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The council approves or turns down everything in this group with a single vote.
Conflict of Interest Codeofficials' money rules
The council was asked to say it plans to change the city's rules on which officials must report their money and property (its Conflict of Interest Code), have the city clerk tell the public about the proposed changes, and set October 7, 2026 as the night anyone can speak on it before the vote.
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Why State law requires the city to review these rules every two years, and a review found city job changes that should be added to the list of positions covered.
The council was asked to let the city manager buy water treatment chemicals from Bay Area Chemical Consortium (BACC) vendors for up to $370,000 in the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027.
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Why Buying through this regional group gets the city lower prices from competing bidders and lets the city manager keep water treatment running smoothly even when demand jumps or supplies are tight.
The agenda does not say which BACC vendors the city would buy from.
The council was asked to approve the list of checks the city wrote from August 7 through September 3.
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The agenda does not say what the checks were for.
Software and IT contracts
The council was asked to let the city manager keep the yearly software and service contracts with CDW Government Inc., Tyler Technologies Inc., Apex Technology Management LLC, and Cyber74 LLC, for up to $150,000 per vendor, per year.
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Why These four companies provide software and technical services the city relies on every day, and city rules require council approval because each contract costs more than $100,000 a year.
The council was asked to let the city manager order work from Vortex Aquatic Structures International for $204,011 to fix up the Rankin Pool Play Structure.
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Why The city received a $250,000 donation for the pool's play structure, and most of the 172 people surveyed preferred fixing up the existing structure rather than replacing it.
The council was asked to change the hours for the Hidden Valley Sport Courts to 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM, seven days a week, as the council asked on September 2, 2026.
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Why The council asked staff on September 2, 2026, to update these hours, while keeping the fine for breaking the rules and holding off on any change to the pickleball courts.
The council discusses each of these on its own, then votes on it.
Shared department costs
The council was asked to approve the City of Martinez accounting of what its shared services cost each department (its Cost Allocation Plan, or CAP) and let staff use it in building the budget, in following the rules of grants, and in setting fees for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027 and later budget years.
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Why The council asked for an updated way to share central department costs so the charges reflect how each department actually uses shared services and support better budget planning.
The council was asked to restate the city's priorities in the Four-Year Strategic Plan for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027 and note that its strategies are still being carried out, including ones carried forward from the budget year from July 2025 to June 2026.
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Why The plan guides the city's top priorities and its framework for the budget, capital projects, and operations, and the city has made steady progress on most of its strategies, some of which are multi-year.
Anyone can speak about each of these at the meeting before the council votes.
Pine Street plaza and parking
The council was asked to hear from anyone who wants to speak; give up the public's right to a section of Pine Street between Escobar Street and Main Street, keeping rights for utility lines; let the city manager sign an upkeep contract with Contra Costa County for the Pine Street Plaza Area; and let the manager or a person the manager picks work out a shared-use deal with the County for the Plaza and free parking at some County owned lots.
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Why Contra Costa County built a public plaza on this Pine Street section, closed to traffic except emergency vehicles since 2024, and asked the city to give up its rights there to make it official.
The agenda does not say which County owned parking lots would offer free public parking.