The Waterford City Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 2025-54, which delegates signature authority to the city manager or the public works director for documents, applications, assurances, grant agreements and related statements tied to federal and state funded capital projects.

City staff said the delegation is a standard administrative practice that expedites processing of grant paperwork for programs routed through Caltrans and other state and federal grant programs, including ATP, CMAC and STBG. "A lot of times things come in and they have deadlines on them," a staff member told the council, and delegated signatures enable more efficient handling while council retains approval over expenditures.

The resolution passed 5-0. Staff emphasized that all spending decisions would still come before the council for appropriation; the delegation applies only to signature authority for required grant paperwork on individual projects.