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Votes at a glance: Madera council approves ordinance introduction, contracts and program MOUs
Summary
Council unanimously approved several items: introduction of a council salary ordinance, consent calendar, a domestic well mitigation MOU, a one‑year extension for on‑call engineering services (with increased firm caps), and a construction contract award for James Talbot Park.
Several formal actions recorded during the meeting were approved unanimously by the council:
- Agenda amendment: Council approved moving item E4 to follow A1 prior to the consent calendar (motion passed unanimously).
- Ordinance A1 (introduction): Council waived further reading and introduced an ordinance to adjust council member compensation (Madera Municipal Code §2‑1.05; Cal. Govt. Code §36516 as amended by SB 329). Any adopted changes would take effect after the November 2026 election.
- Consent calendar: Routine consent items were approved in a single motion; City Manager Rodriguez recused himself from item B15 (Madera Unified School District fee waiver) due to a familial connection noted on the record.
- D1: Council approved a memorandum of understanding for the domestic well mitigation program between the city, Madera Irrigation District and Madera Water District (staff reported only formatting/typo revisions in the revised MOU).
- D2: Council adopted a resolution approving a one‑year extension of on‑call professional engineering services agreements and recommended increasing the per‑firm maximum annual compensation from $300,000 to $400,000; staff listed nine firms included in the extension.
- D3: Council awarded the James Talbot Park construction contract to Taylor Backhoe Services and approved related budget amendments to cover an estimated funding shortfall with development impact fees.
All of the above motions were recorded as passing unanimously in the meeting transcript.
