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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 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
October 27, 2025
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 16211 Bellflower Boulevard
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Barbara Armendariz
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
B CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 15751 Blaine Ave.
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: County of Los Angeles
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
C 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: Elizabeth Oba, Director of Planning and Building Services
Bellflower City Council Agenda
October 27, 2025
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A City Council Announcements
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 Warrant Register No. 26-042, dated October 27, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-042; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for the Month of September 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Treasurer’s Report; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the October 13, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the October 13, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
October 27, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
D Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 39.1-1 with Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”), in a form approved by the City Attorney, for the use of SCE right-of- way for park and public recreation purposes at H. Byrum Zinn Park.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 39.1-1, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute AFN 777.3 with Thermal Concepts, Inc., for Citywide heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) maintenance and repair services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute AFN 777.3 with Thermal Concepts, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney ; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 11 to Agreement File No. 242.1, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with the City of Santa Fe Springs for traffic signal, street name sign, and highway lighting maintenance.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 11 to Agreement File No. 242.1, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to Agreement File No. 714.4, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Advanced Avant-Garde Corporation for Housing Consultant Services
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to Agreement File No. 714.4, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to consider a request from Cal City Construction to substitute the Site Utilities subcontractor (J&C Underground General Engineering Contractor) for the Bellflower Youth and Senior Center Facility (Specifications No. 23/24-07).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the requested substitution of the Site Utilities subcontractor from J&C Underground General Engineering Contractor to So Cal Sewer Construction, Inc.; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
October 27, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
I Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution Nos. 25-39, 25-40 [MOU No. 25-03], and 25-41 [MOU No. 25-04].
Resolution No. 25-39 – A Resolution establishing Salary Ranges for Employees and Authorizing the City Manager to Implement Such Changes;
Resolution No. 25-40 [MOU No. 25-03] – A Resolution approving Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) File No. 25-03 with The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Association (“AFSCME”) 1511 – represented mid-management employees in the Bellflower municipal service for Fiscal Years 2025- 2026 and 2026-2027; and superseding Resolution No. 23-37; and
Resolution No. 25-41 [MOU No. 25-04] – A Resolution approving Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) File No. 25-04 with The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (“AFSCME”) 3745 – represented full-time maintenance worker employees in the Bellflower municipal service for Fiscal Years 2025- 2026 and 2026-2027; and superseding Resolution No. 23-38.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution Nos. 25-39, 25-40 and 25-41; 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, November 10, 2025.
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I, Misty Diaz, 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, October 27, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors. 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.org
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Executed this 23rd of October 2025 at Bellflower, California.
Misty Diaz,
Management Assistant