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Carlsbad council approves consent calendar, hears public objections to HDR contract and receives sinkhole detection pitch

Carlsbad City Council · February 10, 2026
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Council approved consent calendar items 1–6 (including a $253,000 agreement with HDR Engineering) unanimously; a public commenter urged the council to table the HDR contract and expand the scope for balanced audits, while another speaker proposed a ground-penetrating-radar sinkhole-detection technology and offered a pro-bono demonstration.

The Carlsbad City Council unanimously approved the consent calendar (items 1–6) at its Feb. 10 meeting. Items included a proposed $253,000 agreement with HDR Engineering for Utilities Financial Services (consent item 3) and an item on which a public speaker proposed sinkhole-detection technology (consent item 4).

Public commenter Mike Barillo opposed the HDR Engineering…

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