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Votes at a glance: approvals and appointments from the June 24 Hermosa Beach City Council meeting
Summary
Council took multiple administrative and legislative actions on June 24, including adopting the FY 2025–26 budget (amended), confirming the landscaping & street‑lighting assessment, approving a new special event, awarding on‑call contracts, approving a labor MOU and making three commission appointments.
Below are the formal actions the Hermosa Beach City Council took on June 24, 2025, summarized from the official meeting record.
Votes and outcomes
- FY 2025–26 budget (agenda item 16b): Approved as amended. Substitute motion (which removed the deputy city manager position and included approval of contracts and a $90,000 transfer to CIP) carried 3–2. (Yes: Council member Keegan, Council member Francois, Mayor Sainman. No: Mayor Pro Tem De Toit, Council member Jackson.)
- Annual staffing vacancies report (AB 2561 public hearing, agenda item 16a): Council received and filed the FY24–25 vacancy report as required by Assembly Bill 2561 (Gov. Code 3502.3). Motion carried unanimously. Staff reported 151 authorized full‑time equivalent positions with nine vacancies (about 5.96%).
- Landscaping and Street Lighting District assessment (agenda item 16c): Council adopted the resolution confirming the diagram and levying assessments for FY 2025–26. Motion carried unanimously. Staff said the current assessment generates about $41.50 per dwelling unit and the general fund covers a shortfall of roughly $415,000. Staff proposed a feasibility study for a Prop 218 ballot process to consider raising rates.
- Special event approval (agenda item 16d): The council approved the MindTravel Foundation’s proposed "MindTravel live to headphones silent piano concert" on dates in August and October 2025; motion carried unanimously. Staff will require the event producer to work with the California Coastal Commission on permit requirements because the event proposes a charge for admission and occupies sandy beach area on a Memorial Day–to–Labor Day date.
- Appointments to the Parks, Recreation and Community Resources Advisory Commission (agenda item 17a): Council appointed Thomas Maroney, Todd Tulis and Elka Warner to three open seats. The first-round voting count reported four votes for Maroney and three votes each for Tulis and Warner.
- Award of professional services agreements (agenda item 17b): Council awarded two on‑call staff‑augmentation contracts (five‑year terms, not to exceed $750,000 each) to TransTech engineers and ZMK consultants to provide engineering, construction inspection and specialty program services; motion carried unanimously.
- Memorandum of Understanding with Professional Administrative Employees (PAE) unit (agenda item 17c): Council approved a three‑year successor MOU (07/01/2025–06/30/2028) that includes 3% general wage increases each year, targeted classification adjustments per a compensation study and modest adjustments to deferred-comp match and other benefits. Staff estimated the three‑year cost at approximately $511,587; motion carried unanimously.
- Closed-session minutes disclosure motion (future agenda request): A motion to direct staff to place two closed-session minutes (May 5, 2025 item 4b; May 13, 2025 item 4b) on a future consent calendar for public disclosure failed (roll call: Mayor Sainman, Council member Keegan, and Council member Francois voted no).
Notes on process and follow-ups
- Several votes were procedural or administrative (contract authority, staffing reports). Where staff indicated potential program or policy changes (fee studies, Prop 218 process, finance subcommittee work), the council requested follow-up analysis and future reports.
- For items requiring external approvals (Coastal Commission, bond issuance for assessment districts), staff noted additional procedural steps before funds or permits are finalized.
Ending
Staff will return with required documentation and follow-up reports on the items above as requested by council; some items (fee study, Prop 218 consideration, bond issuance) require additional public hearings or external agency approvals before final implementation.
