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Council approves grants, contracts and an elections ordinance first reading; Duggan recuses on Kaiser MOU
Summary
The Long Beach City Council on March 11 approved multiple contracts and grant agreements, including an amendment to the Waste Management recycling contract for up to $12,453,578 and agreements totaling several million dollars for homeless services and cannabis equity programs.
The Long Beach City Council on March 11 approved multiple consent items, grant agreements and contract amendments. Key actions taken include acceptance of state grant funding for the LA Riverbed encampment resolution program, approval of a recycling contract amendment with Waste Management, authorization of CalAIM and cannabis equity agreements, and ratification of a shuttle contract for people experiencing homelessness.
Items approved or advanced during the meeting included:
• Consent calendar, items 1–15: Approved as presented; item 10 was pulled for discussion (no public comment was offered on the consent block).
• Item 10 — Health and Human Services MOU with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Health Net Community Solutions (citywide): Council approved execution of documents necessary to implement an MOU; Councilmember Duggan recused from the item because his office has a contract with Kaiser. Motion carried.
• Item 20 (moved up on the agenda) — Amendment to Waste Management contract: Council authorized an amendment to continue recyclable collection services under the existing Waste Management contract for a revised annual contract amount not to exceed $12,453,578. Public Works deputy director Josh Hickman said the amendment follows a cost‑of‑service study by HF&H that validated contractor costs; a member of the public asked whether the change related to organics collection (it did not). Motion carried.
• Item 16 — GoBiz cannabis equity grant: Council adopted a resolution authorizing execution of documents to receive and expend $1,198,263 from GoBiz to support the cannabis equity program. Motion carried.
• Item 17 — Health and Human Services agreement with Health Net for CalAIM community support program: Council authorized a fee‑for‑service agreement with Health Net for up to $3,107,812. Motion carried.
• RMET item (ProPark shuttle contract) — Contract with ProPark for shuttle transportation services in response to homelessness and declared TB and homelessness emergencies: Council authorized contracts and purchase orders with ProPark for a revised amount not to exceed $851,170. Staff said the shuttle is used to transport people to vital appointments and to supplement in‑house capacity while the city develops internal transportation capability. Motion carried.
• Item 19 — Acceptance of $11,051,738 from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for the Encampment Resolution Funding Program (detailed in a separate presentation): Motion carried (see separate article on the LA Riverbed award).
• Item 21 — Ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to municipal elections: The council declared the ordinance read the first time and laid it over to the next regular meeting for final reading. No public comment was received on the ordinance; the first reading carried.
Several public commenters addressed homelessness, the Vagabond Inn shelter site and concerns about sweeps and program implementation; one speaker asked about motel voucher transitions. Council discussion on the listed items was generally brief, with staff available to answer questions on technical details and funding sources.
Where motions or roll‑call tallies were not read aloud in the transcript, the minutes reflect that motions were carried; the transcript records at least one recusal (Councilmember Duggan on the Kaiser MOU).
