Rules and Open Government Committee Meeting - June 3, 2026
Rules and Open Government Committee Meeting - June 3, 2026
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM with members Candelas and Cohen present; Duan joined later; Foley absent. A quorum was established. The committee reviewed upcoming agendas, approved agenda modifications, and handled consent items.
Consent Calendar
- The committee unanimously approved two consent items (4-0). No public comment.
Discussion Items
- Review of Agenda for Tuesday, June 9, 2026: The committee discussed the upcoming full council meeting agenda, including a 9:30 AM closed session and 1:30 PM regular session. Consent items spanned pages 5–7. Notable items: section 3.3 (Mayor's June Budget Message) and section 3.4 (Approval of Operating Capital Budgets), and section 6.1 (Security System Upgrade for the Regional Wastewater Facility). A motion was made and seconded to move item 6.1 to be heard after consent and before budget discussions. The motion included an ad sheet for item 3.3, which required a sunshine waiver (the rules committee can approve the waiver). The motion carried 4-0.
- Review of Agenda for Tuesday, June 16, 2026: The committee reviewed a second agenda with a 9:30 AM closed session and 1:30 PM regular session, plus recommended cancellation of the evening session. Consent items spanned pages 5–17. Items included: approval of budget action items (to be heard before consent), the annual appropriation ordinance (also before consent), terms and agreements with SJPDA, ABMEI, and ALP, compensation and benefit changes for unit 99 and other unrepresented employees, public hearings on the Alamrock/Santa Clara Street Business Improvement District, Downtown Business Improvement District, Japan Town Business District, and Alameda Business District, actions related to grant agreements for multiple interim housing sites, and one land use consent item. No public comment. The motion to adopt the agenda as presented carried 4-0.
Key Outcomes
- The committee approved the modified order of the June 9 agenda (moving item 6.1 after consent) and included the ad sheet for the budget message.
- The committee approved the June 16 agenda as presented.
- The consent calendar for the current meeting (June 3) was approved unanimously (4-0).
- The meeting adjourned at 2:05 PM.
No public comments were made during the meeting.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, it's two o'clock. So we're going to call today's meeting of rules and open government committee to order. Candelas. Here. Duan absent foley. Come absent and cohen. Here we have a quorum. Thank you. We will start today's meeting by reviewing the agenda for Tuesday, June 9th. It has a 9 30 closed session and 1 30 regular session. And consent starts on page 5. And continues on pages 6 and 7. Section 3.3. We have a mayor's June budget message. And 3.4 is the approval of operating capital budgets. And then in section 6.1 we have security system upgrade for the regional wastewater facility. Do we have any public comment? No public comment. Okay. Back to the committee. Chairman, I would ask if we can move up item 6.1 to before the uh deliberations on the budget and right after consent. That way we can hear that item first and then get into the budget uh discussions and not have to worry about um, you know, a keeping staff here longer than they need to, and b um so we can be uh fully focused on the budget and not have to come back. Come back to it. So go ahead and make a motion to move the agenda with that uh with that order. Definitely, and then there's also an ad sheet uh uh that uh for 3.3 on the item is there a reason why we need the ad sheet, uh Leland. Councilmember Candelas, uh the rules committee and council would need to approve a sunshine waiver since it was posted outside the the 10-day window, okay. So because it wasn't posted on Friday. Because it wasn't posted Friday, and it posted uh Monday, okay. Um it fell outside that window. So rules committee wouldn't need to actually rules committee is putting it forward the the waivers approved by rules or the full council, Kevin. Uh Kevin Fisher, assistant city attorney. The waivers approved by the rules committee. Okay, got it. Okay, that makes sense. All right. Well, so I'll I'll move uh with moving the item item 6.1 to right after consent as well as the uh ad sheet. Uh uh item. Second. Thank you, Vice Party. Okay, we have a motion and a second. I don't see any hands, so let's vote. All right. Oh, did that? Oh motion. Motion carries four zero now that council member Duan has joined us. Thank you, and we are on to um review of the agenda for Tuesday, June 16th. With a with a 9 30 closed session, 1 30 regular session and recommended cancellation of the evening session and consent starts on page five, and continues on pages six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen. We have uh the approval of budget action items that will be heard before consent, as well as item 3.4, the annual appropriation ordinance also to be heard before consent. Also in section three, we have the terms and agreement with SJPDA, we have we have AM the terms and agreement for with uh ABMEI and one for ALP, and then compensation and benefit changes for unit 99 and other unrepresented employees, section eight public hearing on the Alamrock Santa Clara Street Business Improvement District, public hearing on the downtown business improvement district, public hearing on Japan Town Business District, the Alameda Count um business district, and section eight five, actions related to grant agreements for multiple interim housing sites, and one item on land use consent. Any public comment?
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