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Council reappoints three members to Measure V residents oversight committee
Summary
After interviews of three applicants, the council reappointed two candidates to three‑year Measure V oversight terms and one candidate to a two‑year term; staff said recruitment produced five applications with two later withdrawn.
The Tracy City Council on a unanimous roll‑call vote reappointed three residents to the Measure V Residents Oversight Committee after holding three interviews in open session.
Deputy City Clerk Nessie Lopez told the council the Measure V recruitment ran Jan. 26–Feb. 27, 2026 and initially yielded five applications; two applicants withdrew before interviews, leaving three candidates. Lopez said one of the seats is a two‑year term (beginning April 1 and ending 02/28/2028) and the others are three‑year terms (ending 02/28/2029). Staff verified residency and redacted personal information; staff also recommended council use the previously approved interview questions and timing.
Council interviewed the three applicants in public. One applicant identified in the transcript as Rosario said he was an incumbent Measure V commissioner, described involvement with the local nonprofit Tracy Reach and listed the Measure V projects he said he supported (legacy field, ongoing multi‑generation projects and a planned aquatic center he said was targeted for 2028). Mr. Fernando described prior Measure B experience and said his institutional knowledge would help the oversight body. Balaji Ramakrishnan described nonprofit and community‑engagement work and said the committee should ensure transparency and auditable tracking of Measure V funds.
After brief council comments thanking applicants, the mayor moved to support the council’s recommendations: the motion named the applicants as recorded in the transcript ("mister Arulipan," "mister Fernando" and "mister Ramakrishnan") and specified the terms. Roll call votes were recorded as affirmative and council congratulated the appointees.
Staff recorded no fiscal impact for the appointments and said the mayor will nominate candidates for formal council approval as required by the appointment process under Resolution 2024‑042.
