Council approves six-month extension and consultant services agreement for Travis Community Consortium

City staff requested council approval of Resolution 2025-17 to authorize a consultant services agreement with the Solano Economic Development Corporation (Solano EDC) to provide staffing and administrative support to the Travis Community Consortium (TCC) for six months through June. Assistant to the city manager Liz Aptekar summarized the consortium’s composition—member jurisdictions Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville, Vallejo, Solano County and others—and described administrative tasks the consultant performs, including meeting coordination, finance management and grants support (the consultant has supported the MEER grant and related emergency‑planning work).

Council members raised procedural questions about public access and Brown Act obligations, whether TCC executive meetings are subject to public‑meeting law, and whether minutes and agendas are publicly available. Mayor Catherine Moy and other council members explained there are two TCC bodies: a public-facing TCC general board and an “executive” group that receives some confidential, base‑level briefings; the executive meetings have been ad hoc and not Brown Act public meetings because they sometimes host confidential briefings with base leadership. Councilmembers asked staff to ensure greater transparency and to return with clearer documentation showing agendas and minutes for public meetings.

Councilman Tonneson asked whether minutes and public notices were published and how public funds flowing to the TCC are tracked; staff said agendas are prepared and Kelly (city staff) composes meeting agendas, and that some activities—such as multi‑agency MEER grants—are part of the consortium’s work. Councilmembers also discussed the consultant fee amount and packet text: staff corrected a typographical issue, noting the consultant contract sum for the six‑month extension is $37,500, not $5,000 as printed in one place in the packet.

After public comment and additional clarifying questions, Councilman Tonneson moved to approve the consultant services agreement; Vice Mayor Pam Bertani seconded. The council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 2025‑17 and authorize the six‑month consultant agreement through June. Council members said staff would return with more detail about public meeting notices and documentation and would continue work to reconcile public‑access expectations with the consortium’s need to receive confidential briefings from base officials.