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Council tabs procurement, approves network redundancy and housing policy changes in consent actions
Summary
During consent the council tabled an award for fire‑station garage doors to May 12, approved a VeloCloud hardware purchase for internet redundancy, and adopted updates to the tenant‑based rental assistance policy; roll‑call votes and motions were recorded.
The Orange City Council on April 28 handled a full consent calendar and several pulled items.
Key actions included tabling item 3.16 — an award of contract for replacement rolling doors at Fire Stations — for further staff review; the motion to table to May 12 passed with six yes votes and one abstention.
On item 3.21, the council approved the purchase of VeloCloud hardware to provide a second, diverse Internet carrier to back up the city’s Spectrum service and protect cloud‑hosted police and financial systems. Councilmember Gillinghammer questioned the need for redundancy but staff said outages ranging from 30 minutes to 12 hours have occurred; the motion passed 6–1 with one dissenting vote.
The council also approved updates to the Tenant‑Based Rental Assistance program (item 3.28) to broaden eligibility and outreach; staff said the program is limited to about 20–25 households at this time and would prioritize applicants through Continuum of Care partners while accepting other eligible applicants.
Other consent items were approved by roll call as noted in the meeting record.
