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Votes at a glance: May 6 Monrovia City Council — consent calendar approved; annual audit received
Summary
The City Council approved the consent calendar (items CC1–CC14, excluding CC5) and later voted to receive and file the city’s 2023–24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report after an auditor presentation. Roll-call votes were unanimous on both items.
The Monrovia City Council took two recorded formal actions at its May 6 meeting: it approved the consent calendar (with one item, CC5, pulled for later consideration) and it voted to receive and file the city’s 2023–24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) after auditors presented the report.
Consent calendar: Councilmembers voted to approve consent calendar items CC1 through CC14 with item CC5 removed from consideration and rescheduled for the May 20 meeting. The item authorizing a lease agreement for copiers (CC13) included a typographical correction: the monthly lease amount was corrected to $1,559.58 (a stated annual savings of $6,173.04). The motion to approve the consent calendar was moved and seconded; the recorded roll-call vote was Yes from councilmembers Belden, Jimenez, Spicer, Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Tamela Kelly and Mayor Becky Shevlin.
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR): The council heard an auditor presentation and staff overview of the city’s 2023–24 ACFR and the city’s auditors issued an unmodified (clean) opinion. Auditors reported one internal-control finding tied to a March 2024 data-loss event; staff and auditors said corrective actions and remediation work were underway. After the presentation, a councilmember moved and seconded a motion to receive and file the report. The roll-call vote to receive and file the ACFR was unanimous: Belden, Jimenez, Spicer, Dr. Tamela Kelly and Mayor Becky Shevlin voted Yes.
What the votes mean: Approval of the consent calendar enacted routine items identified in the meeting packet; the ACFR receipt acknowledges the audit and places the report in the city’s official record. The ACFR included a positive net position and staff reported continued financial stability while noting pension liabilities drove a modest net-position decrease from the prior year.
Formal vote records - Consent calendar (CC1–CC14 minus CC5): outcome — approved. Recorded roll call: Belden (Yes); Jimenez (Yes); Spicer (Yes); Dr. Tamela Kelly (Yes); Mayor Becky Shevlin (Yes). Tally: Yes 5, No 0, Abstain 0. - Receive and file ACFR (FY 2023–24): outcome — approved. Recorded roll call: Belden (Yes); Jimenez (Yes); Spicer (Yes); Dr. Tamela Kelly (Yes); Mayor Becky Shevlin (Yes). Tally: Yes 5, No 0, Abstain 0.
Items pulled or rescheduled: CC5 was removed from the May 6 consent calendar because that item was inadvertently omitted from the packet; staff said CC5 will return to council on May 20, 2025.
