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Council approves multiple maintenance contracts, adopts paramedic-tax ordinance; consent items pass
Summary
At the meeting the council approved several contracts for vehicle upholstery, residential street repairs and asphalt supply, adopted an ordinance to set a paramedic services ad valorem override rate and passed the consent calendar. Vote tallies were recorded on each item.
Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday approved a set of routine but operationally important items including multiple maintenance contracts, a residential street improvement contract and an ordinance to set the paramedic-services tax override rate.
Key outcomes at a glance:
- Rady's Custom Upholstery (item 16): Council awarded an on-call contract for repairs and parts for city-owned vehicle upholstery. Staff described the proposed contract as $80,000 annually for up to five years. Vote: motion received, 7 yes votes.
- 2025 Residential Streets Improvement Project CP1446000 (item 17): Council awarded a construction contract to Hardy & Harper Inc. for pavement work in a broadly bounded neighborhood (Lampson Avenue north; Ninth Street west; West Street east; Stanford south). Staff estimated the contract cost at nearly $900,000. Vote: motion received, 7 yes votes.
- Asphalt products and delivery (item 18): The council awarded as-needed contracts to All American Asphalt, Vulcan Materials (CalMat doing business as Vulcan) and RJ Noble Company. Staff said the combined contracts will not exceed $1,300,000 in the next fiscal year; these suppliers provide hot-mix deliveries for potholes, utility repairs and maintenance. Vote: motion received, 7 yes votes.
- Ordinance 2965 (item 19): Second reading and adoption of an ordinance establishing the amount to be raised by an ad valorem tax override to fund paramedic services. Vote: motion received, 7 yes votes.
- Consent calendar: Routine consent items including meeting minutes and minutes for other legislative bodies were approved by recorded vote. Vote: roll-call tallies recorded in the minutes (consent votes recorded as 7 yes on city items; Housing Authority consent received 9 yes votes where recorded separately).
Financial and procedural notes: Staff said the street improvement project will be paid from gas-tax and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds; public-works maintenance purchases are budgeted in the Public Works operating budget. Several council members noted that routine maintenance contracts help address quality-of-life pothole complaints more quickly than ad hoc procurement.
Ending: Council members said awarding multiple on-call and maintenance contracts in advance enables faster repairs and keeps crews moving when urgent repairs arise. All votes listed above were approved as recorded in the meeting.
