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Bakersfield council confirms multiple appointments, approves consent calendar and adopts 2026 committee schedule
Summary
The council appointed Thomas Edmonds to the Fire Civil Services Commission, Florin Core to the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District and Jeffrey C. Chutty to the North of the River Recreation and Park District; it approved the consent calendar and the January–December 2026 council committee calendar.
During the meeting the Bakersfield City Council considered and approved several personnel and calendar items.
Appointments: The city clerk announced vote results for multiple appointment items. For item 6a the clerk said Thomas Edmonds received a majority (six votes) and Vice Mayor Bashir Tosh moved to appoint Edmonds to the Fire Civil Services Commission; the motion was approved with Councilmember Gonzalez absent. For item 6d the clerk reported Florin Core received a majority (six votes) and the vice mayor moved to appoint Florin Core to the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District; the motion passed with Councilmember Gonzalez absent. For item 6e the apparent winner (ballot) for the North of the River Recreation and Park District was Jeffrey C. Chutty with five votes; the vice mayor moved to appoint him and the motion was approved with Councilmember Gonzalez absent.
Keep Bakersfield Beautiful committee: Councilmember Arias noted a separate vacancy and referenced the Maddy Act’s timing restriction on filling vacancies. Arias nominated Manuel Ramirez as a regular Ward 1 appointee; the motion was approved with Councilmember Gonzalez absent and staff indicated remaining appointment timing will be handled at a future meeting.
Consent calendar and calendar approval: The council approved consent calendar items 7a through 7i with Councilmember Gonzalez absent. City Manager Clegg presented the council committee calendar for January–December 2026, explaining it largely repeats the 2025 pattern and avoids holidays and League of Cities events; Vice Mayor Bashir Tosh moved to approve the calendar and the motion passed with Councilmember Gonzalez absent.
Motions were made and recorded on the electronic ballots as described by the city clerk; the meeting transcript records vote counts for several contested ballots (6 votes, 5 votes) but does not provide individual roll-call vote names in the meeting narrative.
