The board will take up an amendment moving the new Mediko jail contract one month early, a labor deal settled after 9 months at impasse, a public hearing on a 350% sewer fee increase in Cottonwood, and a closed-session appointment to fill the Public Works director post.

New City Manager William Tarbox pulls the controversial REU rate hike off the table and asks the council to approve a $300,000 city-wide efficiency study by Circle 6 Consulting. The council also takes up an interim city attorney contract, the mid-year budget and more.

A three-year, $25 million jail health contract sits on the consent calendar Tuesday alongside five Teamsters labor agreements, a school mental health program renewal and $742,000 in fiber optic infrastructure work ahead of the old courthouse demolition.