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Votes at a glance: council adopts parental-leave ordinance, salary schedule and stormwater MOA; approves agenda-rule wording change and Monday consent items
Summary
The council adopted three consent items on Aug. 5 (an ordinance adding paid parental leave, a salary schedule resolution and an updated regional stormwater memorandum of agreement), approved a revision to agenda-finalization language, and later approved additional consent items continued from an earlier meeting.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council took several routine votes Aug. 5. Below is a concise summary of each formal action recorded in the meeting minutes.
1) Ordinance 2025-003 — Paid parental leave (second reading and adoption) - Action: Adopted (second reading and adoption of ordinance 2025-003 adding section 2.52.686, Paid Parental Leave, to the Carmel-by-the-Sea Municipal Code). - Vote: Unanimous on roll call (motion to approve consent items 1, 2 and 3 on the Aug. 5 consent agenda carried). - Notes: Item was on the consent calendar and received no separate public comment. (Transcript reference: consent agenda motion and roll call at 02:42:15.)
2) Resolution 2025-069 — Salary schedule - Action: Adopted (resolution approving current salary schedule for at-will/unrepresented management and other units and compliance with PERS and CCR Title 2 Section 570.5). - Vote: Adopted as part of the consent agenda (roll call recorded in meeting). - Notes: This was a consent-calendar item with no separate discussion recorded.
3) Resolution 2025-070 — Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Program MOA - Action: Adopted (update to the regional stormwater management memorandum of agreement). - Vote: Adopted as part of the consent agenda (roll call recorded). - Notes: Item placed on consent and approved as part of the single motion.
4) Agenda rule wording change (meet -> confer) - Action: Council approved revised agenda-finalization language (change the word "meet" to "confer" and approve language to have the final agenda approved by the mayor or the mayor's designee). The adopted language was the version presented on the right-hand slide with the single-word edit. - Vote: Roll call carried (unanimous yes votes recorded in roll call at 07:14:00). - Notes: Staff and city attorney had advised on language to avoid creating an unintended standing committee under the Brown Act.
5) Monday consent items (continued from Aug. 4) — items 2, 4 and 7 - Action: Adopted (council approved Monday consent agenda items 2, 4 and 7 after public question period). - Vote: Roll call recorded: unanimous yes votes. - Notes: Item 4 included the purchase of a compact track loader; item 7 authorized a human-resources/consultant agreement for recruitment assistance.
Procedural notes: All items recorded as consent-calendar actions were adopted by single motions unless otherwise pulled for discussion. The council recorded roll-call votes for each motion and noted any public comments during the consent vote process.
Provenance: Consent vote and roll-call actions appear in the meeting transcript during the consent and orders-of-business segments.
