City Council - Regular Meeting

March 17th at 700 am. It's been moved and seconded. We move to our invocation. We have Pastor Kelty here. Pastor Kelty, welcome. Pastor Kelty is from Community of Christ Church and he will be providing the invocation this evening. Please stand. Our divine creator, we thank you for this world that you have created. We thank you for this beautiful but hot day and for the light that it provides for all of us. We thank you that we're able to live in this community and to enjoy its benefits from all that he has to offer us. We come into your presence and prayers this evening to ask your blessing upon all that here gathered. that indeed this meeting might be positive evening full of joy, hope and sense of continuing the great job we're doing already that we may share your blessings that you give to us with those around us day in and day out. We pray too for this city council and for their staff that they may have your wisdom to be with them that they see to those do those things which make us an even better community. Be know not what the future may bring, but would ask your creator that in all we do this evening. Be just not for this

generation, but for those generations to come and those who come after them from now and to win, that they might look back to us so that when they look back indeed might see a bright future with hope, anticipation, ignorance, and positive outlook for the future generations. May we look forward to build a better community for them would be our prayer. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, pastor.

Okay. I'm going to welcome troop 161 that will be presenting the colors this evening. Thank you. May everyone please stand for the presentation of colors. Pelogue attention. Pelogue center.

Colgard war march. Oh, hello God. Both colors. May all those in uniform or andor veterans please salute. May all those not in uniforms and not in veterans please place your right hand over your heart. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Ready, begin.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Two telegod IDs. Thank you. And that was brought to us by Brian Wang, Howard Ying, Titus Young, and John Dodge. Thank you, gentlemen. All right. We move to item five, ceremonial matters, presentations, adoption of resolution number 26-5861, declaring the results of the canvas of vote for the general municipal election of March 3rd, 2026. Brian, did you want to

Thank you, Mayor Stern. Thank you, Mayor Sternquist. I'll turn it over to the elections official, our city clerk, Peggy Quo.

Thank you. Good evening, council. The city conducted a general municipal election on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 for two council member seats and one city measure. The city clerk's office conducted a canvas of the results for the election as required by law on Thursday, March 12th. Upon completion of the canvas, the city council is required by the election code to adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the election. Staff is recommending that city council adopt resolution number 265861, which declares that council member Tom Chavez and Vincent U are reelected as council members and that the voters voted in favor for measure TC. This concludes my presentation and I'm available if you have any questions. Thank you.

Thank you. Any questions for the city clerk? Okay, seeing none, may we have a motion? Uh, Mayor Sternquist, I would move to adopt resolution number 26-5861, reciting the facts of the election and declaring the results. Second. Okay. May we have a roll call, please? Council member Chavez, yes. Council member Chen, yes. Mayor Prom, yes. Mayor Sternquist, yes.

Thank you. We move to item 5B, oath of office to elect council members. Um, council member U is had surgery, so he is recovering. And tonight we will have the oath of office presented and a certificate of election to council member Tom Chavis. She went with me to vote, so she has to do this.

Take a picture. support, support and defend and defend the Constitution the Constitution of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of California of the State of California against all enemies against all enemies foreign and domestic foreign and domestic that I will that I will bear true faith bear true faith and allegiance and allegiance to the Constitution to the Constitution United States of the United States the Constitution and the Constitution of the State of California of the state of California

that I take this obligation that I take this obligation freely freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that I will and that I will and faithfully well and faithfully discharge discharge the duties the duties upon which I'm about to enter. Yep. You ready? I think she said okay. CONGRATULATIONS, TOM. And um Peggy, is Vince going to be sworn in later or was he sworn in before? Just before the next meeting.

Just before the next meeting. Okay. Thank you. All right. We move to item C, reorganization of the city council. What if I don't want to move? You think they might let me? All right. We move to the reorganization of the city council. Our city clerk calls for nominations for the seat of mayor. Thank you, mayor. Can I please have a nomination for the seat of the mayor? Uh, madame city clerk, I would wish to nominate William Man for the position of mayor. Second. Okay, it's been moved and seconded. May we have a roll call, please? Council member Chavez. Yes. Council member Chen. Yes.

Mayor Pro 10 man. It's always awkward when you vote for yourself. Yes. Yes. Okay. We move to nominations for um the seat of vice mayor. And I would like to nominate Ed Chin. I'll second. Okay. It's been moved and seconded. May we have a roll call, please? Council member Chavez. Yes. Council member Sternquist. Yes. Mayor, excuse me. Council member Chen.

I see how awkward this may be. Uh, yes. Mayor Man. Yes. Okay. All right. So, um, I think we are just going to reorganize to our new seats. So people get a feel right for do it now. Yes. How about a how about a hand for our new mayor INVITE

and we actually will have more comments when we go over to the women's park historical society shared by the women's Okay. Well, hang on while we finish off one last order of official business. Uh we move on to item six, the consent calendar. Um all consent calendar items could be approved in a single motion unless anyone would like to remove it for further discussion.

I move to accept the consent calendar. Approve the consent calendar. Second. Okay. If it's been moved and seconded, can we have a roll call vote, please? Council member Chavez, yes. Council member Sternquist, yes. Mayor Prochen, yes. Mayor Man,

yes. Consent calendar has been approved. Uh, we move on to public comment on items not listed on on the agenda. Um, I will make a note here that in the following section we will be having recognitions and presentations at the Temple City Women's Club which is located right next door. So, I would recommend that if you had any comments that we can save it for that time. However, legally we are obligated to open it up now for that. Is there anyone who wishes to speak at this point? All right. With that, um, I will close the public comment for this duration and we will now continue the meeting to the women's club where we will have a light reception of food and drink and that way you don't have to hear us talk without having something to eat. So, we'll see you over there in about we'll see you over there right now. So, we'll give everyone about 5 to 10 minutes. It's just right next to the fire station. And if you don't know where that is, just follow the crowd of people that know where they're going. So, Thank you.