Correction: In an earlier version of this story, the specifics of spending allocations for homeless cleanup were not accurately explained based on Stockton City Council agenda documents released prior to Tuesday’s meeting.
Stockton City Council will consider Tuesday allocating about $500,000 to help pay for leftover budget requests, including the rollout of two police substations and homeless encampment cleanup in north Stockton.
The requests — approved by the city’s budget committee in late April — amount to nearly $800,000 for 10 projects across five of the city’s districts. The remaining roughly $200,000, according to the agenda, would come from the city’s contingency fund, a reserve set aside for unexpected city costs.
Some of the funds would go toward installing two new police substations, one at the Villa Monterey Apartments and the other at the Weston Ranch Library. According to the city’s funding breakdown, installations would cost $119,000, with about $80,000 for annual upkeep.
The substation proposal drew some pushback at an April council meeting, with some, like Mariela Ponce and Michele Padilla, raising concerns about staffing and available resources.
Beyond the substations, the city’s proposed projects also include allocating one-time money for “(homeless) encampment cleanup in (the) Trinity Park Development area,” according to Tuesday’s meeting agenda, as well as recreational upgrades for things such as neighborhood parks and the Pixie Woods Children’s Park.
The City Council — in its first open-session meeting at 1 p.m. — will also consider setting stricter deadlines for filling open commission seats. Under the proposed item, councilmembers would have up to 90-days to choose a person from the city’s applicant pool when a commission seat becomes vacant. If they fail to make the selection, the appointment would go before a full council vote, according to the item.
Additionally, the council will consider adopting new rules for when internet or phone outages happen during public meetings. SB 707, signed into state law in 2025, requires cities to adopt a written policy for when technology fails by July 1, 2026.