Rules and Open Government Committee Meeting - June 3, 2026
Discussion Breakdown
Summary
Rules and Open Government Committee Meeting - June 3, 2026
The Rules and Open Government Committee met on June 3, 2026, at 2:00 PM. The committee reviewed upcoming agendas for June 9 and June 16, approved a consent calendar, and handled procedural motions. Members present: Candelas, Cohen, and later Duan (Foley absent). The meeting adjourned at 2:05 PM.
Consent Calendar
- The committee approved the consent calendar (two items) via motion from Councilmember Candelas and second from Vice Party. The motion carried 4-0.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comment was offered at any point during the meeting.
Discussion Items
- Reorganization of June 9 Agenda: Councilmemeber Candelas moved to move Item 6.1 (Security System Upgrade for Regional Wastewater Facility) to immediately after consent and before budget deliberations Believe the rationale was to allow staff to leave earlier and focus on the budget without interruption. The motion also included an ad sheet for Item 3.3 (Mayor's June Budget Message) requiring a sunshine waiver because it was posted outside the 10-day window. Assistant City Attorney Kevin Fisher confirmed the waiver is approved by the Rules Committee. The motion carried 4-0.
- Review of June 16 Agenda: The committee reviewed the June 16 agenda, noting consent items, budget action items, the annual appropriation ordinance, terms and agreements with SJPDA, ABMEI, and ALP, compensation changes, public hearings for multiple Business Improvement Districts, grant agreements for interim housing sites, and one land use consent item. No public comment was received. The agenda was approved via motion, carrying 4-0.
Key Outcomes
- The June 9, 2026 agenda was reordered to place Item 6.1 after consent.
- The ad sheet for Item 3.3 (Mayor's June Budget Message) was accepted, with the understanding that the sunshine waiver is granted by the Rules Committee.
- The June 16, 2026 agenda (including the recommended cancellation of the evening session) was approved.
- The consent calendar for the June 3 meeting was approved.
- No public comments were heard. Meeting adjourned at 2:05 PM.
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?