Roll calls · City Council
Judith Merlo
Councilmember, Vernon City Council · official portrait, Official portrait
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- 5–0
Approve BIG 4 Initiative professional services agreements and receive and file contract amendment report ↗
yesItem 9 and 10 · Oct 6 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 4 through 8 and 11 through 16 ↗
yesItem 4-8, 11-16 · Oct 6 meetingcarried unanimously - 4–0–1
- 4–0–1
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-039 authorizing SGC Community Resilience Centers Program Round 2 grant applications ↗
absentItem 13 · Sep 15 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
Appoint Sebastian Lozano to the CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee and Michael Villareal to the Green Vernon Commission ↗
absentItem 12 · Sep 15 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
- 4–0–1
Continue public hearing on Dyrt Labs, Inc. conditional use permit to the October 20, 2026 meeting ↗
absentItem 3 · Sep 15 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
- 5–0
Approve donation to Vernon City Elementary School for Interventionist position, recommendations A, B, and C ↗
yesItem 7 · Sep 1 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 5–0
- 5–0
Approve $30,000 in emergency donations to three nonprofits responding to the Palos Warehouse Fire ↗
yesItem 20 · Aug 18 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Bring back the Permitted Use Cross-Reference Matrix item with Council's recommendations ↗
yesItem 19 · Aug 18 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Proceed with Council's direction for test meeting times ↗
yesItem 18 · Aug 18 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 5–0
Table the Dyrt Labs conditional use permit to the September 15, 2026 meeting with updated findings and recommendations ↗
yesItem 2 · Aug 18 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 3–0–2
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-037 joining Section 115 OPEB/Pension trust and approve Shuster agreements ↗
yesItem 16 · Aug 4 meetingcarried 3-0 - 3–0–2
- 3–0–2
Introduce Ordinance No. 1314 on vacant property registration, CEQA exemption, and schedule adoption ↗
yesItem 2 · Aug 4 meetingcarried 3-0 - 3–0–2
Receive and file report on FY 2025-26 Vernon CommUNITY Fund scholarship grants (recommendation A) ↗
yesItem 1 · Aug 4 meetingcarried 3-0 - 3–0–2
- 4–0–1
- 4–0–1
Approve the agenda, with Item No. 12 tabled to the August 4, 2026 City Council meeting ↗
absentcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 5–0
Approve recommendations A and B for Confirmation Letter with NRG Business Marketing LLC for PCC1 energy purchase ↗
yesItem 14 · Jul 7 meetingcarried unanimously - 4–0
Approve MOU with LACMTA for Metro SELA Transit Improvements Projects and related CEQA findings ↗
yesItem 11 · Jul 7 meetingcarried 4-0 with one abstention - 5–0
- 5–0
- 4–0–1
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-034 ratifying proclamation of local emergency from the Palos Warehouse Fire ↗
absentItem 1 · Jun 23 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
- 5–0
Find CEQA exemption and adopt Resolution No. 2026-033 adopting the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan ↗
yesItem 21 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Adopt Resolutions 2026-031 and 2026-032 approving FY 2026-27 budget, CIP, and appropriations limit ↗
yesItem 20 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Defer staff-identified cost savings: Public Works Superintendent hiring, Cross Connection Program, and Detective Bureau vehicle ↗
yesItem 20 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 3–0
Appointments to Business and Industry Commission, Vernon CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee, Green Vernon Commission, and Housing Commission ↗
yesItem 19 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously, with two abstentions noted on Vernon Area Representative appointments - 5–0
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-029 amending electric rate schedules ↗
yesItem 17 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-028 setting Warehouse Special Parcel Tax for FY 2026-27 and authorize county billing agreement ↗
yesItem 16 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-027 setting Public Safety Special Parcel Tax for FY 2026-27 and authorize county billing agreement ↗
yesItem 15 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Approve Amendment No. 1 to services agreement with Interwest Consulting Group for plan check and inspection services ↗
yesItem 11 · Jun 16 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 5–0
- 5–0
Direct staff to implement Business and Industry Commission utility rate recommendation: 4% increase, ECA 1 cent, RPS 1 cent, kept separate ↗
yesItem 12 · Jun 2 meetingcarried unanimously - 4–1
Approve funding the Interventionist position for Vernon City Elementary ↗
yesItem 12 · Jun 2 meetingcarried 4-1 - 5–0
Approve 2026 Military Equipment Report and renew Ordinance No. 1282 ↗
yesItem 11 · Jun 2 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
First reading of Ordinance No. 1313 granting Mr. C's Towing franchise; schedule second reading ↗
yesItem 10 · Jun 2 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Approve revised job descriptions/reclassifications and adopt Resolution 2026-026 Classification and Compensation Plan ↗
yesItem 9 · Jun 2 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Brown Act updates per SB 707; adopt Resolutions 2026-024 and 2026-025 ↗
yesItem 8 · Jun 2 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 5–0
Conduct public hearing and receive and file report on City vacancies and recruitment/retention efforts ↗
yesItem 1 · Jun 2 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 4–0–1
Affirm or modify appointments of representatives and alternates to outside agencies ↗
absentItem 14 · May 19 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
Authorize services agreement with Superior Management and Realty Services for residential property management, not-to-exceed $96,000, one year ↗
absentItem 13 · May 19 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
Approve recommendations A-D for Services Agreement with Hafenfeld Ranch, LLC ↗
absentItem 11 · May 19 meetingcarried 4-0 - 4–0–1
- 4–0–1
- 5–0
Approve recommendations A-D: declare April 14, 2026 election results, honor retiring Mayor Lopez, swear in Monica Rodriguez, and reorganize Council ↗
yesItem 16 · May 5 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-020 appointing Veronica Petrosyan as Director of Health and Environmental Control ↗
yesItem 15 · May 5 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-019 appointing Lilia Hernandez as Deputy City Administrator and approving at-will employment agreement ↗
yesItem 14 · May 5 meetingcarried unanimously - 5–0
- 5–0