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Votes at a glance: Selma City Council approves transportation-project resolution, tables housing rezone and passes check register
Summary
The council approved a resolution to commit to timely use of Fresno COG funds for street and alley projects, approved the check register and tabled a housing-element rezone item for further review.
At its April 1 meeting the Selma City Council recorded four formal roll‑call outcomes on consent and action items, including approval of the city’s commitment to use Fresno Council of Governments (Fresno COG) funds if projects are awarded, approval of the city check register, and tabling of a housing-element rezone inventory item for staff follow-up.
Votes at a glance
- Items 2.1–2.4 (consent calendar): Approved by roll call. Vote: 5–0 (Councilmembers Oseguera, Avalos, Trujillo, Mayor Pro Tem Guerra and Mayor Robertson voted yes). Motion to approve items 2.1–2.4 called and seconded; roll call taken.
- Item 2.5 (housing-element rezone inventory): Motion to table carried 4–1. Vote: Yes — Councilmembers Avalos, Oseguera, Mayor Pro Tem Guerra and Mayor Robertson; No — Councilmember Trujillo. Councilmember Avalos said he had not been provided copies of letters sent to property owners; the deputy city manager and planning staff agreed to provide the mailings and to confirm any HCD conditional‑approval deadline prior to resuming action.
- Item 2.6 (Resolution supporting timely use of Fresno COG funds — STBG/CMAQ call for projects): Adopted by roll call, 5–0. Staff presentation identified six grant applications for paving and alley work; the resolution commits the city to use awarded funds and to provide local matching funds from transportation gas-tax sources if projects are selected.
- Item 2.7 (Check register/claims): Approved by roll call, 5–0. The council discussed several line items in the check register during public comment and vote.
Notes on procedure and documentation
- Where motions lacked a named mover or seconder in the transcript, the council proceeded with standard roll-call votes; staff confirmed public-notice and packet availability for items subject to tabling.
Provenance (transcript references)
- Consent vote (items 2.1–2.4): presentation and roll call at roughly 00:58–00:59 of the meeting transcript (agenda segment starting around transcript times 3530–3553).
- Tabling of housing rezone (item 2.5): motion and roll call occurred at roughly transcript time 01:09–01:10 (segments near 4160–4178).
- Resolution for Fresno COG (item 2.6): staff presentation earlier in the meeting (segment starting near 4483), discussion and roll call later in the meeting (vote recorded at ~51:66–51:76 of the transcript lines 5166–5176).
- Check register (item 2.7): discussion and roll call recorded in the transcript at segments roughly 5178–5712 and vote recorded at 5714–5730.
Ending: Staff agreed to provide copies of mailed notices and to check HCD timelines after council concerns were raised; the council approved the transportation funding commitment and the check register by unanimous votes.
