Wasco Council approves consent calendar, corrects Filburn engineering cost and reaffirms budget; personnel and salary changes also adopted

The City of Wasco City Council voted unanimously on July 2 to approve its consent calendar, correct an engineering contract cost for the Filburn project, adopt amendments to several employment agreements, update the fiscal‑year salary schedule and reaffirm the city’s adopted 2025–26 budget and capital improvement program.

On the consent calendar the council approved items 11(a)–11(l) with separate consideration for item 11(j), the engineering phase of the Filburn project. The council approved the consent calendar on a motion by Council member Martinez, seconded by Mayor Medina; the vote was recorded as unanimous.

Item 11(j: Filburn engineering phase). Staff explained that the Filburn engineering-contract bid was split east/west and an incorrect dollar amount was propagated in the staff report for the west phase. The correct figure for both east and west engineering phases is $85,922.50 (not $86,697.50 as erroneously printed). Council approved the corrected agreement for the vendor BHET…