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Votes at a glance: key council actions Oct. 23 — security, taxes, neighborhood councils and other items
Summary
Summary of formal votes taken by the Los Angeles City Council on Oct. 23, 2001, including the ITGS security report, business tax reform funding, neighborhood council indemnification working group, a senior centers feasibility item, a naming resolution and several closed-session approvals for outside counsel.
Here are the principal votes recorded by the Los Angeles City Council on Oct. 23, 2001. Where the council debated an item at length, separate articles provide fuller coverage.
- ITGS joint personnel report (Item 39): Approved as amended to require that final implementation plans return to committee and council before execution. Vote: 9 ayes, 4 noes. (See full article on Civic Center security.)
- Business tax reform / second-year tax moratorium (Item 1): Council approved the budget and finance committee report to fund the estimated $4,000,000 cost from the Business Tax Reform Fund. A substitute motion to defer funding (CAO recommendation) failed 6–6; the committee report passed 12 ayes.
- Neighborhood councils indemnification working group (Item 34): Council directed the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to convene a working group (City Attorney, Mayor's volunteer corps, Risk Management) to develop indemnification and liability guidance for neighborhood councils and volunteers. Vote: 12 ayes.
- Senior multipurpose centers / bond feasibility study (Item 9): Council approved a motion to explore the feasibility of placing a bond measure before voters to fund renovation and construction of senior multipurpose centers. Vote: 13 ayes.
- Tom Bradley Tower naming (Item 40): The council unanimously approved naming the 27th-floor room in the City Hall Towers for former Mayor Tom Bradley; the motion passed 13 ayes.
- Consent and procedural items: Multiple consent and ordinance items (items 3–14, 15–37 and others) were approved by roll call where noted on the docket.
- Reconsideration/continuances: Item 13 was reconsidered and set for further action as appropriate; one arts contract (item 13 on the supplemental) was continued one week at the request of the council member pending review.
- Closed-session items — outside counsel funding (items 38a, 38b, 41d): Council approved funding for outside counsel in several litigation matters: Item 38a (City of LA v. State Water Resources Control Board) — $2,366,447 appropriation transfer approved in closed session roll call (10 ayes); Item 38b (Santa Monica Baykeeper et al. v. City of LA) — $300,000 approved (10 ayes); Item 41d (Groberson v. City of LA) — $370,000 approved (9 ayes, 1 no).
Votes listed above are taken from the Oct. 23 meeting record and were the official roll-call outcomes announced in open session or upon return from closed session.
