Council advances charter input and service changes
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The Council voted 3-1 to hold public workshops on whether Atherton should become a charter city, without starting the full conversion process. It also directed staff to use the Rate Stabilization Fund to reduce planned 2026 rate increases from 11% to 8%.
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What this means
Residents will have opportunities to provide feedback through community meetings and workshops before the Council considers any further action on becoming a charter city. The Council approved updated construction and demolition waste-bin requirements and authorized the City Manager to sign the agreement amendment. Other approved actions included speed-limit ordinance changes, an electric-vehicle charger installation project, a fiscal-year budget cleanup, and disposal or donation of surplus vehicles.
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- Approved public workshops to gather community input on becoming a charter city; the vote was 3-1, with Eric Lane opposed and Mayor Lewis absent.
- Authorized the City Manager to sign an amendment with GreenWaste Recovery concerning roll-off bin requirements for construction and demolition projects.
- Directed staff to use the Rate Stabilization Fund to reduce planned 2026 rate increases from 11% to 8%; the Town's current franchise fee was reported as 5%, generating $237,000.
- Appointed Sriram Iyer to the Environmental Programs Committee for a term ending June 30, 2027.
- Adopted Ordinance 674 adding municipal code provisions relating to speed limits.
- Awarded a contract for electric-vehicle charger installation at Holbrook-Palmer Park and the Police Department lot; the contractor and contract amount were unavailable in the minutes.
- Approved a $1,705,837 bill and claims total for September 2025 and adopted the fiscal-year 2024-25 budget year-end cleanup resolution.
- Declared specified police, code enforcement, motorcycle, and signboard equipment surplus and approved donating two marked patrol vehicles to the South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Police Academy.
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