Author: Charles M. Kelly

Seal Beach Citizen-Council Stormwater Advisory Ad Hoc Committee holds first meeting

The Citizen-Council Stormwater Advisory Ad Hoc Committee met for the first time Wednesday, Sept. 18. Public Works Director Iris Lee, summing up the discussion, said she heard the key priorities were to study the four drainage lines into Old Range Country Club, a comprehensive drainage plan update, as well as Read More

Seal Beach and Orange County to share costs of water consultant for mandated plans

The council unanimously agreed that Seal Beach would share consulting costs with the county water district for water related-projects. The vote was 4-0. (District Five Councilman Nathan Steele was absent.) The maximum cost would be $49,450. The council also authorized the city manager to approve additional work requests up to Read More

City Council appoints two delegates to 2024 California League of Cities conference

The Seal Beach City Council on Sept. 9 apparently appointed members  Joe Kalmick and Nathan Steele to represent Seal Beach at the 2024 League of California Cities (Cal Cities) Annual Conference. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are voted on collectively unless a council member pulls one for Read More

Seal Beach City Council approves amendment to Verizon wireless easement agreement

The City Council on Sept. 9 unanimously approved the second amendment to an easement Verizon Wireless for facilities at 3900 Lampson Ave. The council also adopted a budget amendment that increases the expected revenue from renting out telecom property by $53,000.  This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are Read More

Consultant reports Seal Beach’s first quarter 2024 sales increased 3.7% Jan to March

The city’s sales tax consultant, HdL Companies, reported actual sales were up 3.7% in the first three months of 2024, in the HdL Summer 2024 newsletter.  Those were the numbers after the consultant excluded some “anomalies.” “Seal Beach’s receipts from January through March were 0.8% below the same period in Read More