AVALON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER-5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL-Present via Teleconference and In-Person: Councilmembers Lisa Lavelle, Michael Ponce, Mary Schickling and Yesenia De La Rosa. Also present: City Manager David Maistros, City Attorney Scott Campbell and City Clerk Gabrielle Morones.
Absent: Mayor Anni Marshall.
PRESENTATIONS-Councilmember Schickling recused herself due to a conflict of interest on Presentation #1.
1. Southern CA Edison provided an update on utility service and Catalina Operations.
2. Finance Director, Matthew Baker, provided an overview of the Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 Budget.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS-None.
COUNCILMEMBER REQUESTS-Consensus was reached for staff to draft a resolution in support of legal residents of the United States to be afforded their constitutional right to due process when facing removal proceedings based on alleged criminal activity.
CONSENT CALENDAR-There were two items on the Consent Calendar. Motion to approve Items #1-#2 made Michael Ponce, seconded by Mary Schickling. (4 Ayes-De La Rosa, Lavelle, Ponce and Schickling; 1 Absent-Marshall) City Council Minutes
Approved minutes from the March 18, 2025 and April 1, 2025 regular City Council Meetings.
Approved US Bank General Account Warrants totaling $842, 179.68, one payroll totaling $259,253.69, four electronic fund transfers totaling $132,572.85 for a total expenditure of $1,234,006.22 for March 24, 2025 through April 4, 2025.
GENERAL BUSINESS
On-Call Engineering Services Contract
1. Made the affirmative finding that the City will not gain a competitive advantage by bidding and can contract work more economically or efficiently pursuant to Avalon Municipal Code Section 3-4.111 (c), and 2. Awarded a professional
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services contract for on-call engineering for an amount not-to-exceed an annual cumulative total for all services of $800,000 to ESG Engineering, Inc. for a three- year term.
Motion to approve made by Michael Ponce, seconded by Mary Schickling. (4 Ayes-De La Rosa, Lavelle, Ponce and Schickling; 1 Absent-Marshall) Cross Channel Wharfage Ordinance
Introduced and waived all further readings of an ordinance repealing and replacing chapter 10-2.402(a) of the Avalon Municipal Code, use fees for harbor cross channel passengers, and adoption of findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Motion to approve made by Michael Ponce, seconded by Mary Schickling. (4 Ayes-De La Rosa, Lavelle, Ponce and Schickling; 1 Absent-Marshall) First Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Rules and Regulations for Use of Avalon Beaches and Parks
Introduced and waived all further readings of an Ordinance establishing Chapter 10-8 and 10-9 of the Avalon Municipal Code setting forth rules and regulations for use of Avalon beaches and parks.
Motion to approve made by Michael Ponce, seconded by Yesenia De La Rosa. (4 Ayes-De La Rosa, Lavelle, Ponce and Schickling; 1 Absent-Marshall) Mayor Marshall adjourned the meeting at 6:34 p.m.
1, Gabrielle Morones, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the DVD videotape of the regular City Council Meeting on April 15, 2025, is the official record of the Council Meeting and is on file and maintained in City Hall.
Sabille Meanes
Gabrielle Morones, City Clerk