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Wasco Council approves consent calendar, corrects Filburn engineering cost and reaffirms budget; personnel and salary changes also adopted
Summary
The council approved the consent calendar with separate consideration for a Filburn project engineering contract correction, adopted employment contract amendments, updated the salary schedule and reaffirmed the fiscal-year budget after holding the vacancy‑reporting public hearing required by AB 2561.
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 and the corrected contract amounts on a motion by Mayor Medina, seconded by Council member Reina; the motion passed unanimously.
Personnel and pay schedule actions. The council adopted a resolution amending three director-level employment agreements to align executive leave language (increasing the stated executive leave from 56 to 80 hours to match other contracts). The council also adopted an amended salary schedule for fiscal year 2025–26 to reflect the prior 4% cost-of-living adjustment and to add an internship line that had been omitted from the previously posted schedule. Both personnel items passed on unanimous roll-call votes.
Budget and AB 2561 vacancy reporting. The council also completed a statutory compliance step tied to Assembly Bill 2561 (AB 2561). City staff held a public hearing to present the city’s required vacancy report and then reaffirmed the fiscal-year 2025–26 operating budget and the five‑year capital improvement program to ensure the hearing preceded adoption as required. Council member Martinez moved to receive and file the vacancy report; the same members later voted to reaffirm the budget and CIP by resolution. Both votes were unanimous.
Triannual audits. Council members asked questions about the city’s triennial performance audits. Staff clarified that the audits for prior years had been completed and that the outstanding 2023–24 audit had been the subject of an extension request; staff said the audit work is completed and that claims for reimbursements would be submitted to Kern COG.
Other actions. The council accepted a staff presentation and directed that regular updates be provided in several areas (including vacancy reporting and the homeless outreach update heard earlier in the meeting). No item failed and no votes recorded in the meeting were opposed.
Votes at a glance - Approval of meeting agenda — Motion: by Council member Martinez; second: Mayor Medina; outcome: unanimous approval. - Consent calendar (items 11a–11l) — Motion: by Council member Reina; second: Mayor Medina; outcome: unanimous approval; 11j held for correction. - Item 11j (Filburn engineering contract) — Motion: by Mayor Medina; second: Council member Reina; outcome: unanimous approval with corrected contract amounts ($85,922.50 for each east and west engineering phase; vendor: BHET). - Resolution amending three director employment agreements (executive leave alignment) — Motion: by Council member Reina; second: Mayor Pro Tem; outcome: unanimous approval. - Resolution adopting amended salary schedule, FY 2025–26 (adds intern line; reflects 4% COLA) — Motion: by Council member Martinez; second: Mayor Medina; outcome: unanimous approval. - Public hearing on AB 2561 vacancy report — Motion to receive and file: by Council member Martinez; second: Mayor Medina; outcome: unanimous. - Resolution reaffirming FY 2025–26 budget and 2025–2030 CIP (to complete AB 2561 sequencing) — Motion: by Council member Reina; second: Mayor Medina; outcome: unanimous approval.
