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Votes at a glance: several ordinances, resolutions and appointments adopted May 24
Summary
The Board approved a range of consent and non-controversial items including consent calendar items, leases, bond/reimbursement resolutions, licenses, appointments and routine first-read ordinances; itemized outcomes and key details are listed.
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The Board of Supervisors took a single-roll call on a set of mostly noncontroversial items and approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and appointments on May 24. Below are key items, their outcomes and the vote tallies where recorded on the floor.
- Items 1–4 (consent calendar): Approved unanimously (11–0). - Item 5 (administrative code amendment on best-value public-works procurement and contractor performance evaluations): Finally passed (roll call recorded; Supervisor Avalos in the dissent in a separate entry earlier in the meeting when the item was announced). Transcribed vote: ordinance finally passed. - Items 7 and 8 (resolutions approving two ATM leases with Bank of America at airport terminals): Adopted (8 ayes, 3 noes; Supervisors Avalos, Kim and Peskin recorded in the dissent on those resolutions when noted in roll call). - Items 10–14 (resolutions declaring intent to reimburse expenditures from future multifamily housing revenue bonds for various projects; amounts cited on the floor): Adopted unanimously (11–0). - Items 16–17 (historic landmark designation for 35–45 Onondaga Avenue; health-code amendment for cross connection/backflow prevention): Passed unanimously on first reading (same-house, same-call recorded without objection). - Items 18–20 (resolutions authorizing specific alcoholic beverage licenses and urging ABC to condition them): Adopted unanimously (11–0). - Item 21 (resolution urging Governor to declare a state of emergency on homelessness): Adopted (9 ayes, 2 noes; Supervisors Yi and Tang in the dissent). - Item 22 (ordinance exempting CSU Fresno Foundation from the nonprofit public access ordinance): Passed on first reading unanimously (11–0). - Item 23 (motions to reappoint/appoint members to the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare): Approved unanimously. - Item 29 (final procedural roll calls associated with the delinquent transfer tax hearing): Roll call and committee procedural vote recorded; clerk recorded 11 ayes while confirming hearing action and referral to the Controller/Tax Collector.
Ending: Several high-profile, substantive measures were discussed separately (see other articles on the budget ordinance, sanctuary-city amendment, gun-storage ordinance, and delinquent-transfer-tax hearing). The board approved routine bond-resolution financings, leases, licensing items and appointments by recorded votes or unanimous consent.
