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Modesto city council members criticize citizens oversight group on Measure L projects
BY ROSALIO AHUMADA
rahumada@modbee.com
August 16, 2018 04:52 PM
Updated August 16, 2018 05:53 PM
Some Modesto City Council members claim an oversight commission is delaying road projects and overstepping its authority 20 months after voters approved the Measure L sales tax to improve traffic conditions throughout Stanislaus County.
In a push to rewrite proposed bylaws for the Citizens’ Transportation Sales Tax Commission, Councilman Doug Ridenour said the commission has been functioning without bylaws since it began meeting in late October 2017. He said it seems the group needs to get back to its original intent, not acting as a policy-making group.
“We shouldn’t be giving away our authority to someone else,” Ridenour said at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.
