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Votes at a glance — Goleta City Council (April 2025 meeting)
Summary
Summary of formal votes recorded at the meeting: consent calendar approved unanimously; user fees resolution adopted unanimously; council directed staff to study a transportation and circulation advisory body (unanimous).
The following formal actions and roll‑call votes were recorded during the meeting:
1) Consent calendar (items A1–A6 and B7) — motion to approve the consent calendar carried on a roll‑call vote recorded as unanimous (ayes: Council members Reyes Martin, Kiriakou, Smith; Mayor Pro Tem Kazdin; Mayor Perotti). Items included minutes; mayoral appointments to commissions; agreements for monarch habitat management plan; an amendment to a housing element implementation services agreement; an update to the community garden operation policy; and appointment of a new city attorney under the city’s contract with Best Best & Krieger LLP.
2) Public hearing and resolution — FY 2025–26 user fees and charges (Item C1) — motion to adopt a resolution rescinding Resolution 24‑23 and adopting the FY 2025–26 user fee schedule passed unanimously on a roll‑call vote (ayes: Reyes Martin; Kiriakou; Smith; Mayor Pro Tem Kazdin; Mayor Perotti). The resolution implements a staff‑recommended average CPI adjustment of 3.3% and several clarifications and fee description cleanups.
3) Direction to staff — Transportation and circulation standing committee (Item D1) — council voted unanimously to direct staff to study the feasibility, costs and structure of a transportation and circulation advisory body (council committee, citizen commission or hybrid) and to return with options and staff recommendation; staff estimated about 100 hours of initial work.
Formal votes were recorded by roll call in the meeting minutes; no recorded votes failed and no abstentions were recorded on these items.
