Board approves mass consent items, ordinances and proclamations; supports renewable energy item

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 17 approved a large consent calendar by mass motion, adopted multiple ordinance readings and took proclamations recognizing local programs and awareness weeks.

Early in the meeting the board approved a grouped consent motion that excluded items requiring a four‑fifths vote and passed the remaining items by voice (motion passed 3 ayes, 2 excused). The chair read a long list of item numbers included in the mass motion.

Proclamations: The board recognized the Alameda County Assessment Center’s decade‑plus anniversary, noting its role as the county’s receiving center for children and youth removed from their homes. Supervisors also declared September 2013 Student Attendance Awareness Month, highlighting county collaborations on chronic absenteeism and truancy interventions, and proclaimed the week of Sept. 22 as Fall Prevention Awareness Week, citing county data on older‑adult falls and a countywide calendar of prevention activities.

Item 36: A union representative praised the county’s renewable energy project and the board voted to pass item 36 without objection.

Ordinances and MOUs: The board held first and second readings and voted to adopt several amendments to the Alameda County salary ordinance, memoranda of understanding for county employee units, and two traffic code amendments related to county and state highways; motions to waive remaining readings and adopt passed with voice votes (typically recorded as 3 ayes, 2 excused). Specific ordinance items referenced by staff included salary ordinance amendments for 2012–2014 and MOUs with the Alameda County Management Employees Association and other units.

The meeting adjourned to the planning meeting at 1:00 p.m.