At its June 19 meeting, the Benicia City Council voted 3-2 to not take any further action on Mayor Elizabeth Patterson’s request for an Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) in Benicia until November. Now Patterson is requesting a rehearing on the item, which is on the agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting. Following a flaring incident […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 8, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Vallejo News Edits On July 9, 1843 (July 8, 1943) Indications that “time” will be put on the ration list was suggested in the date line of the Vallejo Evening News edition of last Thursday night and that also the News had been hoarding a reserve stock from […]
Letter: Not a simple issue
Not a simple issue As a citizen of Benicia who lives close to a refinery I, like many other Benicians, would simply like to know what is in the air that we breathe. At the June 19 City Council meeting, the council missed an excellent opportunity to get us that information. Valero clearly does not […]
Bob Livesay: ISO vote was win for voters, residents
By Bob Livesay Special to the Herald Mayor Patterson must be in shock. Why would I say that? The mayor and her gang of 12 just got the shock of their life. Their attempt to hijack the City Council meeting went down in a big defeat, that being the Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO). Backed by […]
Christina Strawbridge: Another late night spent at the City Council Chambers
Several important issues have been voted on by the Benicia City Council in the wee hours of the morning as of late. This past Tuesday was no exception. The packed Chamber was full of those who wanted to speak on the noise ordinance, and the rest of the attendees were there for the Industrial Safety […]
Council votes down Industrial Safety Ordinance
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Benicia City Council did not approve Mayor Elizabeth Patterson’s request to adopt an Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO), at least not yet. Instead, the council voted 3-2 to direct staff to monitor Solano County’s implementation of Program 4 for the county’s Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) and meet with the Valero Benicia […]
Second step of Industrial Safety Ordinance process on council agenda
More than a year after the Benicia City Council approved the first step in a two-step process to consider bringing an Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) to Benicia, the council will resume its discussion Tuesday when the matter is brought back for the second step of the process. Following the flaring incident at the Valero Benicia […]
Planning Commissioner Kari Birdseye announces council bid
The race for Benicia’s City Council is getting into shape, with Planning Commission Chair Kari Birdseye the latest candidate to throw her hat into the growing ring. She announced her bid Wednesday. “The Benicia City Council is the natural next step in my service to the city of Benicia,” Birdseye wrote in a news […]
Council OKs updates to noise ordinance
If there was one topic that dominated The Benicia City Council’s Tuesday meeting, it was noise, noise, noise! The council voted to amend the Benicia Municipal Code regarding noise regulations and outdoor entertainment. First, the council discussed changing and clarifying the regulations for amplified music and other noise sources. Community Development Director Shawna Brekke-Read noted […]
Noise regulations, outdoor entertainment permits on City Council agenda
The Benicia City Council will tackle noise regulations and changing the municipal code when it returns for its first meeting in more than a month. The council will discuss adding amendments to the Benicia Municipal Code (BMC) to modify the noise regulations, after finding that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. […]