The Taft City Council unanimously approved its consent calendar for Dec. 2, 2025, adopting routine items including minutes, payment of bills, a grant application and the introduction of an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code.

The consent package (items 7–13) included approval of the Nov. 18 meeting minutes and payment of approximately $395,000 in bills; receipt and filing of the October 2025 Kern County Fire Station 21 report; authorization to apply to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Public Benefit Grants Program for the alternative-fuel vehicle purchase grant; cancellation of the Jan. 6, 2026, council meeting; a 25% allocation of the city's transit-occupancy tax to the Taft Chamber of Commerce for April'June 2025; and introduction of an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code and incorporate CAL FIRE hazard maps with exceptions and edits.

Council member Scribe moved to approve the consent calendar and Councilman Chavera seconded. The clerk conducted a roll call; all members recorded "yes," and Mayor North announced, "That passes." The motion carried unanimously.

Several agenda items included required environmental determinations. Staff recommended finding the matters exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under cited CEQA guideline sections for routine administrative actions and code adoption.

The council then recessed the public portion of the meeting and prepared to enter closed session on separate items.

Notes: The grant application for purchase of alternative-fuel vehicles will require staff execution of application documents if later authorized; the introduced ordinance (item 13) set a public hearing date of Dec. 16, 2025, for final consideration.