City staff told the council that Madison Hicks participated in a recent public drainage meeting and brought a measured, empathetic tone that staff found constructive. Staff recommended appointing her to the city's Drainage Advisory Committee to fill a vacancy created when a long‑serving member resigned.

Vice Mayor and other councilors spoke in favor of the appointment and one councilor made a motion to appoint Madison Hicks to the committee; the transcript shows the motion on the record and Hicks was present if councilors wished to speak to her. Staff noted the committee's role in receiving and recommending on private‑property stormwater funding requests under the Proposition 6 basin program.