Votes at a glance: council approves homelessness grants, municipal bond authorization, contracts and several routine procurements
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Summary
At its June 17 meeting the Redlands City Council approved a range of actions including acceptance of an ERF-3 homelessness grant subrecipient package, a TEFRA public hearing resolution to allow issuance of CMFA revenue bonds for HumanGood/Plymouth Village, and multiple contracts and purchase orders for city services and equipment.
The Redlands City Council approved a series of resolutions, contracts and purchase orders at its June 17 meeting, taking action on homelessness grant funding, municipal bond authorization for a nonprofit continuing-care community, claims administration and technology and equipment purchases. Below are the key outcomes and essential details.
What passed
- Homelessness grant (ERF-3): The council authorized the city manager to execute subrecipient agreements and related documents for the Emergency Relief Fund (ERF-3) program in an amount not to exceed roughly $4.1 million to local partners, staff said. The package funds emergency shelter beds, motel vouchers, employment services and rapid rehousing and was described as expanding bed capacity and continuing services through June 2027. Staff listed prospective subrecipients including Salvation Army, Goodwill, Family Service Association, YouthHope and others. Motion and second were recorded and the resolution passed.
- CMFA revenue bond (HumanGood/Plymouth Village): Following a TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act) public hearing, the council adopted a resolution approving the issuance of California Municipal Finance Authority revenue bonds for the benefit of HumanGood, authorizing tax-exempt financing not to exceed $205 million systemwide and up to $20 million for Plymouth Village, a continuing care community located at 900 Salem Drive in Redlands. Staff emphasized the bonds are obligations of HumanGood and not the city and that the city would bear no repayment responsibility; representatives from CMFA and HumanGood attended the hearing.
- Liability claims administration: The council approved a three-year professional services agreement (with two one-year options) with Carl Warren & Company, LLC, to serve as the city’s third-party liability claims administrator; the contract replaces a term ending June 30.
- ConFire Joint Powers Authority participation: The council approved continuation of the fire department’s membership in the ConFire JPA and authorized payment of the 2025–26 annual service fee (reported at approximately $922,557), which funds 800 MHz dispatch and information-technology services shared among regional fire partners.
- Technology and telecom: The council approved a five-year professional services agreement with ICS Intelysis, Inc. for VoIP migration (cloud VoIP) and a five-year master service agreement with RingCentral for phone hardware, software and VoIP-as-a-service; staff said the city’s legacy system was end-of-life and that cloud-based services will provide an all-in-one platform for voice, video and messaging. The combined not-to-exceed amounts were reported in the staff report.
- Citywide purchase orders and equipment: The council approved citywide annual purchase orders for FY 2025–26 with Lowe’s, Fastenal, Home Depot and Office Depot (total not to exceed approximately $1.0 million) and a sole-source purchase order with Motorola Solutions to replace aging 800 MHz portable and mobile radios (purchase amount reported as not to exceed $820,031.37). Police staff said the Motorola units are proprietary and required for compatibility with county ISD communications infrastructure.
- Miscellaneous: The council approved other routine items on the consent calendar, including proclamations recognizing Juneteenth (June 19, 2025) and LGBTQ+ Pride Month (June 2025) and the issuance of the Juneteenth and Pride proclamations; these were adopted as part of the consent calendar. The council also approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute the ERF-3 subrecipient agreements and associated documents.
What the city emphasized
City staff repeatedly noted the financial and legal disclaimers surrounding the CMFA bond: the bonds are issued by a joint-powers authority for HumanGood and will not be an obligation of the city. On homelessness funding, staff and a coalition of nonprofits said ERF-3 will expand bed capacity and tenant services and continue the rapid-rehousing work that city grants helped finance in prior years.
Votes and motion records
Most items passed on recorded roll-call votes. For several consent and non-controversial items the clerk recorded unanimous or majority votes. Where contract amounts and procurement vendors were presented, staff said the expenditures were budgeted in departmental budgets or would utilize cooperative-purchasing agreements.
Next steps
Several contractual items will proceed to execution by the city manager or designee; procurement items will be implemented by the purchasing division; and the HumanGood financing will proceed through the CMFA issuance process with separate documentation that disclaims city liability. The ERF-3 subrecipient agreements will be finalized and issued to community partners as single-source providers as detailed in staff reports.
