The El Cajon City Council voted on multiple administrative items during the May 28, 2024 meeting. Key outcomes:
• SDSU permit-study (Item 13): Council unanimously accepted the graduate-student capstone report on the city's digital permitting system and encouraged staff to pursue feasible recommendations including clearer status notifications and simplified permit guidance.
• Compensation changes (Item 15): Council adopted proposed changes to Policy A-29, including a 3% cost-of-living increase effective June 22, 2024, a $100/month cafeteria benefit increase beginning January 2025, and a set of market adjustments for specified executive positions. No public comment was recorded and the motion carried unanimously.
• Zoning ordinance (Item 22): Council conducted a second reading and adopted Zoning Code Amendment 2024-0001 to amend Title 17 for economic development, housing, and technical edits; the ordinance passed on second reading by unanimous vote.
• East County AWP (Item 16): Council authorized staff to provide member disclosures for a JPA interim note issuance (nearly $400 million) and adopted the requested resolution; the council emphasized that repayment obligations would be charged to wastewater enterprise funds, not the general fund, and the motion carried unanimously.
Where recorded, votes on these administrative items were unanimous. No contested or split roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript for these items.