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Votes at a glance: Torrance council approves consent items, waives readings and sets employee-wage resolution
Summary
The council unanimously waived further reading, approved the consent calendar (including two ordinances and one resolution), and approved a separate resolution to appoint the city's MWD director; all recorded motions carried unanimously.
Several procedural and consent items were approved unanimously at the Torrance City Council meeting.
The council voted to waive further reading of resolutions and ordinances after the number and title. The motion to waive passed unanimously.
Consent calendar items approved by motion and unanimous vote included: - Ordinance No. 39-44: Amending Chapter 2 of Division 9 by adding new section 92.20.12 (pertaining to solar energy systems and expedited permitting). (Title read into record by city clerk.) - Ordinance No. 39-45: Adding Chapter 20 entitled Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations to Division 4 of the Torrance Municipal Code. (Title read into record by city clerk.) - Resolution No. 2025-057: Setting hours, wages and working conditions for employees represented by Torrance Professional Park and Recreation Employees Organization (TPREO) and repealing Resolution No. 2023-30.
Separately, the council adopted Resolution No. 2025-08 to appoint Raymond Jay as the city’s representative to the Metropolitan Water District board (see separate article). The appointment vote was recorded as unanimous.
The meeting record shows each motion carried unanimously when put to the roll call. Specific mover/second names were not always spoken or were not clearly recorded in the transcript; minutes record the outcome as unanimous for each of the motions listed above.
