City Council — Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Regular meeting, with a special meeting of the Surplus Property Authority
Approved minutes for this meeting have not been posted; the City’s minutes shelf holds only a file of public comments. Motions and votes below are as recorded on the KCRT video (the clerk’s spoken roll calls), checked against the Council agenda, Sep 22. The minutes will control when posted. Video times are approximate, from automatic captions.
Attendance
- Councilmember Zepeda was absent at the roll call before closed session. All seven members were present at the regular-meeting roll call.
Closed session
- Items read into the record: two anticipated-litigation matters, a real property negotiation, two public employee appointments (interim city manager; city manager), the city manager’s evaluation, and labor negotiations. video 0:18:34
- City Attorney’s report: no final decisions were made.
Surplus Property Authority
- L.1, authority to negotiate a lease with STAX Engineering at Basin 4, Point Potrero: approved unanimously.
Agenda review
- V.4.a (interim city manager) was removed from consent for discussion. W.2 (a financial report to Council) and W.6 (veterans housing at 338 Carlson) were continued to October 6. video 2:13:41
- Motion to move W.4, the City Manager’s accomplishments report, to the first position in the study session (Zepeda, seconded by Bana): passed 6–1, Martinez no. video 2:15:34
- W.7 (Electronic Frontier Foundation presentation and license plate reader data) was set ahead of W.1 (Axon).
V.4.a — Interim City Manager (pulled from consent)
- Appointment of retired annuitant Mark Scott as interim city manager, beginning October 3, 2026, for no more than six months (ending no later than April 3, 2027). The Mayor’s required oral report stated an hourly rate of $182.74 with no additional benefits. video 2:27:48
- Approved 7–0 on the roll call.
Proclamations
- T.1 (Richmond SOL’s founder, coaches, and students) and T.2 (Concilio de Richmond). video 2:37:13
Open forum
- Public comment was taken. The Monitor does not name members of the public. video 3:00:18
Consent calendar
- The rest of the consent calendar was approved unanimously.
- It included V.3.a, accepting and appropriating $1,790,303 in workforce development grants, and V.1.b, which directs an update on the Polluters Pay settlement-funds engagement to the October 20 meeting.
W.4 — City Manager accomplishments and milestones
- Report received; no vote. video 3:29:06
W.7 — Electronic Frontier Foundation presentation; license plate reader data
- Directs staff to arrange an EFF presentation (subject to its availability) and to bring back the scope and cost of a statistical analysis of Richmond’s license plate reader data, with data-retention and sharing information, naming October 6. video 4:33:53
- Passed 4–1–2: Jimenez, Wilson, Robinson, Martinez yes; Zepeda no; Brown and Bana abstaining. video 6:24:52
W.1 — Axon Enterprise amendment and Assure MSP / Verkada cameras
- As agendized: an Axon increase of $3,500,000 to a total not to exceed $12,000,000 through September 30, 2029, and Assure MSP not to exceed $500,000.
- The presentation began with about 20 minutes left. The meeting adjourned at the time limit with no vote. video 6:28:25
Not reached
- W.3 (Richmond Fund for Children and Youth evaluation), W.5 (accessible parking), and W.8 (Keller Beach sewer study).
Not yet confirmed
- All votes above, until the clerk posts approved minutes.
- Mover and second on V.4.a, W.7, and the consent calendar.
- Whether W.3, W.5, and W.8 were formally continued, and to what date.