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Votes at a glance: Hawthorne council approves CDBG amendment, several consent items and committee appointments
Summary
At the meeting the council adopted a substantial amendment to the 2024–25 CDBG/HOME action plan, approved several consent items (items 8–11), accepted a communications report, accepted the telehealth committee report, tabled minutes approval for older dates and approved committee and mayor pro tem appointments.
Key formal outcomes recorded during the Hawthorne City Council meeting:
- CDBG/HOME substantial amendment: The council conducted a public hearing and voted to adopt the draft substantial amendment to the 2024–25 action plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships funds and authorized the city manager or designee to submit the amended plan to HUD and to negotiate and execute contracts and required documents. Housing Director Kimberly Mack told the council an executive order affecting disbursement had been paused and staff may proceed with awarded funding. Clerk: vote recorded as mayor and council "yes."
- Consent items 8–11: The council approved the city’s investment report for the quarter ending 12/01/2024 (item 8); approved an agreement with Tripepi & Smith for general communications support services (item 9); approved distribution of a community survey (item 10); and authorized the Hawthorne Police Department roof replacement project 25-09 to go out to bid (item 11). Clerk: vote recorded as mayor and council "yes."
- Acceptance of communications report: Council accepted the Year-in-Review communications presentation from the city manager and media department on metrics and the new logo; motion passed with a recorded "yes."
- Telehealth committee report: Council accepted the committee report on telehealth mobile clinics and directed staff to hold additional meetings to specify residency definitions, reporting metrics and a parking calendar ahead of the vendor’s estimated funding end in June 2025; motion passed with a recorded "yes."
- Minutes (item 3): Council questioned the dates on a package of minutes and elected to table approval of several older minutes to allow members more time to review the recordings. The clerk and city attorney confirmed the minutes would return on a future agenda for action.
- Appointments: Council appointed Councilmember Alex Montero to serve as mayor pro tem beginning with the first meeting in April 2025. The council also approved a slate of appointments and alternates to regional boards and joint powers authorities (South Bay COG, West Basin Water Association, SCAG executive committee, Independent Cities Association, etc.) as listed on the agenda.
No roll-call tallies with individual member votes were read aloud for each action; the clerk announced the final result as “voting reflects mayor and council voting yes” for those items. Where staff recommended contract authority (e.g., CDBG/HOME submission, Tripepi & Smith agreement, roof project out to bid) council authorized the city manager or designee to execute and administer related documents.
