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Votes at a glance: Moraga Town Council meeting, March 12, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Moraga Town Council on March 12, 2025, including appointments, budget adjustments, grant support, reserve transfers and project approvals.
The Moraga Town Council took the following formal actions at its March 12 meeting. This list does not include ceremonial items or routine procedural votes.
Votes at a glance - Letter of support for USDA Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense Grant application (item 6.4): Council authorized the mayor to sign a letter of support for a joint USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant application covering Moraga and neighboring Bridal (council document). Motion moved, seconded and passed unanimously.
- Planning Commission appointments (item 7): The council appointed Alexis Maple, Casey Rain, William Weber and Marcus Bode to two-year terms and appointed Brenda Lester to the one-year unexpired term left by a vacated seat. Motion passed unanimously.
- Parks and Recreation Commission appointment (item 7): The council appointed Julie Sanders to an additional two-year term to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Motion passed unanimously.
- General-fund midyear budget adjustments (item 9b): Council approved midyear adjustments to the FY2024–25 operating budget, including property-tax realignment and increased parks-and-recreation appropriations. Motion passed unanimously.
- Hacienda de las Flores midyear adjustments (item 9c): Council approved corrected midyear adjustments to the Hacienda operating budget, increasing revenue and appropriations by $50,000 to accommodate expected utility costs; Councilmember Carrie Hillis recused and the item passed 4–0 with one abstention.
- Reserve policy update and transfers (item 9d): Council adopted an update to the general-fund reserve policy (designating the reserve as a committed fund balance under GASB 54 and calculating the 50% level on the current-year budget) and approved transfers of $1,000,000 to the asset replacement fund and $500,000 to the Section 115 pension trust. Motion passed unanimously.
- Moraga Road–Canyon Road Complete Streets project (item 9f): Council approved the conceptual design, supporting technical studies and a CEQA categorical-exemption finding, and directed staff to move to detailed design (PS&E) and environmental clearance. Motion passed unanimously. Staff noted a SS4A federal grant covers most construction costs and that a traffic-signal warrant was met at Country Club but not at Alta Mesa under current conditions.
Notes on tallies and recusals Where the transcript named an abstention or recusal, the table above notes it. Where the transcript recorded only “passed unanimously” and did not name the mover or second, the vote is reported as unanimous per the meeting record. If a motion’s mover or seconder was not clearly identified in the transcript, the record lists that detail as not specified.
