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Votes at a glance: Loomis council approves multiple consent items, investment consultant, job descriptions, professional-services limit and manager contract
Summary
The Loomis Town Council approved several consent items, authorized contracts and amended the town manager’s employment agreement in the meeting; multiple items passed with roll calls recorded in the public meeting record.
At the meeting the Loomis Town Council approved a number of consent and business items, including a contract with an investment consultant, staff job descriptions, an increase to a professional services authority and an amendment to the town manager’s employment agreement.
Consent and routine items: The council approved routine consent agenda items (items 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 9) by motion without recorded objection after a brief roll-call vote on the items not pulled for discussion. Items pulled for separate discussion—item 3 (treasurer’s report), item 7 (job descriptions and salary ranges for multiple positions) and item 8 (Drago Vantage contract amendment)—were addressed individually and approved where listed below.
Investment advisory consultant (Consent item 3): The council approved bringing on an investment consulting firm (named in the meeting as “Optimize”/Optimize Investment Partners) under a contract whose fee is 12 basis points (0.12%) of assets managed. Staff estimated that fee would cost the town about $15,000–$20,000 per year depending on the amount invested. The consultant will design a multi-year investment strategy and evaluate custodial and broker relationships to increase returns and reduce costs.
Job descriptions and salary ranges (Item 7): The council adopted a resolution approving job descriptions and salary ranges for community development director, engineer, town planner and administrative assistant positions. One speaker from the public commented on the need for a cultural change in how the town interacts with businesses; council members said some of the changes involved reclassification of positions rather than entirely new headcount.
Professional services contract increase (Item 8): The council authorized increasing the not-to-exceed amount for an on-call professional services contract (Drago Vantage LLC) from $100,000 to $200,000 to support grant application and related work for projects such as the I-80 interchange/revitalization corridor. Staff explained the on-call amount is a not-to-exceed cap; consultants are paid only for work performed on a task-by-task basis. A council member asked for clearer wording on “on-call” in future contracts.
Town manager employment amendment: Council approved a first amendment to the town manager employment agreement that included a 7% base salary increase effective 08/13/2025, alignment of cost-of-living increases with staff CPI adjustments, and an extension of severance compensation from six to nine months in certain separation scenarios. The change passed by roll call; the amended agreement will be signed by the mayor and attested by the town clerk.
League of California Cities voting delegate: The council appointed a voting delegate and alternate for the League of California Cities conference; Council Member Cortez was selected as the voting delegate and Council Member Youngblood the alternate.
How the council voted: Some items were approved on unanimous voice votes for the unpulled consent items, while pulled items were debated and approved by recorded roll calls. The resurfacing donation and other individually discussed items have vote tallies recorded in the meeting record; where the transcript extract did not provide full roll-call names, outcomes are reported as recorded.
