Victorville council approves $1.05 million pavement contract, multiple budget and contract items; cancels July 1 meeting

The Victorville City Council on June 17 approved a slate of infrastructure contracts, budget amendments and administrative items, including a $1,052,251.48 construction contract for the citywide pavement preservation and maintenance project (Project CC25-120).

The council’s actions also included consultant and contract renewals, a professional-services agreement for a sewer realignment design, inventory purchases for the Victorville Water District, and budget amendments to record opioid-settlement receipts and reimbursements received for state strike-team fire deployments. The council voted to cancel the July 1 regular meeting and approved a policy allowing the mayor and mayor pro tem to appoint an alternate council member to travel to Washington, D.C., on behalf of the city if needed.

Votes at a glance: - Citywide pavement preservation and maintenance project (CC25-120): awarded to Pavement Coatings Company, Inc., $1,052,251.48. Moved by Councilmember Jones; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Herriman. Vote: Godin yes; Jones yes; Herriman yes; Mayor Becerra yes; Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Consent calendar (items 2–10): approved as presented. Moved by Councilmember Jones; seconded by Councilmember Godin. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Annual supply and service contract renewals (FY 2025–26): approved. Moved to adopt staff recommendation. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Vacation of temporary construction easements (resolution 25-048): adopted to vacate temporary easements associated with the Nisqually interchange construction; authorized recording and execution of quitclaim deeds. Moved to adopt staff recommendation. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Santa Fe Wash sewer realignment project: approved a consultant professional-services agreement with Albert A. Webb Associates in the amount of $538,490.78. Moved by Councilmember Jones; seconded by Councilmember Godin. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - California Transportation Commission (CTC) submittal for SB1/local streets and roads (resolution 25-050): three projects approved for submittal to be eligible for local streets and roads funding for FY 2025–26. Moved to adopt staff recommendation. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Victorville Water District inventory purchases (items 16 and 17): purchases approved from C.Wells Pipeline Materials ($91,157.52) and Western Water Works ($29,088.45); council ratified cumulative spending beyond the city manager’s purchase authority and approved additional authority through the fiscal year. Moved by Councilmember Godin; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Herriman. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - National opioid settlement funds: resolution adopting budget adjustments to record settlement receipts and permit their use in accordance with listed remediation categories. Moved by Councilmember Jones; seconded by Councilmember Godin. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Budget amendment for strike-team deployments: adopted resolution 25-052 appropriating $680,203.97 in additional revenue and $563,103.65 in expenses to reconcile reimbursements and costs tied to 19 deployments. Moved by Councilmember Jones; seconded by Councilmember Patem (Mayor Pro Tem). Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Cancellation of the July 1, 2025 council meeting: motion to cancel carried. Moved by the mayor; seconded. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - Authorization for mayor/mayor pro tem to appoint alternate to travel to Washington, D.C.: motion approved. Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Herriman; seconded. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved. - FY 2025–26 council travel schedule and conference approvals: adopted. Moved by Councilmember Jones; seconded. Vote: unanimous with Irving absent. Outcome: approved.

Most items were presented by staff with limited public comment or extended discussion. The pavement preservation contract was discussed by the city engineer as a competitively bid project covering 11 locations across the city; staff recommended awarding to the second-low bidder after the apparent low bidder was found nonresponsive. The council’s roll-call votes recorded four affirmative votes with Councilmember Irving absent on matters that required formal action.

The council also approved routine administrative items: renewal of multiple annual supply and service agreements for FY 2025–26 and ratified higher aggregate spending on water-district warehouse inventory purchases because cumulative costs exceeded the city manager’s purchasing authority.

Several actions authorized staff to complete follow-up steps. For the pavement project, the council approved a CEQA notice of exemption and authorized staff to file the notice with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk. For the temporary-easement vacation the council adopted a resolution ordering recording of the vacating documents and authorized the city manager to execute quitclaim deeds if required.

Background and context: the meeting opened with a closed-session announcement that three items had been considered under Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) for existing litigation and 54956.8 for real property negotiations; no reportable action was announced at the start of the regular session. A single public commenter raised concerns about competition from larger beauty supply stores and requested the council consider local-business protections; that comment was heard during the public-comment period and was not tied to any formal agenda item.

The council’s actions on June 17 are intended to maintain and advance planned street and utility projects, keep core services on contract, and record and authorize spending tied to external reimbursements and settlements. Several approvals enable staff to pursue project submittals to state and regional funding agencies and to proceed with consultant and construction work already scoped and budgeted.

Looking ahead, council members and staff noted ongoing coordination with regional agencies on transportation and project planning and the council approved a travel schedule to allow representatives to pursue legislative and funding opportunities later in the fiscal year.