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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
ATTENTION: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
FROM: Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to ratify Mayor Sonny R.
Santa Ines’s appointment of Micah Worley to the
Planning Commission.
DATE: July 13, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Planning Commissioner Jon Crook resigned from the Planning Commission effective June 15, 2026, thus creating a vacancy on the Commission for Mayor Sonny R.
Santa Ines’s appointment for the term ending December 2026. Mayor Santa Ines has appointed Micah Worley to fill the unexpired term. The recommended action would ratify this appointment.
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
1) Ratify Mayor Santa Ines’s appointment of Micah Worley to fill the unexpired term on the Planning Commission ending December 2026; or
2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
Each Planning Commissioner is paid a stipend of $150 per meeting actually attended (pursuant to Resolution No. 23-05). Ordinance No. 1458 was introduced by the City Council at the June 22, 2026, City Council Meeting and will be considered for adoption at the July 13, 2026, Meeting. If adopted, the Planning Commission meetings would occur once per month. If not adopted, then the Planning Commission meetings would continue to occur twice per month on the first and third Monday. The funding for this expenditure is budgeted in Account No. 010-41000-1030.
BACKGROUND
An unexpected vacancy occurred on the Planning Commission as a result of the resignation of Planning Commissioner Jon Crook effective June 15, 2026.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Maddy Act, the Public Notice of Special Vacancy was posted in the City Hall Lobby, Simms Park, Bellflower Substation, Thompson Park, the City’s website, and the Clifton M. Brakensiek Library on June 26, 2026. Having satisfied the provisions of the Maddy Act, it would be in order for the City Council to ratify this appointment.
ATTACHMENT
Public Notice of Special Vacancy (without attachments).. ............................................... 2 1 2