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Bakersfield council approves consent calendar; vice mayor recuses and later abstains on separate item
Summary
Council approved consent calendar items including public hearings; Vice Mayor Gonzales recused from item 8(d) due to a campaign contribution under recent state law and later abstained when 8(d) was considered separately. Motions recorded as approved with noted absences/abstentions.
The Bakersfield City Council approved the evening’s consent calendar items and a series of public-hearing items during the Oct. 23 meeting.
The council moved to approve consent calendar items 7(a)–7(i) and subsequently opened the consent calendar public hearings 8(a)–8(d. Vice Mayor Gonzales asked that item 8(d) be removed for separate consideration and announced a recusal from that item, citing recently passed state campaign-finance legislation and a campaign contribution. Councilmember Smith moved to approve item 8(d) at its separate consideration, and the motion passed with Vice Mayor Gonzales abstaining and one councilmember absent (record cites Council Member Grama absent).
The official meeting record shows motions recorded as "approved" with absences and abstentions noted; the transcript does not provide a roll-call tally of individual yes/no votes for every agenda item beyond the recorded abstentions and absences. No ordinance adoptions or budget appropriations tied solely to these consent approvals were recorded at the meeting.
