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Council approves consent package and advances several contracts, grants and projects (votes at a glance)
Summary
The council approved a multi‑item consent package (with item 11 removed), accepted multiple project completions and contract agreements, and authorized several purchases and grant acceptances; votes were unanimous among six members present.
The Modesto City Council on June 10 approved a consent package of routine and contract items, accepted project completions, and authorized several agreements and purchases. Item 11 (annual finance policy review) was removed from the consent calendar and considered separately. The consent motion passed by roll call 6–0.
Key items approved on consent included:
- Agreement with Downtown Space Team for job training and rapid rehousing services: $500,000 annual, total not to exceed $1,000,000 (two‑year term) (Item 4). - Acceptance of Encampment Resolution Funding Program award from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development: $5,757,847, with subawards to Modesto Gospel Mission ($1,491,967) and Salvation Army ($669,167) (Item 5). - Agreement with Turning Point Community Programs for a short‑term motel voucher program to assist individuals experiencing homelessness, amount not to exceed $200,000 (Item 6). - Acceptance of the State Route 99 Palmdale interchange reconstruction Phase 2 as complete and release of securities/payments (Item 9) (payment totals in agenda packet). - Acceptance of the Grayson Wells 69 replacing Well 274 project as complete and release of securities/payments totaling $3,059,859 to W.M. Lyles Company (Item 10). - Updates to various airport rates and fees effective July 1, 2025 (Item 18), rescinding Resolution No. 2024‑183. - Amendment to a Department of Water Resources grant award ($2,500,000) for the Well 312 treatment system and flush line project (Item 19). - Award of construction contract for lift station improvement projects to TSI Engineering Inc. for $2,403,786 and total payment amount listed in the agenda (Item 20). - Fleet additions/replacements purchase not to exceed $1,774,706 (Item 14). - Agreements for software and services including an AI search engine (Nynox Solutions, not to exceed $255,000) and scheduling/timekeeping software (InTime Solutions, not to exceed $278,377) (Items 16–17).
Several routine administrative reports were also accepted, including accounts payable and void reports for April 2025 (Item 13) and an employment‑after‑retirement review from CalPERS (Item 15).
During the meeting the council also continued a separate hearing to June 24 at staff’s request to address information being coordinated with the Salida Fire District, and the council noted Item 23 had been removed from the agenda.
Motions approving consent and the listed items passed by roll call vote of 6–0. Where the agenda listed payment totals or contract amounts, those values are taken from the city’s agenda packet; where the transcript or roll call did not specify an ordinance or resolution number, the item is recorded as "not specified" in the council record.
