Cupertino council adopts amended procedures manual, accepts Moss Adams policy inventory work and confirms two new strategic goals

The Cupertino City Council voted to adopt changes to its council procedures manual, accepted the results of an internal policy inventory and gap analysis prepared with Moss Adams, and confirmed new strategic goals for environmental sustainability and fiscal strategy.

Procedures manual vote: Councilmember Moore moved adoption of a resolution to reaffirm amendments to the city’s council procedures manual (recorded in the meeting as “resolution number 25-021, reaffirming amendments to the Cupertino City Council Procedures Manual”). The motion carried; the meeting transcript records dissenting votes recorded in the minutes. The council discussion leading up to the vote included debate about council members’ ability to make public-records-act (PRA) requests, the operational burden of PRAs on staff, and the need to preserve members’ rights to access public records. One member asked that the record clarify that PRAs remain available to council members, arguing for parity with other public agencies; another member pressed staff on…