The Torrance City Council approved a number of routine and substantive items on the consent calendar during its Nov. meeting, adopting retirement resolutions, passing an ordinance to align local code with the California Fire Code and accepting a staff audit of the city treasurer's operations.

The council adopted Resolution No. 2025-66 honoring Carolyn Chun for 35 years of service and Resolution No. 2025-67 honoring Police Officer Joshua James Burden for 23 years of service. Both memorial proclamations were adopted without recorded roll-call objections; the clerk announced each motion “carries with council member Kaji and mayor Chen absent.”

On the consent calendar the council adopted Ordinance No. 3960, described by the deputy city clerk as “an ordinance of the city council of the city of Torrance, California amending sections of the Torrance municipal code relating to the California Fire Code,” and Resolution No. 2025-68 amending Resolution 2008-52 section 7. The ordinance and resolution were approved as part of the consent calendar vote.

Separately, Council approved agenda item 8f (the Torrance Connect microtransit pilot continuation) after a brief staff update and questions about service-area expansion; staff told the council it would return with a renewal item before the pilot end date in early December. The motion to approve item 8f carried with the same absences noted on the consent vote.

The council accepted and filed the operational audit of the city treasurer’s office. City Treasurer Tim Goodrich summarized the audit by BDO, noting improvements in departmental collaboration and a formalized investment policy while identifying recommendations to strengthen internal controls, improve cash-flow forecasting, and tighten user access procedures. Staff recommended completing the cash-flow and user-access improvements within six months and broader treasurer oversight improvements in six to 12 months; the council voted to accept and file the report.

Council also continued a public hearing on proposed amendments regulating tarps, canopies and pop-up structures on private property to the Dec. 2 meeting so that a full council could be present.

Actions recorded at the meeting included adopting the listed resolutions and ordinance, approving item 8f to continue the Torrance Connect pilot, acceptance and filing of the treasurer audit, and continuing the tarps/canopies hearing to Dec. 2.