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Votes at a glance: Council approves budget items, contracts and harbor land exchange on Sept. 2
Summary
Summary of formal council actions recorded at the Sept. 2 meeting: carried consent calendar and five items including a property lien resolution, Continuum of Care contracts, airport concession awards, an energy efficiency contract, and a harbor land exchange ordinance.
Long Beach — At its Sept. 2 meeting the Long Beach City Council recorded a series of formal actions and carried a number of items after public hearing and staff presentations. Below are the recorded outcomes from the meeting as reflected in the public transcript and staff reports.
Votes at a glance (items recorded during the Sept. 2 meeting)
- Consent Calendar — Motion carried (consent calendar passed as moved/seconded; individual items not listed here). Transcript notes: “Motion is carried.”
- Item 15 — Substandard property levy (District 8): Council adopted a resolution directing the Los Angeles County Auditor‑Controller to add a levy not to exceed $7,189 to the 2025–26 secured tax roll to recover city abatement costs at 6020–6090 Long Beach Blvd. Motion carried; staff noted prior lien amounts and asked to return with options for escalated fines.
- Item 21 — Continuum of Care contracts (Health & Human Services): Council authorized execution of contracts and any necessary documents for continuum of care operations and supportive services in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,662,008. Motion carried.
- Item 22 — Long Beach Airport concessions: Council awarded pre‑security concessions to Verity’s Long Beach 2 and amended contracts with Paradis Long Beach for post‑security food, beverage and retail concessions (District 5). Motion carried.
- Item 23 — Multi‑Service Center energy upgrade (Public Works, District 1): Council adopted plans, specifications and awarded a contract to KFY United Mechanical Contractors for the energy efficiency upgrade project (amount not to exceed $2,229,600). Motion carried.
- Item 24 — Harbor land exchange (Pier B On‑Dock Rail Support Facility, District 7): Council adopted an ordinance to approve and ratify Board of Harbor Commissioners ordinances and authorized the Harbor Department to execute a land‑exchange agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. Motion carried.
Notes and context: The meeting transcript reports each motion as “Motion is carried” but does not include full roll‑call vote tallies for each item in the publicly read transcript. Where needed, staff will provide formal minutes with recorded roll calls and vote counts.
Ending: The council’s actions clear the way for contract execution and project implementation; where the council directed follow‑up (for example, on nuisance property enforcement or budget oversight committee items) staff will return with reports.
