2026-09-16 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes only; no video or transcript on file. The minutes are a scan with some garbled passages, and a few pages are missing.

Two sessions (3:30 p.m. and 5:35 p.m.); Councilmembers Weir and Bashirtash absent at both. Closed session: none.
3:30 session: public statements on tree allocation and on Rule of Law and sanctuary city; appointment of Youth Commission members (four regular, three alternate).
5:35 session: proclamations for Kern County Fair Days (September 23 to October 4), Hunger Action Month (September) and the International Day of Peace (September 21). Public statements: about ten opposed Flock cameras; speakers for and against a Rule of Law City resolution.
Consent calendar: ordinance 5226 (Calloway Drive zone change), 5227 (California Fire Code), 5228 (Certified Unified Program Agency), 5229 to 5231 (claims, parks, water use); resolutions 110-2026 (conflict of interest code) and 111-2026 (2027 health insurance plans); maintenance district additions (resolutions 121 to 124-2026 and resolution of intention 2284); the Chief Assistant City Attorney employment agreement; a $2,630,000 HOME loan for 16 affordable units on Eye Street; and amendments for fuel supply (to about $5.62 million), refuse carts (to about $1.62 million), fencing (to $5.8 million) and landscape services (to $300,000). An agreement with Federal Engineering for public safety radio project consulting (up to $400,000) was removed from the agenda. The consent vote is not in the available text.
Council statements: Koman asked for a social host ordinance on illegal fireworks; Gonzales spoke on the Police Activities League Hometown Heroes dinner.