The Oroville City Council took multiple formal actions at its Jan. 7 special meeting. Key votes and outcomes are listed below.

- Professional services agreement with The Ferguson Group (federal advocacy): Approved. Motion passed with 7 yes votes. The firm will develop a federal legislative platform, help identify funding opportunities and provide advocacy and grant-coordination services; the contract includes a retainer and separate grant-writing work if the city chooses to pursue it. Christy Moore of The Ferguson Group and Marissa Berger (grants lead) introduced the firm to the council.

- Professional services agreement with Shaw, Yoder, Schmelzer & Lang (state advocacy): Approved. Motion passed with 7 yes votes. Paul Yoder introduced his firm and described state-level funding and legislative strategies to the council.

- CMMS procurement (Public Works computerized maintenance management system): Approved. Council approved staff's recommendation to proceed with the selected cloud-based CMMS vendor; transcript records approval though a numerical vote tally for this item is not specified in the meeting record. Staff said the system is required for sewer collection reporting, will integrate with GIS and the city's pavement management program, and will have first-year costs in the range of staff estimates (~$100,000) with ongoing subscription fees thereafter.

- Issuance/sale of a duty firearm to retired Police Chief Bill Legron: Approved. Motion to sell the retired chief's duty firearm (staff estimated market value ~ $150'$250) to the retiree; council approved the sale (motion passed with 7 yes votes) and one councilmember moved to sell it for $1, which passed.

- Budget adjustment for election costs: Approved. The council adopted a resolution to transfer funds from contingency to cover approximately $100,000 of election-related costs; motion passed with 7 yes votes.

- Consent calendar: Approved. The consent agenda passed unanimously earlier in the meeting; item-level details were included in the staff packet.

Ending: Staff will proceed with vendor onboarding for procurement items and with the budget transfers and contracts as approved. Further implementation steps and any required reporting will be brought back to council as specified in each contract or resolution.