Auburn City Council Meeting Summary - July 10, 2025

The Auburn City Council held a meeting on July 10, 2025. (Note: The agenda provided lists the date as July 14, 2025, creating a discrepancy with the provided date.) The meeting included a study session on the General Plan 2045 and a regular session with consent calendar items, a public hearing, and council business. No minutes or transcript were available to confirm actual proceedings; this summary is based solely on the agenda.

Study Session (5:00 PM)

• General Plan 2045 and Draft Land Use Map: The Council received a status report on the 2045 Auburn General Plan Update and provided feedback on the proposed Land Use Map. According to the agenda, this was a study session for discussion only; no formal action was taken.

Consent Calendar

• Minutes Approval: Approval of City Council minutes from May 12, June 2, June 9, and June 23, 2025.
• Approval of Warrants Paid: Approval of accounts payable warrants from April to June 2025.
• Youth Advisory Commission Appointments: Appointment of applicants for the 2025/26 school year.
• Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program: Authorization to accept $320,000 from the California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program.
• City Manager Employment Agreement: Approval of the First Amendment to City Manager Sean Rabé’s employment agreement, including a cost of living adjustment to base salary and an increase to the monthly cell phone allowance, effective July 14, 2025.

Public Hearing

• Short Term Rentals in Central Business District (C-2): Introduction and first reading of Ordinance 25-XXXX, amending the Auburn Municipal Code to allow short term rentals in the C-2 district and update consistency with the City's transient occupancy tax law.

Council Business

• Solid Waste Collection Rate Ceiling Increase: Authorization to amend the franchise agreement with Recology Auburn Placer to reflect a 2.96% cost of living adjustment for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and a 2.6% mandatory cost allocation pass-through from the West Placer Waste Management Authority for the disposal component, effective July 1, 2025.
• Fiscal Year 2025/26 Commission/Committee Workplan Requests: Approval of all City Commission and Committee workplan and fundraising requests for FY 2025/26.

Reports

• City Manager Report: The City Manager presented updates on relevant matters.
• Future Agenda Items: Council discussion and identification of topics requiring attention in upcoming meetings.
• City Council Committee Reports: Updates from council members on committee and commission meetings.

No public comments or testimony were listed on the agenda. Actual outcomes and discussions are not available due to missing minutes and transcript.