City of Capitola
Special City Council Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 30, 2024 – 6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
420 Capitola Avenue, Capitola, CA 95010
Mayor: Kristen Brown
Vice Mayor: Yvette Brooks
Council Members: Joe Clarke, Margaux Morgan, Alexander Pedersen Special Meeting of the Capitola City Council – 6 PM
1. Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance – The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM. In attendance: Council Members Clarke, Morgan, Pedersen, and Vice Mayor Brooks. Absent: Mayor Brown.
2. Additions and Deletions to the Agenda – None
3. Additional Materials
A. Item 4 - Correspondence Received
B. Item 6A – Updated staff report and attachments
C. Item 7A - Correspondence Received
4. Oral Communications by Members of the Public – None
5. Staff / City Council Comments
Council Member Clarke advised the public that the Capitola Classic Car Show will be held on June 8th in the Village.
Council Member Pedersen requested that staff bring forward an item to allow dogs on the beach.
Vice Mayor Brooks announced that the Wharf Re-Opening Celebration will be postponed and that a new event date will be announced soon.
6. Consent Items
A. Memorandum of Understanding with the Police Officers Association Recommended Action: 1) Authorized the City Manager to execute a successor agreement to the existing Memorandum of Understanding with negotiated changes for the Capitola Police Officers Association; and 2) adopted Resolution No. 4375 approving the updated salary schedule, effective June 7, 2024.
Motion to approve the Consent Calendar: Council Member Pedersen Second: Council Member Clarke
Voting Yea: Council Members Clarke, Morgan, Pedersen, Vice Mayor Brooks
Absent: Mayor Brown
7. General Government / Public Hearings
A. Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget
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Recommended Action: Receive the proposed budget and provide direction to staff to either: 1) continue budget deliberations to a Special City Council meeting on June 6, 2024; or 2) prepare the documents for final budget adoption at a regular meeting in June and cancel future planned budget hearings.
Finance Director Malberg presented the staff report.
The City Council directed staff to allocate $5,000 to the Eviction Defensive Collaborative and $30,000 to the paving of the McGregor Bicycle Pump Track. The City Council requested that staff provide an update on pending grant applications with timelines of potential approval.
Motion to allocate funding to the McGregor Park Pump Track and Eviction Defense Collaborative and cancel future planned budget hearings: Council Member Morgan Second: Council Member Pedersen
Voting Yea: Council Members Clarke, Morgan, Pedersen, Vice Mayor Brooks
Absent: Mayor Brown
8. Adjournment - The meeting adjourned at 6:18 PM. The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is on June 13, 2024, at 6:00 PM.
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ATTEST: Kristen Brown, Mayor
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Julia Gautho, City Clerk
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