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Council approves consent calendar; City Hall coffee kiosk and limited food purchases cleared
Summary
The City Council approved the consent calendar, which included authorization for a City Hall coffee kiosk and a staff request to permit up to $4,500 per week for purchasing prepackaged food for resale at City Hall; staff said the program is intended to be budget neutral.
The Redding City Council approved the consent calendar, which included an item to support reopening a coffee kiosk in City Hall and to authorize limited purchases of prepackaged food for resale.
A council member asked for clarification on an item that would allow up to $4,500 per week to purchase food items for prepackaging and resale at City Hall. City staff explained the $4,500 figure is not for coffee itself but would authorize the purchase of prepackaged food items (breakfast burritos, sandwiches, etc.) for sale inside the building. Staff said the kiosk would be operated by a recreation employee and that the intent is for the operation to be budget neutral: the employee’s salary or hourly wage would be covered by sales, and orders would be conservative at first to avoid overstock.
Council members discussed monitoring demand and building consistency in offerings if the program continued. The council then voted to approve the consent calendar; a roll-call vote was conducted because one council member was participating remotely. The motion to approve the consent calendar passed by voice and roll-call; the consent vote was recorded as in the affirmative by the council members present.
No members asked to pull items from the consent calendar for separate discussion during the meeting. The transcript does not record subsequent changes to the kiosk plan or a specific contract award for an outside vendor.
