What Placentia is about to decide

The Placentia City Council meets Tuesday, September 22, 2026 — closed session at 5:00 p.m., open session at 6:00 p.m. — in the City Council Chambers, 401 E. Chapman Avenue. Both sessions are posted as special meetings of the council, sitting also as Successor to the Redevelopment Agency, the Industrial Commercial Development Authority and the Public Financing Authority. There are no public hearings and no regular-agenda items. These are pending decisions from the posted agenda — nothing below has been approved yet. Every item links to the official record.

Source: official agenda · Written comments: cityclerk@placentia.org by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting · Posted September 17, 2026

✅ What actually passed (per the draft minutes): The city’s draft minutes of this special meeting — on the October 6 agenda for approval, not yet adopted — record four members present (Hummer, Kirwin, Yamaguchi and Mayor Wanke) and Council Member Smith absent. The whole consent calendar was approved as recommended, 4-0-1, in two motions: Items 1.e and 1.f (Resolutions No. R-2026-60 and R-2026-61 on uniform allowance reporting, which the Director of Human Resources said create no new benefit) on a motion by Yamaguchi, seconded by Kirwin, and the balance on a motion by Wanke, seconded by Yamaguchi. That includes the Axis General Construction amendment adding $100,737.12 for a revised not-to-exceed amount of $241,137.12. From closed session, the City Attorney reported no reportable action that night, and reported that at the prior meeting the council voted 5-0 to authorize a settlement with the Orange County Healthcare Agency over a notice of violation related to the delayed removal of an underground storage tank at the City Yard, at “a substantially reduced settlement amount of $73,750.” The meeting adjourned at 6:27 p.m.

💰 Money on consent

Storm water pump station maintenance: Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Axis General Construction Inc. “to extend the contract term by two years and increase the contract amount by $100,737.12 for a revised cumulative not-to-exceed contract amount of $241,137.12,” with change orders up to 10% ($24,113.71) delegated to the Acting City Administrator. The listed annual expense is $49,140 against a $160,400 budget. Item 1.g
Registers: check registers of $747,828.66 and electronic disbursement registers of $3,850,876.14, received and filed. Item 1.c
Uniform allowance reporting: Resolution No. R-2026-60 adopting a side letter to the Police Management Association MOU, and Resolution No. R-2026-61 amending the Mid-Management and Executive Management compensation plan; the agenda lists no budget impact for either. Items 1.e, 1.f
Veterans Advisory Committee: acceptance of Paul Henderson’s resignation effective September 1, 2026, and a call for applications. Also minutes of the September 8 special meeting. Items 1.b, 1.d

🔒 Closed session

Anticipated litigation: two cases under Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2). Closed Session 1
Existing litigation/claim: one case — Leticia Arechiga De Leon & Gia Padilla, Claim No. GHC0084695. Closed Session 2

🏆 Presentations

Proclamations recognizing September 17–23 as Constitution Week and September 14 as Star-Spangled Banner Day, presented to Cindy Ferguson and Dory Fisher of the NSDAR Mojave Chapter; and recognition of the Placentia Pony Punishers 13U team for winning the 2026 PONY World Series. The council adjourns to its next regular meeting on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.

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What Placentia is about to decide

💰 Money on consent

🔒 Closed session

🏆 Presentations

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