CITY OF BUELLTON
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Regular Meeting of January 23, 2025 – 6:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 140 West Highway 246
Buellton, California
TELECONFERENCE MEETING LOCATION:
Mayor David Silva will attend the above referenced regular City Council meeting via Zoom from the following location:
1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Council meetings will be conducted in person and the public is welcome to attend.
Written comments will not be read aloud but can be sent to the City Council via email at [email protected] (please reference agenda item number/subject matter, and include your name and address). The public can observe Council meetings via City TV Live Stream at:
http://www.cityofbuellton.com/government/cityTV.php
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Mayor Elysia Lewis
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Council Members Hudson Hornick and John Sanchez, Vice Mayor Elysia Lewis and Mayor David Silva
REORDERING OF AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Speaker Slip to be completed and turned in to the City Clerk prior to commencement of meeting. Any person may address the Council on any subject pertaining to City business, including all items on the agenda not listed as a Public Hearing, including the Consent Agenda and Closed Session. Limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. By law, no action may be taken at this meeting on matters raised during Public Comments not included on this agenda. Public Speakers using a translator are allotted a total of six (6) minutes to speak, unless simultaneous translation equipment is used.
City Council Meeting Agenda Page 2 January 23, 2025
CONSENT CALENDAR (ACTION)
The following items are considered routine and non-controversial and are scheduled for consideration as a group. Any Council Member, the City Attorney, or the City Manager may request that an item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda to allow for full discussion. Members of the Public may speak on Consent Agenda items during the Public Comment period.
1. Minutes of January 9, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting
2. List of Claims to be Approved and Ratified for Payment to Date for Fiscal Year 2024/2025
3. Monthly Treasurer’s Report – December 31, 2024
(Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
4. Ordinance No. 25-01 – “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, to Increase the Buellton Transient Occupancy Tax Rate” (Second Reading)
(Staff Contact: City Attorney Greg Murphy)
5. Receive Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Biennial Budget Process Schedule (Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
6. Identification of 2025 Recognitions and Cultural Heritage Observances (Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
PRESENTATIONS
7. Proclamation Recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day
PUBLIC HEARINGS
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS/ITEMS
This Agenda listing allows Council Members to provide comments regarding recent events, contributions made or received, and future requests from City Council Members to staff.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Written communications are included in the agenda packets. Any Council Member, the City Manager, or City Attorney may request that a written communication be read into the record.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
This Agenda listing is the opportunity for Council Members to give verbal Committee Reports on any meetings recently held for which the Council Members are the City representatives thereto.
City Council Meeting Agenda Page 3 January 23, 2025
BUSINESS ITEMS (POSSIBLE ACTION)
8. CalPERS Pension Funding Update and Discussion and Direction on Options for Reducing the City’s CalPERS Pension Unfunded Accrued Liability (UAL) (Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
9. Consider Appointment to Vacant City Council Seat – District 4 (Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
10. Resolution No. 25-01 – “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, Consenting to the Creation of the Santa Barbara County Wine Business Improvement District”
(Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
11. Resolution No. 25-02 – “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, in Support of the Santa Ynez Valley Community Aquatics Complex” (Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
12. Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 Conference with Real Property Negotiator
Property: 202 Dairyland Road, Buellton, CA (APN: 099-66-032, -033, -034) Agency Negotiator: Scott Wolfe, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Horatio Partners, LLC
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the City Council will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.