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Board approves consent agenda; sanitation authority items continued to April 29 for lack of quorum
Summary
At its April 8 meeting the Kern County Board of Supervisors approved the consent agenda and then recessed to consider sanitation authority items; because fewer than five board members were present, multiple sanitation items were continued to April 29. The motions passed with 3 ayes and 2 absences recorded.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved its consent agenda during the April 8 regular session and then recessed to act as several sanitation authorities. The board recorded votes approving consent matters and formally continuing sanitation authority items because a five‑member quorum was not present.
Clerk and staff noted that items for the Kern Sanitation Authority and the Ford City/Taft Heights Sanitation District required a full board; the board approved motions to continue those matters to the board’s next meeting on April 29.
The meeting transcript records the following formal actions and outcomes (vote tallies as stated on the record):
Votes at a glance
- Motion: "A motion on consent" — Outcome: approved. Vote: 3 ayes, 2 absent (absences recorded on the transcript as Supervisor Peters and Supervisor Parlier). Mover/second: not specified on the record. Notes: consent matters covered items listed on pages 3–7 of the posted agenda.
- Motion: Continue Kern Sanitation Authority item to April 29 — Outcome: approved. Vote: 3 ayes, 2 absent (absences recorded as Supervisor Peters and Supervisor Parlier). Mover/second: not specified. Notes: staff said one Kern Sanitation Authority consent item required a five‑member vote.
- Motion: Continue Ford City/Taft Heights Sanitation District item to April 29 — Outcome: approved. Vote: 3 ayes, 2 absent (absences recorded as Supervisor Peters and Supervisor Parlier). Mover/second: not specified.
- Motion: Adjourn the meeting — Outcome: approved. Vote: not specified on the record; the chair declared the meeting adjourned.
The transcript does not record individual yea/nay votes by named supervisors for the motions; it records the tally (3 ayes, 2 absent) and lists Supervisors Peters and Parlier in connection with absence. The clerk and county counsel noted there was "no reportable action" from closed session earlier in the meeting.
