_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City Council Minutes June 24, 2025 Page 1
MINUTES
OF THE
SPECIAL MEETING
CLAYTON CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL – The meeting was called to order at 5:02 p.m. by Mayor Trupiano held in-person, and broadcast from Hoyer Hall, Clayton Community Library, 6125 Clayton Road, Clayton, California. Councilmembers present: Councilmembers: Diaz, Enea, and Tillman; Vice Mayor Wan and Mayor Trupiano. Staff present: City Manager, Kris Lofthus; Management Analyst, Dennis Bozanich; City Attorney, Malathy Subramanian; City Clerk, Stephanie Cabrera-Brown; and Administrative Clerk, Skyler Aitken.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Led by Mayor Trupiano
3. DISCUSSION
(a) Response to Contra Costa County Civil Grand Jury Report 2505 Titled "Clayton: Small City, Big Concerns Clayton City Council" The council discussed the response and asked various questions of each other.
The Mayor opened up the floor to public comment.
Jeanne Costello spoke about her disappointment to the response.
Ed Miller spoke about his feelings to the response.
Keith Haydon spoke about his concerns of the grand jury investigation.
Janet Evans spoke about her concerns to the response.
Brian Mayhew spoke about his experience in local government and his feelings about the grand jury report.
Lauren Kindorf spoke about her concerns to the grand jury report and the response.
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Frank Gavidia spoke about his thoughts to a prior civil grand jury response and the response to the current civil grand jury investigation.
Mr. O’Neil spoke about wanting to build a bridge and come together as a community to overcome the problems in the civil grand jury report.
Mayor Trupiano closed public comment, and the city council discussed the response further.
It was moved by Vice Mayor Wan and seconded by Councilmember Diaz to adopt the response and authorize the mayor to sign the adopted response letter, after making grammatical changes. (Passed 4/1 Ayes:
Councilmembers Diaz and Enea; Vice-Mayor Wan, Mayor Trupiano.
Dissent: Councilmember Tillman)
4. ADJOURNMENT – Mayor Trupiano adjourned the meeting at 6:35 p.m.
Please note the Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the City Council on the matters stated, but not necessarily in the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up.
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13 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: Regina Rubier, Assistant City Manager
DATE: July 15, 2025
SUBJECT: Report on the Annual Update of the Master Fee Schedule Agenda Item: 5.c
STAFF REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
See attached Staff Report
BACKGROUND
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DISCUSSION
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FISCAL IMPACTS
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CEQA
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ATTACHMENTS
Staff Report - Notification of Master Fee CPI Increase 07 15 2025.pdf DRAFT Book of Fees with Proposed CPI increase.pdf
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STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Regina Rubier, Assistant City Manager
DATE: June 17, 2025
SUBJECT: Report on the Annual Update of the Master Fee Schedule
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive this report regarding the annual update to the City’s Master Fee Schedule and adopt the updated schedule with an effective date of July 1, 2025, for all new permits, use fees, and facility reservations. No formal action by the City Council is required.
BACKGROUND
The City of Clayton’s Master Fee Schedule was adopted on August 15, 2023 (Resolution 49- 2023.) The Master Fee Schedule includes various fees for Administrative, Police Service, Zoning and Building Permits, Special Event and Facility Use Fees. The adopted Master Fee Schedule includes a provision to update the fees annually based on the Consumer Price Index changes each April.
DISCUSSION
The adopted Master Fee Schedule includes a provision to update all the included fees on an annual basis. The updates are to be made, “based on the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) Change for ‘All Items’ April to April year, San Francisco Bay Area Average CPI.
Staff referred to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report dated May 13, 2025, and identified that the Index had increased by 3.8% between April 2023 and April 2024. Subsequently, the Index increase was 1.3% from April 2024 to April 2025. The resulting cumulative increase from April 2023 to 2025 is 5.1494%.
Staff have attached a draft spreadsheet of the fees with the cumulative CPI increase. Some staff assumptions for your information:
Agenda Item 5.c
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