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Inglewood council approves Market Street business-improvement contract, CalPERS rehiring exception and July 5 festival sponsorship
Summary
At a city council meeting, Inglewood council members unanimously approved a two‑year contract to administer a Market Street tenant improvement program, adopted a resolution seeking a CalPERS exception to rehire a retired department director, and authorized up to $150,000 in city sponsorship for a July 5 musical festival at Darby Park.
The Inglewood City Council on an item-by-item vote approved a set of consent and staff-recommended actions, including a two‑year contract to run a Market Street business and tenant improvement program, a resolution asking the CalPERS board to waive the 180‑day rehiring wait for a retired city director, and a city sponsorship for a July 5, 2025 musical festival at Darby Park.
The council approved a staff recommendation to enter a two‑year agreement with PCR Business Finance Capital and Advisory Services to administer the Destination Market Street Business and Tenant Improvement Program for a total of $488,742.55. Council members voted to move the consent calendar items together; the clerk recorded votes of Gray, Padilla, Morales, Fogg and Mayor Butts as “Aye.”
Council members also adopted a resolution requesting that the CalPERS Board of Administration approve an exception to the 180‑day wait period to allow the rehiring of Betty Griffin, the retired director of the Residential Sound Insulation Department. The staff report referenced state government code when describing the request; the transcript records the spoken citation as “government code section 7 5 2 2 dash excuse me. 0.56 and 2 1 2 2 1 h.” The council voted to adopt the resolution unanimously.
Separately, the council approved a motion by Councilmember Dionne Falk to sponsor the city’s Independence Day musical festival to be held Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Darby Park, in an amount not to exceed $150,000. The clerk recorded unanimous approval.
The meeting record shows the council also received and filed several routine monthly treasury reports for the city, successor agency and housing authority.
Votes at a glance
- Agreement with PCR Business Finance Capital and Advisory Services to administer the Destination Market Street Business and Tenant Improvement Program — $488,742.55; motion moved and seconded; vote: Gray Aye; Padilla Aye; Morales Aye; Fogg Aye; Mayor Butts Aye; outcome: approved.
- Resolution requesting CalPERS Board of Administration approve an exception to the 180‑day rehiring wait for retired director Betty Griffin — motion moved and seconded; vote: Gray Aye; Padilla Aye; Morales Aye; Fogg Aye; Mayor Butts Aye; outcome: adopted.
- City sponsorship of Independence Day musical festival at Darby Park — not to exceed $150,000; motion moved by Councilmember Dionne Falk, seconded; vote: Gray Aye; Padilla Aye; Morales Aye; Fogg Aye; Mayor Butts Aye; outcome: approved.
Meeting procedure and context
These items were taken as part of the consent calendar or under routine staff reports; there was no extended public debate recorded in the meeting transcript for the adopted items. The council’s roll-call voting on the items was recorded verbatim in the transcript.
