THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A NEW LOCATION FOR THE THURSDAY BUDGET WORKSHOP.

CLEARLAKE – Now that the state budget has been adopted, the Clearlake City Council and Redevelopment Agency will start work on the city's budget.

Two city budget workshops are scheduled for this week, along with a regular City Council meeting on Thursday.

The first workshop will be held on Thursday, beginning at 9 a.m., at the Highlands Senior Center, 3245 Bowers Road. The second study session will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

On Thursday, the City Council will meet in a regular session beginning at 6 p.m., following a 5:30 p.m. closed session item for conference with a real property negotiator regarding leasing office space at the Austin Resort property at 14057 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake.

Agenda items include a proclamation of appreciation to Strohmeyer’s Plumbing for their work on upgrading the Austin Park restrooms and a presentation by Ilene Dumont of People Services Inc. on the remodel of their building on Lakeshore Drive.

Under business, the council will consider establishing an advisory committee for the Redevelopment Agency and also look at surplusing and donating outdated equipment.

The meeting will be broadcast live on the PEG Channel, TV Channel 8.

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