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Votes at a glance — Sierra Madre City Council meeting (Feb. 13)
Summary
A compact list of formal actions and outcomes recorded in the Feb. 13 meeting, including consent approvals, emergency declarations, policy adoptions and professional services agreements.
The following is a concise listing of formal actions recorded during the Sierra Madre City Council meeting on Feb. 13. Vote totals are municipal counts reported during the meeting; where a recusal was recorded, that is noted.
• Agenda approval (amendment): Council approved removing item D from the consent calendar and moving it to the discussion calendar. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• Reading of resolutions and ordinances by title only: Council approved reading by title only. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• Minutes — Feb. 11 meeting: Council approved minutes with a minor correction (added missing word “trail” in public comment). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• Consent calendar — three items: (A) Resolution 25‑14 approving certain demands; (B) Ordinance 1478 designating the city manager as director of emergency services (second reading/adoption); (C) Resolution 25‑06 establishing a legislative advocacy policy and authorizing the city manager or designee to take policy positions. Staff amended language to require reporting out to council; council approved the consent calendar (including the added reporting language). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• Emergency declarations: Council approved (a) continuation of the Eaton Fire local emergency and (b) a separate local emergency for the mid‑February debris flow requested by county/state OEM for cost tracking. Outcome: both approved (voice vote; unanimous of members present).
• Code enforcement body‑worn camera policy: Council approved adopting the code enforcement body‑worn camera policy and directed staff to provide a 90‑day implementation report. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• Professional services agreements for wildfire litigation: Council approved contingency agreements with Baron & Budd, PC and D.F. Chambers LLP to pursue litigation related to the Eaton Fire; contingency fee stated at 15% of recoveries. Council Member Kelly Krieps recused from the litigation vote due to a potential conflict; remaining members approved. Outcome: approved (recusal noted).
Meeting actions recorded as approved above were implemented or assigned to staff for follow up. Where specific resolution or contract numbers were not shown in the public portion of the record, staff noted they will finalize contract numbering when executed.
