The fall lineup of programs and events has hit mailboxes in the newest recreation guide. You may notice some of your favorites are missing, however. Unfortunately, budget challenges have impacted the city’s ability to host events.

Through extensive community outreach, residents were asked to prioritize city services. Incorporating that input, difficult cuts were made, such as the Fourth of July fireworks, Holiday Craft Fair, campfires at Maidu Museum, Wednesdays on Tap, and the Oktoberfest hosted by the City of Roseville; event series such as the Downtown Holiday Celebration, Friday Flicks, Boot Camp, and Concerts on the Square have also been scaled back. 

Though expenses have been reduced the past 10 years, cuts will be increasingly noticeable to the public, including continued Friday closures for all libraries; reduced public hours on Saturdays at the Maidu Museum and Historic Site; decreased playground maintenance; removal of portable restrooms in parks; and less frequent mowing, custodial services, pruning, and fertilizing in parks.

Citywide cuts include police, fire, and roadways, and a variety of other services. Community outreach showed a preference to increase revenue over cutting services, so residents will have the opportunity to vote in November on a half-cent sales tax increase to preserve city services.