Mayor Miller has been a Councilmember since 2004. Prior to his election to the Yuba City City Council, Mayor Miller was a Director for Levee District No. 1 for 10 years.

Mayor Miller has a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada at Reno, and he is President of Valley Truck and Tractor Co.

Mayor Miller feels the following issues are of utmost importance to him: Continue to develop plans for a community center, continue to support public safety and expand programs to stop gang violence, ensure the levees are rebuilt with a 200 year flood protection rating, and increase economic development and employment in Yuba City.

Mayor Miller is married to Susan and they have four children: Matt, Katharine, Stephanie and Julie; and nine grandchildren.

Mayor Pro Tem McBride has served on the Yuba City Council since November 2006. She is the City’s representative to SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) serving as a Board of Director and has been appointed Chair of SACOG for 2010. She also serves on the Board of Commissioners for the Consolidated Area Housing Authority of Sutter County.

She is a businesswoman and Realtor. She holds and has held several appointments from the California Association of Realtors (CAR) serving as Chair and Vice Chair of the Local Governmental Relations Committee in 2007 and 2008, Political Activities Fund Committee Vice Chair in 2009 and will Chair that committee in 2010. She has served as a member of various CAR committees such as the Legislative and Governmental Affairs Director Subcommittee for several years.

Mayor Pro Tem McBride’s focus for Yuba City includes greater flood protection, road, traffic and infrastructure improvements as well as striving for continued improvement of the quality of life that is currently enjoyed by the citizens of Yuba City.

John Buckland began working for City of Yuba City as police officer in 1979. He rose to the position of lieutenant before honorably retiring after 31 years of distinguished service. He developed numerous traffic safety programs that have been adopted statewide and is considered an expert in many aspects related to traffic.

Councilmember Buckland recognizes the need for a strong public safety presence in the city. This, coupled with a focus on new business and employment opportunities, will reduce crime and the current unemployment rate. He is a fiscal conservative that will work to maintain a balanced budget through tough economic times.

Councilmember Buckland is active in the community as the trip director of the annual Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church Youth Mexico Mission Trip, a member (past-president) of the Exchange Club, and volunteer coach for youth basketball.

John Buckland, along with his wife Tricia and their children, lives in Yuba City.

Councilmember John Dukes was elected to the office of City Council on November 4th, 2008.  For the past 15 years, he’s lived in Yuba City.  He runs a successful Insurance and Financial Planning Business in Yuba City where he teaches people how our money system really works.  He has served on the Yuba City Planning Commission, the Sutter County Planning Commission and as the Chairman of the Yuba City General Plan Update.

Council member Dukes worked hard during his first term as Mayor of Yuba City to accomplish the three goals he set forth in is Inauguration speech. 

1. He was successful in starting a “Business Walk” program where civic leaders walked to local businesses to meet with owners and management.  The goal was to reach out and develop a working relationship with businesses and government to help make doing business in our city easier.
2. The second goal was to streamline the way the City does business and make it more cost effective.  We have cut costs over the past three years to bring our overall operating costs in line with the current lower revenues we have to work with.  There is still room for more changes in the way we conduct business, and he will continue to work to achieve a better model to run our city into the future.
3. He was successful in helping to create a two tiered Cal-Pers retirement system.  With all new hires in the future they will have a different plan that is more sustainable for the future of our City.

He looks forward to another challenging year as we continue to deal with the important issues that our City faces in the future. 

Councilmember Maan was elected to the City Council in November 2006. The three most important issues to him right now are job creation, streamlining the permit process and flood protection.

Councilmember Maan attended Yuba City High School and graduated from the University of California at Davis. He has been employed with Yuba County since 1986 and is the Director of Environmental Health. He is the past chair of the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, Region I.

Councilmember Maan is married to Mannu and they have three children: Jason, Arjun, and Umber.