# Bellflower Regular Meeting of the City Council October 12, 2026

The Bellflower City Council’s regular meeting on October 12, 2026, included several spending- and infrastructure-related matters. The council partially granted a property owner’s appeal of a nuisance-abatement cost demand, removing $725 in disputed duplicate charges, and approved a lien resolution for the revised total of $42,188.66. In a separate public hearing, the council voted 3–2 to waive the underground-utility requirement for a residential project at 17122 Ardmore Avenue. The project was valued at $100,000, above the code’s $50,000 threshold; the applicant’s counsel cited an estimated $28,000 undergrounding cost and project delays, while staff described construction that exceeded submitted plans and occurred before permits were issued. Council members also discussed revisiting the city’s undergrounding standards, but no broader code change was adopted.

The council received Kingdom Causes Bellflower’s fiscal-year 2025–26 report on housing, homelessness, and workforce services. The organization reported losing about $400,000 in program funding, noted the city’s support and a new homeless-services partnership, and described continuing uncertainty in county, state, and federal funding; no new funding award or contract action was taken during the presentation. Staff also reported that the city’s previously approved maximum monthly employer contribution for retiree health coverage will rise from $2,075 to $2,275 effective January 1, 2027, with sufficient budget available; a formal implementation resolution is to return at a later meeting. The council received and filed the item.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 12, 2026

### Sources
- [Bellflower Regular Meeting of the City Council October 12, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaUKlfcK0V8) - CityOfBellflower