Stanton council approves fee update and multiple ordinances in 5-0 votes

The Stanton City Council on April 22 voted unanimously on several items: a master fee schedule adjustment, two municipal ordinances, and an updated set of strategic goals and priorities.

• Master fee schedule: Council approved a 3.4% year-over-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to the city’s master fee schedule (per the resolution that established annual CPI adjustments). The increase was presented as an automatic CPI-based adjustment with no other fee changes; council recorded a 5-0 roll-call vote to adopt the adjustment.

• Ordinance No. 1162 (nitrous oxide / inhalants): Council adopted Ordinance No. 1162, an amendment described as addressing the sale of nitrous oxide and inhalants under Title 9 (public safety and morals) of the municipal code. The ordinance had been introduced April 8; the council adopted it on a 5-0 roll-call vote.

• Ordinance No. 1163 (social host / illegal fireworks): Council adopted Ordinance No. 1163, a social-host ordinance expanding owner liability and evidence standards for illegal-fireworks citations. (Separately covered in the council’s discussion.) The ordinance passed on a 5-0 vote.

• Strategic goals and integrated priorities: The council affirmed five updated strategic goals and an integrated list of council and staff priorities for fiscal year 2025–26 (including projects in progress and proposed priorities such as addressing service-resistant homelessness, developing a vacant commercial property community-benefit fee, updating developer impact fees, a hotel feasibility study, and parks projects). The council approved the goals and priorities on a 5-0 roll-call vote and directed staff to use the approved priorities to guide the FY 2025–26 operating budget process.

Ending: Council’s unanimous votes closed out several active items and directed staff to proceed with outreach, notification and budget planning consistent with the adopted measures.