City Council - Regular Meeting

Stacy, can you hear me?

Hello?

Can you hear me?

Thank you.

Bonsoir à tous, j'ouvre cette belle réunion, cette réunion spéciale du Conseil municipal de Madera ce jeudi 20 août 2026 à 18h. Secrétaire municipal Gonzales, les réunions du Conseil sont ouvertes au public. La réunion peut également être suivie et consultée à distance en sélectionnant le lien figurant sur l'ordre du jour. Le public peut soumettre des commentaires sur les points à l'ordre du jour en personne via Zoom ou par téléphone au 669 906 033. En utilisant l'identifiant de réunion 850 255. or by email to citycouncilpubliccomment.com. To comment by phone, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to reactivate your microphone when you are called. The written comments can also be sent by mail by mail to 205 West 4th Street, Madera, California 433. A recording of the meeting will be published on the YouTube channel of the city after the closing of the session. We also remind the public that Wordly is available for translation services.

Thank you for that.

Nominal call, please. Mayor Gayos. Mayor-Adjoint Zacharia. Councilor Rodriguez.

Present.

Councilor Montes, absent. Councilor Evans. Councilor Maya. Present. And Councilor Villegas.

Not present.

I will propose to approve the order of the day if my colleagues have a motion, a second or comments.

Motion to approve such a rule.

J'ai une motion et un appui. Tous ceux qui sont pour, dites-leur pour. Ceux qui sont contre, la motion est adoptée. Passons au point A1. Secrétaire municipale Gonzales. Un commentaire du public. Les membres du public ont l'opportunité de s'adresser au Conseil municipal concernant les points de cet ordre du jour. Ils doivent limiter leur commentaire à trois minutes. Passons au point A1. Examen d'une action conformément à la section DIM 229 du Code électoral pour les districts 1, 3 et 5.

Je ne suis pas sûr que vous puissiez m'entendre, Madame le maire. C'est Martin Kosanovic, remplaçant Shannon en tant que conseiller juridique spécial. M'entendez-vous ?

Merci d'être là ce soir.

It's a pleasure. Thank you for having me as a guest. I think that, according to the proposed action, I would recommend that the two municipal councillors, depending on who withdraws, subject to the nomination, withdraw from deliberations on this action and let those who are not concerned by this nomination make the decision.

Municipal Secretary Gonzales.

Good evening, Madam Mayor and the Council. Alicia González, Municipal Secretary. Consider that tonight we have a point for you. It is to examine a measure in accordance with Section 10.229 of the Electoral Code for Districts 1, 3 and 5. To summarize, the nomination period for the consolidated election of November 3, 2026, took place at the end of last Friday, August 12. The candidates named are, for District 1, Roy Zakaria, for District 3, Steve Montes, and for District 5, Alvina Miguel-Léon. According to the California Electoral Code, when there are only one or more candidates for a post-election, the council can nominate the candidate or maintain the election on November 3 as planned. However, if the person named is invested in these functions, the candidate will take these functions and will exercise as if he had been elected. The cost of the election for this year would be estimated at $ 86,500. This amount is already included in the budget for 2026-2027. And if the election did not take place, this cost could represent a potential economy for the city. The recommendation of the staff is to adopt a resolution naming the candidates, to adopt a resolution to maintain the election or to take no measures. I now give you the floor, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. I pass the floor to the Deputy Mayor who has a comment.

Because of the nature of this point, I would object to this file.

I come back to my colleagues for any questions or concerns. And if this is not the case, a motion and a second.

A motion to approve is to be written with the exit of the session.

A motion and a second. All those in favor say yes. Those against. The motion is adopted unanimously. On this, I raise the session and I give you an appointment on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Thank you all. Good night. Good night.

Thank you very much.