Votes at a glance: Seaside council approves boards/commissions code changes, council pay increase and other measures

The Seaside City Council recorded multiple formal actions during the May 1 meeting. Below are the key outcomes, the short descriptions the council considered, and the recorded vote tallies where provided.

Summary of votes and outcomes

- Consent agenda – approved (unanimous roll call). - Items included (reading): A) proclamation recognizing 05/23/2025 as National Poppy Day; B) fee waiver for Village Project Inc. to use the city mobile stage on 05/10/2025; C) three on‑call professional service agreements for architecture/structural engineering (three firms, $300,000 each); D) budget amendment of $200,000 in Measure X funds for the citywide CDBG ADA curb ramp project (total construction budget not to exceed $540,000). Motion and second were recorded; council approved by roll call vote.

- Ordinance (second reading) — amendments to Title 2 (boards and commissions) — adopted (unanimous roll call). - Summary: modernizes language, governance, FPPC alignment, volunteer handbooks and implementation procedures. Staff will codify the changes 30 days after adoption and issue new commission handbooks.

- Ordinance (second reading) — amendment to council compensation language — adopted (vote recorded as 4–1). - Summary: the ordinance implements changes permitted under state law to increase the mayor’s and councilmembers’ compensation. The item passed on second reading by roll call (tally reported by the clerk as 4–1). The public record…