Cerritos City Council preview — Oct 12

The Cerritos City Council takes up the sufficiency of a voter-initiated petition to repeal the city's recent water and sewer rate increases at its Oct. 12 regular meeting, according to the posted agenda 1.

When / Where

Monday, October 12, 2026 — 7:00 p.m., Cerritos City Council Chamber, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703. The meeting is posted as a "REGULAR MEETING AGENDA" of the City Council and the Successor Agency to the Cerritos Redevelopment Agency, conducted in a hybrid in-person/virtual format. 1

What's on the agenda

Item 9A — Water/sewer rate repeal petition sufficiency. The council will review and consider "actions related to declaration of sufficiency of a local voter-initiated petition entitled 'Initiative to Repeal Water and Sewer Rate Increases and to Set New Water and Sewer Rates Based on a New Rate Study / Cost-of-Service Analysis,'" including whether to adopt a resolution accepting the certificate of sufficiency of that petition, as framed by the agenda. This is the meeting's one substantive action item outside Consent and Closed Session. 1
Item 5B — League of California Cities informational presentation on the services the League provides in supporting California cities. 1
Item 5C — Council appointments to Cerritos advisory boards (Commissions and Committees) for the 2025–2027 term. 1
Item 7 — Consent Calendar, covering routine approval of minutes from the Sept. 28 regular meeting and Sept. 30 special meeting, and the Oct. 12 register of demands (routine financial report). 1
Item 12 — Closed Session, listing anticipated-litigation conference (two cases, Gov. Code §54956.9(d)(2)/(d)(4)) and performance evaluations of the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk; a verbal report on any reportable action is expected at the next regular meeting per the agenda's own description. 1

No Public Hearing items are listed under Item 8 on this agenda. 1

Attend or watch

The agenda directs the public to livestream via the city's YouTube channel or watch on cable at Cerritos TV3, or attend in person in the Council Chamber; public comment can also be made by Zoom (Meeting ID 897 8691 1692) or in writing to the City Clerk by 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. 1 47 3

Among the 13 numbered items on the agenda (several with sub-items), this preview covers the most consequential; see the full packet at cerritos.gov/agendas for complete detail. 1