City of Gilroy City Council Meeting | October 19, 2026

The City of Gilroy City Council meeting on October 19, 2026, included several budget and policy actions. Council extended the temporary moratorium on accepting, processing, and approving new data-center applications by 10 months and 15 days, unanimously (6–0), to allow time to develop standards and conduct community outreach. The proposed mobile-vending ordinance was continued to November 2, 2026, for further revisions; no final decision was made. The council also approved the annual investment policy, which broadens allowable investment options while maintaining liquidity and safety provisions and changes financial reporting to monthly rather than quarterly. No new data-center contract or vendor award was identified.

In the year-end financial review, the council approved budget actions that included three $125,000 transfers—to pension and other post-employment benefit trusts and the capital infrastructure reserve—based on budgetary savings. Staff reported a preliminary general-fund reserve level of 33.1%, above the city’s 30% minimum. The approved budget amendments included reappropriating $8.4 million for previously approved water projects and recording approximately $189,459 in fire-related equipment/software commitments; the transcript’s description of those items is unclear. The council also approved consent-calendar items 7.6 and 7.7, though the transcript does not identify their vendors or amounts. Other spending-related discussion included exploring a community infant-swimming pilot with Gavilan College, subject to further work on costs and participation; no funding approval was made. No procurement-related action was identified in connection with the public comments opposing ICE staging in Gilroy.