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Parlier City Council approves speed bumps, SB 1 road list and abolishes elected treasurer
Summary
Parlier City Council on June 25 approved installation of speed bumps on Beulah Avenue, adopted an SB 1-funded road-rehab list totaling $786,431, approved a park use for a church event, and passed an ordinance formally abolishing the elected treasurer post; each vote was 4–0 with one absence.
Parlier City Council on Tuesday approved multiple measures aimed at traffic safety and road repairs and moved to formalize a longstanding administrative change.
The council voted 4–0, with one member absent, to approve a one-day park use for a church event, adopt Resolution No. 2024‑26 to install speed bumps on Beulah Avenue between Mendocino and Whitner, adopt Resolution No. 2024‑31 listing SB 1 road-rehabilitation projects for fiscal year 2024–25, and pass an ordinance abolishing the elected office of city treasurer.
Council members and staff said the speed-bump proposal followed a resident petition that met the city’s requirements. “The resident has met the requirements outlined in the City of Parlier speed bump policy, which includes acquiring 75% of resident signatures on that block,” said the presenting staff member (identified in the transcript as “Chief”), explaining the petition and the safety rationale. The staff report estimated the installation cost at $1,500 to be paid from Measure C funds; a councilmember questioned that figure, saying they had heard some speed-bump installations can cost much more.
The council also approved a list of streets to be rehabilitated using SB 1 (the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017) funds. Staff read a list of projects that together are expected to rehabilitate roughly 3.31 miles of road and said the fiscal impact for the listed projects is $786,431 to be paid from SB 1 allocations. The mayor (name not specified) stressed the timing: “If we wouldn’t have done that, we would have lost $700,000,” and urged swift adoption to preserve the funding stream.
On governance, a staff member identified as Neil explained that the ordinance to abolish the elected treasurer would formalize duties that were transferred decades earlier to the finance director and to the county tax collector; the council adopted the ordinance by roll call.
All formal motions recorded in the meeting passed unanimously among present members (4 yes, 0 no) with one councilmember absent for the votes. The council continued a scheduled closed-session item to a special meeting the next day at 5:30 p.m. and adjourned.
The meeting record shows the principal next steps are installation planning for the approved speed bumps, implementation of the SB 1 project list by city staff and contractors, and the formalization of the abolished treasurer’s duties under the adopted ordinance. No public comments were recorded in opposition to the votes taken during this special meeting.
