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Votes at a glance: Gardena council approves contracts, staffing language cleanup and assessment district reports
Summary
Council approved consent items including a casino promotion, two consulting contracts for a potential revenue measure, a CalPERS‑compliance amendment for police management, and engineer's reports for landscaping and street‑lighting assessment districts.
The Gardena City Council voted on multiple routine and substantive items Tuesday, approving consultant contracts, staff employment‑agreement language updates, and two assessment‑district engineer reports.
Key votes
• Professional services agreements for ballot feasibility research and outreach (agenda item 12a): Approved 4–0. Motion by Council member Henderson; second by Council member Francis. Contracts: TeamCivics $165,002.50 and FM3 $62,750 plus 20% contingency ($45,600), project total $273,600.
• Second amendment to the employment agreement for unrepresented police management (resolution 6699, agenda item 12b): Approved 4–0. Motion by Council member Francis; second by Council member Henderson. Staff said the changes are language clarifications to maintain CalPERS compliance and do not change compensation or contract length.
• Gardena Artesia Boulevard Landscaping Assessment District engineer’s report and resolution 6688 (agenda item 16a): Adopted 4–0. The report sets a budgeted assessment amount for FY 2025–26 (budget line as stated by staff: $21,006.062) and schedules a public hearing for May 13, 2025.
• Gardena Consolidated Street Lighting Assessment District engineer’s report and resolution 6689 (agenda item 16b): Adopted 4–0. The council set the FY 2025–26 assessment budget at $936,008.34 as stated in staff materials and set a public hearing for May 13, 2025.
• Consent item 8f (casino “punch‑card” promotion): Approved 4–0 after council discussion clarified the item covers a casino promotional raffle mechanism that also requires state approval in Sacramento and Department of Justice review.
• Consent item 8d (warrant registry): Approved following a motion; one council member announced an abstention before the vote was taken on the agenda but a subsequent roll call approved the item.
For each adopted resolution and contract, staff noted the funding source and procedural next steps: the police‑management amendment is administrative to conform with CalPERS reporting; the assessment‑district items require a public hearing on May 13, 2025; the consulting agreements fund polling and outreach and will return results to council before any ballot action.
Motions and roll calls were taken throughout the meeting; votes recorded on the items above were unanimous among the four members present (Council members Henderson, Francis, Love, and Mayor Serta).
