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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
BELLFLOWER CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION / 7:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
5:30 P.M. – CLOSED SESSION
1 CALL TO ORDER
2 ROLL CALL: Mayor Ray Dunton
Mayor Pro Tem Sonny R. Santa Ines
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 8, 2025
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 9849 Flower Street
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: David Pai Trust
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
B CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 9855 Flower Street
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Jim McFadden
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
C CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2):
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES: Letter Dated May 21, 2025 (see attached).
D CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Negotiators: City Manager, City Attorney, Deputy City Attorney N. Richard Shreiba
Employee Organization: All represented employee bargaining units.
4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7:00 P.M. – OPEN SESSION
5 CALL TO ORDER
6 ROLL CALL: Mayor Ray Dunton
Mayor Pro Tem Sonny R. Santa Ines
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
7 INVOCATION: Mayor Ray Dunton
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: P.J. Mellana, Director of Parks and Recreation
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 8, 2025
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B National Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation
10 PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time set aside for the public to address the City Council on matters not listed on the Agenda. Anyone wishing to address the City Council should come to the podium, be recognized by the Mayor, and state your name for the record. If you wish to address the City Council on an Agenda Item, you may do so by approaching the podium as we review that particular item. You will be given three (3) minutes to address the City Council.
11 PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
None
14 CONSENT CALENDAR
All items under the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Specific items may be removed from the Consent Calendar at the request of any member of the City Council for separate consideration.
A Consideration and possible action to receive and file City Council Warrant Register No. 26-031, dated September 8, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-031; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to Agreement File No. 663.2, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Golden Star Technology, Inc. (“GST”), for Information Technology and Consulting Services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to Agreement File No. 663.2, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for Information Technology and Consulting Services; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 8, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
C Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with George Chevrolet, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for the purchase of two 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV Police Package vehicles for the Public Safety Department.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with George Chevrolet, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for the purchase of two 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV Police Package vehicles; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25-30 – A Resolution approving and certifying the Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25-30; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25 -31 – A Resolution amending the Operating Budget to carryover and adjust various capital projects, activities, programs, and revenues; and authorizing the City Manager to implement this Resolution.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25-31; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the August 25, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the August 25, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
15 COUNCIL REPORTS
16 ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the next Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 22, 2025.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF BELLFLOWER
I. Jennifer Russell, Management Assistant, of the City of Bellflower. do hereby declare under penalty of perjury, that the Agenda for the Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council to be held on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, September 4, 2025. at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors, 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.orc
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Executed this 4th of September 2025 at Bellflower, California.
Jennifer Russell,
Management Assistant