LAKEPORT, Calif. – The committee overseeing the spending of Lakeport’s new sales tax will meet early next week.

The Measure Z Advisory Committee will meet beginning at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 31, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The committee includes citizen members Annette Hopkins, Susan King, Dennis Rollins, Nathan Speed and Tim Wynacht. The city’s staff representatives are City Manager Margaret Silveira, FInance Director Nick Walker and City Clerk/Committee Secretary Kelly Buendia.

Discussion and action items include an overview of the Ralph M. Brown Act as it relates to the committee.

The committee’s citizen members also will receive introductory instruction on government budgeting and see highlights of the city of Lakeport’s approved 2017-18 budget.

The group also will approve its 2017-18 calendar of meetings.

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