THE phone rings in John Swinney’s office. And rings. And rings. And rings. Then there’s a click and the answering machine ...

Another possibility includes moving future meetings to the South County Government Center at 500 Westridge Drive in Watsonville, which was also recently outfitted with a refurbished community room.

Typically, the city manager submits a proposed budget, including one for capital improvements, to the mayor in the first week ...