Johnson on administrative leave. City Attorney Thomas Smith also announced that Forrest Ebbs, Community Development Director, would…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council will hear an appeal regarding an applicant who wishes to bring a liquor store to a shopping center on Somersville Road. The Somersville Liquor…
For a year, Antioch residents Diane Gibson-Gray and Joy Motts have been battling over tree removal on 5th Street in the City of Antioch. Now, the Antioch City Council will…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council voted to do away with remote meeting participation for its council meetings. This applies to both city council members and members of the public.…