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Rancho Cordova council unanimously approves consent items as leaders highlight Amazon hiring and Sutter Health investment
Summary
The Rancho Cordova City Council approved two consent sets, heard council reports on local development and workforce efforts including an Amazon hiring commitment and a $2.2 million Sutter Health training investment, and received a closed‑session report later in the meeting.
A motion to approve the consent calendar passed unanimously as council members also used their reports to tout recent local economic development and workforce partnerships.
Vice Mayor Linda Budge moved approval of consent calendar items 9.1 through 9.4; after a second, the council conducted a roll call and recorded affirmative votes from Council members Pulapati, Little, Sander, Vice Mayor Budge and Mayor Gatewood. The clerk announced the motion passed.
The vote on consent public‑hearing items 10.1 and 10.2 followed; the record shows the items had one emailed public comment from Bill and Ellen Land (distributed and posted), and the council again approved the items by roll call.
The approvals concluded the formal business portion of the agenda. The consent items were introduced as routine, noncontroversial matters that staff had recommended for streamlined approval.
Beyond votes, council members spent substantial time reporting local initiatives. Mayor Gatewood described outreach with prospective employers and business recruitment efforts, saying Amazon plans to add “300 more jobs” in Rancho Cordova and that the city had identified roughly 20 potential business partners from recent outreach. The mayor also told the council that a prospective company had discussed a possible $50 million investment if it chooses a regional site.
Vice Mayor Linda Budge highlighted local projects including the groundbreaking for Mather Veterans Village Phase 4 and a ribbon‑cutting with Sutter Health at Folsom Lake College. Budge said Sutter Health invested about $2,200,000 in new nursing training equipment at the college.
The council closed the meeting with an adjournment in memory of Lois Marie Sanders, and staff later reported out summary information from a closed session (see separate article).
