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Votes at a glance: Redlands council approves homeless services contract, vehicle outfitting, alley paving, CDBG and other items
Summary
Council unanimously approved a set of routine and procurement items including a Project Homekey property-management contract, a vehicle-outfitting MOU, CDBG funding, CalPERS contract amendment intent and alley paving work; council also retained an external labor negotiator.
The Redlands City Council on Sept. 16 approved multiple contracts and procedural items across public safety, public works and housing services. Most approvals passed unanimously by roll call.
Key approvals included:
- A one-year, not-to-exceed $300,000 homeless resource services and property-management agreement with Many Mansions for the Project Homekey site at 1675 Industrial Avenue, with two optional one-year renewals (total potential compensation $900,000). Council and staff said the contract will be funded from money already budgeted under the Project Homekey award. Rick Schroeder, president of Many Mansions, and executive director Doug Menges attended and answered council questions about on-site supervision and regional experience.
- A sole-source memorandum of understanding with the Apple Valley Fire Protection District for outfitting the fire department's light fleet (radios, lights and other equipment), with a total authorizing amount not to exceed $500,000 over initial and extended terms.
- Acceptance of the City’s 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award totaling $326,470, including a capital project to replace restrooms and construct pathways at Sylvan Park (just under $280,000) and funding for five community‑based organizations.
- A public works contract with All American Building Services for the 2025 Alley Paving Improvement Project for an amount not to exceed $465,000.15 to reconstruct four alleys around the city.
- Adoption of a resolution of intention to amend the city's contract with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to remove the exclusion of hourly employees and to apply exclusion criteria under Government Code section 20305; the resolution initiates the contract amendment process and will be followed by ordinance introduction and adoption in a future meeting.
- Direction to retain an external labor negotiator. The council voted to retain (as stated in the motion) "John Vaki of Atkinson, Endelson, Loya, Loya, Red, and Romo" to serve as the city's lead labor negotiator for upcoming bargaining unit contract talks. (Transcript contains inconsistent firm/name spellings; see clarifying details.)
Votes and roll-call tallies were recorded by the city clerk and were unanimous (5–0) on the listed items unless otherwise noted in the minutes.
The actions are routine municipal business and procurement decisions; several items were presented as budgeted in the current fiscal plan and staff said no additional appropriations were required for those projects.
Votes at a glance (selected): - Retain external labor negotiator (motion per staff recommendation): outcome approved; tally 5–0. - Project Homekey property-management agreement with Many Mansions: approved; amount $300,000 (year 1), total potential $900,000 with renewals; tally 5–0. - 2025–26 CDBG acceptance: approved; amount $326,470; tally 5–0. - Apple Valley Fire Protection District MOU (outfitting): approved; total not to exceed $500,000; tally 5–0. - CalPERS resolution of intention to amend contract (remove hourly exclusion): approved; tally 5–0. - 2025 Alley Paving Improvement Project contract (All American Building Services): approved; amount not to exceed $465,000.15; tally 5–0.
Councilmembers who participated in the votes were recorded as voting "yes" in the roll-call recorded by the city clerk. The meeting also approved routine consent items and the minutes of prior meetings.
