The Murrieta City Council approved the purchase of a used fire department tiller truck, a major increase in new home Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fees (TUMF), and an expansion of the Murrieta Innovation Center at its Tuesday, Feb. 18 meeting.
A lengthy discussion on the steep increase in the TUMF was made with the final vote for its adoption at 4 to 1 with Council Member Lori Stone strongly opposing the suggested increase. The TUMF fees, which are regionally shared for the construction of local highways and streets to mitigate traffic congestion and managed by the Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) were increased on single-family and multifamily residential homes with no increase in the fees to commercial, office and industrial businesses. It has been a number of years
