The Elkgrove City Council convened a regular meeting, including joint sessions with the Finance Authority. Key activities included recognizing student art winners, discussing homeless governance models, approving bond issuances and permits, and addressing public concerns over community fees and immigration policies.
Let's see. Reconvening from our closed session, I have the following disclosure. By a four to zero vote with Councilmember Sewan absent, the City Council authorized and directed the City Attorney's Office to defend the cases of Hansra versus the City of Elkgrove police department as identified by the case number on the City Council meeting agenda. Now we will go ahead and adjourn our special meeting at 6.03 p.m. And at this time I would like to call to order the Elkgrove City Council regular meeting and the Elkgrove Finance Authority regular meeting. Concurrent agendas, Wednesday, September the 24th, 2025. The time is 6.03 p.m. Clerk. Thank you, Mayor. This meeting of the Elkgrove City Council is recorded with closed captioning. The recording will be cable cast on Metro Cable Channel 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast and Direct TV Uverse Cable Systems. The recording will also be video streamed at Metro14Live.gov. Tonight's meeting replays will be on Friday, September 26th at 1 p.m. and Monday, September 29th, also at 1 p.m. on Metro Channel 14. Once posted, the recordings of this and previous meetings can be viewed on demand at the 3Ws.gov or YouTube.com slash Metro Cable 14. For members of the participating audience who may have personal electronic devices, please place them on silent mode during the meeting or on mute when you are not speaking. The Elkgrove City Council welcomes, appreciates, and encourages participation in the city council meeting. City Council requests that you limit your presentation to three minutes per person so at all present will have time to participate. City Council reserves the right to reasonably limit the total time for public comment on any particular notice agenda item as it may deem necessary. Pursuant to resolution number 210-24. No individual speaker concerning public comment may address the city council for more than three minutes. If you wish to address the council during the meeting, please complete a blue speaker card, which can be found at the back of the chamber and provide it to assistant city clerk Brenda Haggard prior to consideration of the agenda item. With that, Mayor, I will be moving into our roll call. And for the roll call, I will start with Councilmember Spees. Present. Councilmember Brewer. Present. And Mayor Singh Allen. Here. Next up is our land acknowledgement. Assisting will be our vice mayor. Thank you, Madam Mayor. We honor, respect, and acknowledge Elkgrove's first inhabitants, the Plain Miwoks, who lived in sovereign caretakers of this land and these waterways since time memorial. We commemorate and advocate for their descendants, the Wilton Rancheria, the only federalized recognized tribe in Sacramento County who have endured because of their bravery, resilience, determination, their ancestors, tribal members, and leaders. All right. Next up is our Pledge of Allegiance. I would like to invite, let's see. Ms. Guzman, would you help lead us in the pledge this evening? Thank you. Under individual with liberty and justice for all. At this time, please join us for a brief moment of silence. Thank you. Next item is the approval of the agenda. Madam Mayor, I'd like to uh propose that we move item 10 immediately following the consent items. All right. We have a motion with that change. Can I get a second? I seconded.