Board approves consent agendas, reconvenes sanitation district and schedules next regular meeting

The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved multiple consent agendas, reconvened briefly as the Ford City Taft Heights Sanitation District to approve a single district consent item, and adjourned to its next regular meeting on Jan. 14.

A motion to approve the board consent items and to adjourn and reconvene as the Ford City Taft Heights Sanitation District was made and recorded at 2:01 p.m.; Supervisor Flores is recorded as making the motion and Supervisor Couch as second. The clerk called for votes; the board voted "All ayes." The board then voted to approve the sanitation district consent agenda (one item) and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors; that motion was moved and seconded and also recorded as "All ayes."

At the end of the meeting the board accepted a motion to adjourn to the regular meeting on Jan. 14, 2025, at 9 a.m.; the motion was recorded and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.

Below are the formal actions recorded in the meeting minutes.

Votes at a glance: - Motion: Approve board consent items; adjourn and reconvene as Ford City Taft Heights Sanitation District. Mover: Supervisor Flores; Second: Supervisor Couch. Outcome: approved (all ayes). Recorded at ~00:20: 1775–1797 seconds of the transcript. - Motion: Approve sanitation district consent agenda (C1) and reconvene as Board of Supervisors. Mover: Supervisor Couch (record indicates second by Supervisor Couch on board vote); Outcome: approved (all ayes). Recorded at ~00:30: 1815–1836 seconds of the transcript. - Motion: Adjourn to Jan. 14, 2025, 9:00 a.m., regular board meeting. Mover: Supervisor Couch (recorded as motion at 3216 seconds); Outcome: approved/meeting adjourned.

No recorded roll-call vote breakdown by individual "yes"/"no" names beyond the "all ayes" announcements was provided in the public transcript.