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Votes at a glance: Palm Desert council approves consent calendar, policy and contracts 4-0
Summary
At its Dec. 12 meeting the council approved several motions by unanimous vote including election certification, leadership appointments, consent calendar items, a resolution opposing proposed state transportation policies, the iHub rebrand, an HOA-notification policy, a Dinah Shore Drive corridor contract award and a TEFRA hearing resolution.
The Palm Desert City Council recorded a series of unanimous actions during its Dec. 12 meeting. Key votes and outcomes included:
- Certification of November election results: motion passed 4 to 0. - Appointment of Jan Harnick as mayor and Evan Truby as mayor pro tem for one-year terms: motion passed 4 to 0. - Approval of the consent calendar (with items 13j and 13x pulled for discussion): motion passed 4 to 0. - Ratification of a mayor's letter opposing proposed state transportation policies (item 13j): motion passed 4 to 0. - Approval to rebrand the Palm Desert iHub to the Entrepreneurial Resource Center (item 14a): motion passed 4 to 0. - Adoption of a policy (DS-001) to notify homeowner associations as part of the building permit process (item 14b): motion passed 4 to 0. - Award of a contract to Crosstown Electrical and Data Inc. for the Dinah Shore Drive Corridor project, MST00001 (item 14c): motion passed 4 to 0. - Approval of the TEFRA public hearing resolution authorizing the required notice related to proposed tax-exempt bonds supporting improvements to the Hazleton Betty Ford Foundation: motion passed 4 to 0. Staff emphasized the action is procedural and does not obligate the city financially.
All motions noted passed unanimously in the meeting record; recorded roll-call confirmations appear in the transcript and show four affirmative votes and the mayor absent due to illness on these items.
