The council voted to accept the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the budget year ended June 30, 2025, and approve keeping the one-time surplus from the budget year from July 2024 to June 2025 set aside for near-term operating needs, as written, including staff's additional edits.
Yes
Zorn, Young, Malhi, McKillop
Absent
Howard
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Why State and federal law requires the city to have its financial statements audited each year, producing the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, an important tool for evaluating the city's financial condition.
Proposed Accept the city's yearly audited money report for the budget year that ended June 30, 2025; and keep the one-time money left over from running the city in the budget year from July 2024 to June 2025 in the part of the city's main account for day-to-day services that is not yet set aside, to cover operating needs in the near term.
The council voted to approve the proposed Measure D plan for keeping city pavement in repair over five years, starting with the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027.
Yes
Zorn, Young, Malhi, McKillop
Absent
Howard
Context
Why Measure D, approved by 72% of Martinez voters in 2016, funds road projects, and city policy calls for the council to approve a paving project list funded by it each year.
The agenda does not say which streets the plan would pave.
The council voted to skip reading it aloud and take the final vote on a city law that rewrites the city's rules on carryout bags (Chapter 8.23) in full and renames that chapter "Carryout and Pre-Checkout Bags".
Yes
Zorn, Young, Malhi, McKillop
Absent
Howard
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Why State law now bans single-use plastic pre-checkout bags and requires stores to charge at least 10 cents for other bags, and the city is updating its rules to match those state changes.
The council voted to approve the plans and drawings for the Zone 4 Paving Project No. C1083, from the budget year running July 2025 to June 2026, and let staff advertise it for bids.
Context
Why The city needs to rehabilitate and resurface Zone 4 pavement, repair base failures, and add curb ramps that meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements before advertising for a construction contract.
The council voted to accept the Escobar Parking Lot #4 Pavement Improvement Project No. C8508 as complete, as the contract papers describe, and have the city clerk file the paper recording that the work is finished.
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Why This project supports the city's goal of keeping downtown safe, clean, and active for an enjoyable, welcoming experience for everyone.
The council voted to sign on to the rewritten agreement that runs the Municipal Pooling Authority, the group of public agencies that together cover property, workers' compensation, public liability and other insurance.
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Why Pooling funds with other cities in the Municipal Pooling Authority spreads out the cost and risk of insurance claims among all 21 members, which keeps insurance costs down for Martinez.
The agenda does not say what changed in the rewritten agreement.
The council was asked to hear the city's three-month report on how its money is invested, for the period ended December 31, 2025.
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Why The report shows the city's investment portfolio follows its Investment Policy's priorities: protecting the principal, ensuring sufficient cash flow, and achieving a reasonable rate of return.
The agenda does not say which months the three-month report covers, only that it ends December 31, 2025.
The council was asked to hear a report, talk it over and tell city staff how to go on with possible changes to the city's own laws that would set new rules and change existing ones for group homes and residential care facilities.
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Why State law requires cities to look at rules that make it harder to build or improve housing for people with disabilities, so the city is reviewing its rules for group homes and residential care facilities.