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Taft council approves consent calendar, including $71,000 in payments and car show street closures; moves to closed session on litigation and property
Summary
The Taft City Council approved consent calendar items 9–13 on a 5–0 vote, including payment of approximately $71,000 in bills, cancellation of an April meeting, and a resolution authorizing street closures for the 2025 Chamber of Commerce car show. The council then announced three closed-session items involving litigation and real property.
The City of Taft city council approved its consent calendar (items 9–13) on a 5–0 roll-call vote, adopting minutes, authorizing payments and routine reports, canceling an upcoming meeting for lack of quorum, and approving street closures for the 2025 Chamber of Commerce car show.
The consent calendar consisted of: - Item 9: Minutes from the March 18, 2025 meeting (recommendation: approve). - Item 10: Payment of bills, listed in the agenda as about $71,000 (recommendation: approve payment of bills). - Item 11: Monthly report from Kern County Fire Station No. 21 for February 2025 (recommendation: receive and file). - Item 12: Cancellation of the April 15, 2025 city council meeting due to lack of a quorum (recommendation: approve cancellation; CEQA: not a project per guidelines cited). - Item 13: Resolution authorizing street closures for the 2025 Chamber of Commerce car show; staff recommended the council find the activity is not a project under CEQA (agenda cites CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378).
Councilmember Krier, Mayor Pro Tem Bryant, Councilmember Waldrop, Councilmember Chavera and Mayor Noren each voted "yes" on the motion and second to approve the consent calendar. The clerk recorded the motion as "Motion. Second." and then the roll call: Krier — Yes; Mayor Pro Tem Bryant — Yes; Waldrop — Yes; Chavera — Yes; Mayor Noren — Yes. The motion carried 5–0.
After approving the consent calendar, the council recessed the public portion and announced three closed-session items: (A) conference with legal counsel — anticipated litigation, one undisclosed case (Government Code section 54956.9(b) as read on the record); (B) conference with legal counsel — existing litigation: Taft Union High School v. City of Taft (Government Code section 54956.9(a) as read on the record); and (C) conference with real property negotiator Craig Jones, city manager (government code reference read on the record). Council members recessed to closed session after the public meeting closed.
