Council adopts consent calendar, confirms weed‑abatement assessments and approves minutes with amendment
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Summary
At its July 24 meeting the Newark City Council approved the consent calendar (including street maintenance and housing program agreements), confirmed the superintendent of streets’ weed‑abatement special assessments and approved minutes with one edit. Several routine contracts and resolutions passed without public debate.
The Newark City Council on July 24 approved the consent calendar and several routine actions, confirmed the Superintendent of Streets’ report on weed‑abatement special assessments and approved minutes with a requested edit.
Consent calendar: The consent calendar included approval of audited demands; adoption of memoranda of understanding with police labor groups; award of a contract to Villalobos & Associates, Inc. for curb, gutter and sidewalk replacement and the 2025 citywide accessibility ramps project; and adoption of a resolution awarding a contract to VSS International Inc. for the 2025 slurry‑seal project, among other routine items (the staff report listed project numbers CIPA10007 and CIPA10001 and referenced a budget amendment). Council approved the consent calendar as a single motion.
Weed abatement: The council held the third and final public hearing on annual weed abatement. Maintenance Supervisor Dan Santurello and Alameda County Fire Code Compliance Officer Adrian Frazier coordinated contractor work to clear 18 parcels. Assessments ranged from $387 to $2,907 (including a 20 percent administrative fee). After opening and closing the public hearing with no public objections, the council confirmed the Superintendent of Streets’ report and approved the proposed special assessments; the motion passed unanimously.
Minutes: Councilmembers approved the minutes of the June 26 meeting with an edit requested during the meeting: removal of a reference to the Newark Board of Education from those minutes; with that change the minutes were approved unanimously.
Other consent items flagged in staff remarks: City staff highlighted item D6 (the VSS International slurry seal contract) as a significantly increased public pavement‑maintenance expenditure tied to the council’s prior budget allocation for increased slurry sealing.
What this means: Contract awards and budget amendments included in the consent calendar proceed under standard contract and procurement procedures; projects such as the slurry seal contract and curb/gutter/sidewalk work are expected to move into procurement and construction phases under Public Works oversight.