Council approves consent items, fee waivers, SDF inflationary increase and parks committee appointments

The Riverbank City Council took several formal actions on May 14, approving routine business and enactments described below.

Consent calendar: Council approved items 9.1 through 9.4 by roll call vote, 4–0. The specific items included standard minute approvals and routine administrative actions listed on the consent agenda.

Waiver of rental fees (items 9.5 and 9.6): Council considered waiving community center rental fees for two applicants (the Chamber of Commerce and the Juneteenth event). A council member recommended maintaining a modest charge to cover staff time; council approved waiving the bulk of the fee while imposing a $100 reimbursement for staff costs for each event. The motion passed by roll call vote, 4–0.

System Development Fees (public hearing and resolution): Assistant City Manager Tammy Alcantor presented a staff report recommending a 9.4% inflationary adjustment to the city’s system development fees, based on the construction-cost index published by Engineering News-Record and state CCI figures. Council approved the resolution adopting the 9.4% increase to city SDF charges, effective May 15, 2024. Council clarified that the adjustment covers city fees only and does not include independent school or county fees that are separately imposed.

Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee appointments: The council appointed five recommended applicants — Seabree Dillard, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Martinez, Karina Romo and Sarah Malone — to the newly authorized Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee. Staff said onboarding will begin immediately and meetings are expected monthly.

All recorded roll-call votes at the meeting were 4–0 in favor of the motions described above. The council did not identify any conflicts of interest on the record.