Oakdale Mayor Pat Paul recently delivered the State of the City address to a lunchtime crowd at the Gene Bianchi Community Center, detailing the financial health and prospective growth of the city as it currently stands and going forward in 2018. Continuing with a conservative growth pattern, Paul shared a Power Point presentation showing consistent financial gains for the City’s General Fund Reserves with the end of 2017 closing with $4,443,000 in the bank. Thanks to Measure Y — a .05 percent general sales tax — the city was able to return four police officers and three firefighters through the SAFER, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, Grant.