CITY OF BLUE LAKE
C A L I F O R N I A
111 Greenwood Road
P.O. Box 458
Blue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-5655
Fax: (707) 668-5916
www.bluelake.ca.gov
Blue Lake City Council Minutes
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 ~ 6:30 p.m. ~ Regular Council Meeting Skinner Store Building ~ 111 Greenwood Rd., Blue Lake ~ Behind City Hall 1 1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor John Sawatzky called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2 3 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL 4 5 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor John Sawatzky, Mayor Pro Tem Elise Scafani, 6 Council Member Kat Napier, Council Member Terri Bayles, Council Member Michelle Lewis7 Lusso 8 COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: None
9 STAFF PRESENT: Interim City Manager Jill Duffy, City Attorney Ryan Plotz, Emily Wood 10 Park and Recreation Director, and Videographer Justin Goad. 11 12 3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Motion to approve by Councilmember Lewis-Lusso, 13 Second by Scafani. Voice vote: Unanimous approval.
14 15 4. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
16 Erin McClure – addressed water tank property
17 Adelene Jones – notes that the minutes are missing for the Comfort Variance (item heard November 19th, continued to December 23rd 18 ) 19 Julie Christie-Missing videos of meeting, understands the gaps in missing 20 minutes that are being generated post-prior City Manager, addressed water tank 21 property issue.
22 Kevin Fisher- Informed Council that the newly formed “Blue Lake Bicycle 23 Coalition” would like to form an ad hoc committee for the bike park. 24 Angela Dare – appreciates the interim City Manager, requests no rude behavior 25 at the meetings.
26 ____________-representative from the Arts & Heritage Commission. Looking for 27 ways to recruit more commissioners, set up ad hoc committees and possibly 28 surveys/newsletters to develop more input on proposed activities. Referred to fire 29 hydrant painting projects. Soft recommendations for land use acknowledgement 30 and AI use of illustration use using AI generated graphics to be disclosed. 31 Beckie Raygoza Thornton-submitted feedback about the skating rink condition 32 to the interim City Manager via email.
33 34 5. CONSENT AGENDA
35 a. Approval of Action Minutes for Special Meeting Held November 19, 2025 36 37 Motion by Council Member Lewis-Lusso to approve item 5.a with corrections, Second 38 by Council Member Scafani.
39 40 Voice Vote: Unanimous approval.
41 CITY OF BLUE LAKE
C A L I F O R N I A
111 Greenwood Road
P.O. Box 458
Blue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-5655
Fax: (707) 668-5916
www.bluelake.ca.gov
Blue Lake City Council Minutes
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 ~ 6:30 p.m. ~ Regular Council Meeting Skinner Store Building ~ 111 Greenwood Rd., Blue Lake ~ Behind City Hall 42 6. Receive Revised Draft Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget; Provide Direction as 43 Appropriate
44 Received video presentation outlining the Fiscal Year Revised 2025-2026 Budget, 45 discussed.
46 47 Budget Ad Hoc Committee members Bayles and Napier presented their supplementary 48 recommendations to the Council, discussed items on the Adhoc recommendation 49 handout with Council and staff.
50 51 Motion by Council Member Lewis-Lusso to incorporate the necessary revisions to 52 develop a balanced budget for FY 2025-26 and incorporate recommendations for non53 critical tasks for recommendation, Second by Council Member Scafani 54 Voice Vote: Ayes – Bayles, Lewis-Lusso, Sawatzky, Scafani 55 Noes- Napier
56 Motion Passes: 4:1 No abstentions
57 58 7. Council Correspondence
59 60
61 8. Reports of Council and Staff
62 a. Ad hoc Committee Reports
63 b. Commission Updates
64 c. City Manager Report
65 66
67 9. Adjourn at 10:00 PM
68 69 Jill K Duffy
70 Acting City Clerk, City of Blue Lake
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