City of Biggs City Council Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting of January 10, 2023, 5:00 PM
3016 Sixth Street, Biggs, CA
Posted: January 6, 2023, prior to 5:00 PM, location: 3016 Sixth Street, Biggs, CA.
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City of Biggs City Council Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting of January 10, 2023, 5:00 PM
3016 Sixth Street, Biggs, CA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may address the City Council on matters which are not listed on this agenda. City Council may not discuss nor take action on any item not listed on the agenda.
Please limit your comments to 3 minutes.
5. PRESENTATIONS
A. Neal Road Landfill – Update on the Solid Waste Local Task Force.
B. Public Safety
1. BCSO Incident Report for December 2022.
2. Biggs Fire Department Report for December 2022.
C. Public Works
6. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of warrants: 37250 – 37328, 9302611 – 9302651, 120620221 and 122020221 for the month of December 2022 in the amount of $517,661.14.
B. Approval of Special City Council Meeting Minutes of November 4, 2022, and Regular City Council Meeting Minutes of December 13, 2022.
C. Acknowledge receipt of Butte County Animal Control Activity Log for December 2022.
Action: It is recommended items “A” through “C” be acted on simultaneously unless separate actions are requested by a Councilmember or a member of the audience.
Recommendation: Motion/Second to approve the consent calendar.
7. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
A. Planning: Activity Report
City of Biggs City Council Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting of January 10, 2023, 5:00 PM
3016 Sixth Street, Biggs, CA
B. Engineering: Activity Report
C. Flood Control
D. Electric
E. BCAG
F. Air Quality
G. Solid Waste
H. Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control
I. SCORE
J. LAFCO
K. Biggs Unified School District
L. Other Commission Reports
M. Interim City Administrator
1. Discussion/Action: Auto Meter Reading System
Our MVRS automated meter reading software recently crashed. Support for this software was discontinued in 2021. If an effective “work around” cannot be established, it could mean performing manual meter reads which will be a huge drain on limited staff resources.
Recommendation: Direct staff to prepare and advertise a Request for Proposals to upgrade the City System to an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system.
Once proposals are received and evaluated, the contract will be brought back to Council for consideration.
2. Discussion/Action: Consider Installation of License Plate Recognition Traffic Cameras.
The City of Biggs contracts with the Butte County Sheriff’s Office for Law Enforcement Services and their office is working to put together a contract with Flock Safety to install license plate reading cameras in multiple locations throughout the County.
City of Biggs City Council Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting of January 10, 2023, 5:00 PM
3016 Sixth Street, Biggs, CA
Recommendation: Direct Staff.
3. Discussion/Action: Processing Agreement for City of Biggs Application Processing.
When private development projects are submitted for processing, many times there are contracted expenses such as planning and/or engineering reviews that are billed to the applicants. One such project moving forward is the Tree House Subdivision that will require the services of an outside Environmental Firm to prepare the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration Environmental Document.
Recommendation: Review and direct staff to use the Processing Agreement in conjunction with the Tree House Subdivision Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration.
4. Discussion/Action: Commission and Committee Appointments.
Council will consider the current schedule of Council member and staff appointments on various boards and commissions and may take action to reassign as needed and as desired.
Recommendation: Make desired appointment changes.
8. INFORMATIONAL
9. CLOSED SESSION
Public Employee Employment, Appointment, Recruitment, Performance Evaluations, Including Goals, Pursuant to Government Code section 54957: City Administrator.
10. RESUME REGULAR SESSION
11. ADJOURNMENT
Presented by January 6, 2023
Roben Benish, City Clerk