(Second Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance (Budget Amendment #1)
Official Roll-Call Vote
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
(Second Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance (Budget Amendment #1) amending the City’s approved budget for FY 2025-2026 by increasing total appropriations in an amount not to exceed $100,000 from the City's Water Utility Fund balance and the City's Wastewater Utilities Fund balance for legal services related to PUC Docket No. 58988, pursuant to the City Council’s May 19, 2026 approval of an amendment to the engagement letter with Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. City Council voted 5-0 to approve on first reading on 6/2/2026. Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Task Order (Item Presenter: Mike Trimble, Director of Transportation & Public Works) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Resolution Exhibit 4 - Purchase Agreement (Item Presenter: Mike Trimble, Director of Transportation & Public Works) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Task Order (Item Presenter: Ravali Kosaraju, PE, AICP, PTOE, Assistant Director of Traffic & Transportation Management) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Ordinance (Item Presenter: Holly Holt-Torres, Assistant Director of Finance) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Ordinance - Budget Amendment #1 Exhibit 4 - Reference - Item 20 - 05.19.2026 Exhibit 5 - Agenda - May 19, 2026 2
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).