Key People and Votes

Gabe Quinto

Long-serving Councilmember; Mayor multiple times, most recently 2026 (installed 12/16/2025). Also President of Cal Cities.

  • At his 12/16/2025 installation, referenced his own childhood library experience in the context of the then-upcoming library tax measure.
  • At the 2/19/2026 special meeting, clarified with staff that the City would be reimbursed for election costs if Measure C passed.
  • Part of the 4-1 majority (2/19/2026) that voted to place Measure C on the June ballot — a procedural vote to let voters decide, though his public remarks suggest personal support for a new library.
  • Confirmed on the Council (not yet Mayor) as of the 11/21/2023 meeting roll call.

Carolyn Wysinger

Councilmember; Mayor for 2025 (elected by colleagues Dec. 2024); succeeded by Quinto for 2026.

At the February 19, 2026 special meeting:

“Everybody get together, campaign, organize for what you want so we know what the overall will of the voters is and if we put it on the ballot in June, at least we now know where we will not be getting any money from and we can [move] forward from there… But this analysis and the paralysis, we gotta stop this. Get together, let’s vote about it.”

  • Part of the 4-1 majority that voted to place Measure C on the June 2, 2026 ballot.
  • Present on the Council as of 11/21/2023.
  • Running for re-election to Council in 2026.

Quote sourced from Contra Costa News, 3/10/2026 — a secondary source, not a primary City transcript.

William Ktsanes

Councilmember; elected November 2024 alongside Rebecca Saltzman.

Sole dissenting vote on February 19, 2026 against placing Measure C on the June ballot:

“I think November makes sense… The primary reason though, it’s the fiscally responsible decision to make,” citing lower cost, higher turnout, and a concurrent November Council election.

Rebecca Saltzman

Councilmember, elected November 2024; former longtime BART Board Director; Co-Executive Director of Bike East Bay. Mayor Pro Tem as of 2026.

Publicly quoted (2026 campaign coverage) making the fiscal case for a new facility over renovation: renovating to code would shrink usable space and still cost “around $10 million, which the city doesn’t have.”

Part of the 4-1 majority that voted to place Measure C on the June 2, 2026 ballot.

Lisa Motoyama

Councilmember, began second term after the November 2024 election; former Mayor (sitting Mayor per the 11/21/2023 roll call). Involved in 2026 budget deliberations proposing to cut $100,000 in extended library hours as a cost-saving measure.

Part of the 4-1 majority that voted to place Measure C on the June 2, 2026 ballot.

Other Council-Adjacent Figures

  • Paul Fadelli and Tessa Rudnick — Council members/Mayor Pro Tem as of the 11/21/2023 roll call; both had left the Council by the December 2024 reorganization.
  • Karen Pinkos — City Manager throughout this period; signed multiple staff reports and is quoted as far back as 2007 (then Assistant City Manager) on early library cost estimates.
  • Sky Woodruff — contract City Attorney (Redwood Public Law, LLP), author of the Impartial Analysis and legal-interpretation sections of the §9212 Impact Report.
  • Holly M. Charléty — City Clerk; certified the petition and authored the Jan. 20, 2026 agenda bill transmitting it to Council.