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City council approves consent calendar and routine items including library grant, AmendSure contract and PlaceWorks agreement
Summary
Council approved consent items including a Friends of the Orange Public Library $18,000 grant, a five‑year AmendSure workers' compensation third-party administration contract, an amendment to library closure days, an ordinance updating backyard chicken rules, and an agreement with PlaceWorks to prepare a specific plan and EIR for the Village at Orange mall site.
The council approved multiple consent and routine items in a single session. Highlights included:
- Friends of the Orange Public Library (FOPL) donated $18,000 for replacement public computers and laptops; staff noted $41,000 awarded to date in 2025. (presentation by Mary Galuska / Amy Harpster)
- Item 3.4: The council approved a five-year contract with AmendSure Incorporated for workers' compensation third‑party administration services. Council members discussed the contract length; staff explained state law requires a third‑party administrator for self-insured entities and a longer contract produced preferable rates. The motion to approve passed unanimously.
- Item 3.15 (Ordinance No. 825): Second reading and adoption of amendments to Title 17 (chicken coop setback and number allowances) following public comment; the ordinance was adopted unanimously.
- Item 3.19: Approval of proposed library closure days for fiscal year 2025–26; councilmembers requested future discussion about expanding branch hours as staffing permits. Adopted unanimously.
- Item 9.2: PlaceWorks was approved to prepare the Village at Orange specific plan and environmental impact report (agreement amount $1,191,690.16), to be fully funded by the mall ownership group with funds held in a designated account. The contract and associated staff presentations were approved unanimously.
Council recorded roll-call votes for consent items and noted pulled items (3.4, 3.9, 3.15, 3.19) were discussed separately; all non-pulled consent items passed as moved.
