Council approves consent calendar except for pulled energy-storage item; Ball recuses from school SRO contract

At its Aug. 19 meeting the Lompoc City Council approved most consent calendar items and recorded a recusal on a school resource officer contract.

What the council approved Council approved the minutes for May 20, 2025 and ratified payroll and voucher registers for July with amounts read into the record (transcript quotes): "Payroll, July 18, 2,100,000.0," "voucher register July, 3,200,000.0," and additional voucher entries cited in the meeting packet. Staff noted the city made a large annual payment for a wastewater plant bond; the State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan payment was described in the discussion as roughly $4,600,000.

Specific consent items recorded in the packet and approved (except where noted): - Approval of minutes (05/20/2025). - Ratification of payroll and voucher registers (amounts read into the record). - Item 3: Approval of an independent contractor service agreement with Lompoc Unified School District for a School Resource Officer (SRO) program — Council member Ball recused from this item because of prior work with the school district; Ball remained on the dais and abstained from the item as a precaution. - Item 4: Adoption of Resolution 6769-25 (energy storage service agreement with Trolley Pass Project LLC) — pulled from consent by council for separate discussion. - Item 5: Annual compliance report pursuant to subrecipient financial monitoring policy (report period 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025) — approved. - Item 6: Adoption of Resolution 6770-25 approving the revised and updated Sewer System Management Plan as prescribed by the State Water Resources Control Board, Order No. 2022-0103-DWQ — approved; staff represented that the revisions were minor and the city was not in violation.

Vote tally and recusals The consent calendar (less item 4) passed 5-0 with Council member Ball recusing himself from item 3. The mayor read the record: "it passes 5 0 with council member Ball recusing himself item number 3." Ball stated he had received income from the Long Poke Unified School District in the past 12 months and recused as a precaution.

Ending No public comment was made on the sewer‑plan item and staff confirmed the city is in compliance with the cited State Water Resources Control Board order. Item 4 (the energy-storage agreement) was pulled for separate discussion.