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Bakersfield Planning Commission approves consent calendar items, records absences

City of Bakersfield Planning Commission · March 12, 2026
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Summary

The commission approved consent calendar item 4a and adopted staff recommendations on consent public hearing items in single motions; Chair Strickland and other commissioners were noted absent from votes.

The City of Bakersfield Planning Commission approved routine consent items during its March 5 meeting, adopting staff recommendations by unanimous voice vote among members present.

A motion to approve consent calendar item 4a was moved by Commissioner Keator and seconded by Commissioner Cora; the motion passed with Chair Strickland and Commissioner Neal recorded as absent. Later, staff’s recommendation on consent public-hearing items that were not removed was moved and seconded and passed; the meeting record lists Chair Strickland and Commissioner Veil as absent for that vote.

Commissioners and staff followed standard consent procedures: items not removed for separate discussion were enacted in a single motion without further comment. The record does not list individual yea/nay tallies for each commissioner on these motions.

The meeting adjourned at 5:37 p.m.