The Long Beach City Council took the following recorded formal actions on Oct. 21, 2025. Motions below use the council's agenda item labels and the motions as spoken during the meeting; vote tallies reflect the roll call recorded in the transcript.

- Item 1 — Ordinance authorizing financing costs of planning for traffic safety improvements (maximum $239,824): Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 2 — Local law amending the charter of the City of Long Beach (reassessment, levy and collection of taxes; raise single-payment threshold from $6,000 to $8,000): Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 4 — Resolution to reschedule the regular council meeting scheduled for 11/04/2025 to 11/05/2025: Approved. Vote: Bendo yes; Lester abstained; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved (3 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain).

- Item 5 — Resolution renewing Barracuda email protection and backup cloud services software (license and upgrade increase): Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 6 — Resolution authorizing a transfer of funds within the City Clerk's budget to retain retired clerk on a temporary basis: Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 7 — Resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement for asphalt overlay services (West Broadway mill and repave; Metro Paving LLC lowest bidder): Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 8 — Resolution authorizing the city manager to accept a $1,000,000 US EPA grant for WALKS water main upgrade: Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 9 — Resolution authorizing acceptance of a $49,000 grant to fund a cybersecurity audit: Approved (block vote). Vote: Bendo yes; Lester yes; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved.

- Item 10 — Resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement for new HVAC at Magnolia Senior Center (Premier Mechanical Services; $667,700): Approved. Vote: Bendo yes; Lester no; Reinhardt yes; President Finn yes. Outcome: approved (3 yes, 1 no).

Block vote note: Items 1, 2 and 5 through 9 were approved together in a single block motion recorded at the meeting. Individual vote tallies recorded on the floor show the same council members voting yes on the block items. The transcript does not record the mover/second for every motion; where the mover/second were not audible in the record they are listed as not specified below.

Motions, tallies and outcomes were recorded in the council minutes; readers should consult the official minutes and adopted ordinances/resolutions for full legal text and effective dates.