Manteca council unanimously approves consent calendar at brief Dec. 17 special meeting

Manteca — The City Council met in a special session on Dec. 17, 2024, and approved the consent calendar by a unanimous 5-0 vote, the council record shows. The meeting included a roll call, a brief agenda review with no supplemental reports, and no substantive public comment.

Council members answered roll call when the city clerk called their names, including Councilmember Booker (the record contains multiple spellings of the first name), Councilmembers Lackey and Moriwick, Vice Chair Halford (referred to in the meeting as serving as vice mayor), and Chair Singh. The clerk noted there were no supplemental agenda reports and the presiding official asked for disclosures of ex parte communications; none were reported.

The city clerk reminded attendees the public comment period was limited to items listed on the agenda and that each speaker is allowed three minutes under Government Code section 54954.3(a). The presiding official then invited public comment via Zoom and in person; the clerk reported no hands on Zoom and no in-person speakers stepped forward.

The presiding official asked for a motion on the consent calendar. The motion to approve was made by a councilmember identified in the audio as a Booker and seconded by Vice Chair Halford. The presiding official called the vote and the motion passed, recorded in the minutes as “Motion carries 5 0.” The record does not tie each individual yes vote to a specific speaker utterance; the tally is listed as five in favor, zero opposed.

After the vote, a councilmember sought clarification about titles, noting that Halford was serving as vice mayor while holding the title of vice chair for the council at the meeting; the presiding official acknowledged the comment and moved to adjourn. The transcript ends shortly after the adjournment motion.