SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR
AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
MEETINGAGENDA
May 4, 2023
6:00 PM
The Mission of the City of Coalinga is to provide for the preservation of the community character by delivering quality, responsive City services, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, and to develop, encourage, and promote a diversified economic base in order to ensure the future financial stability of the City for its citizens.
Notice is hereby given that the City Council will hold a Special Meeting, on May 4, 2023, in the City Council Chambers located at 155 West Durian, Coalinga, CA. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the City Clerk at least 24 hours prior to this meeting at 935-1533 x113. Anyone interested in translation services should contact the City Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the meeting at 935-1533 x113. The Special Meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the agenda will be as follows:
ZOOM WEBINAR INFORMATION
Councilman Hedgecock will be attending the City Council Meeting at an alternate location at 1600 S. Country Club Drive, Mesa, AZ 85210.
1. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Changes to the Agenda
3. Council's Approval of Agenda
2. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND PROCLAMATIONS (NONE)
3. CITIZEN COMMENTS
This section of the agenda allows members of the public to address the City Council on any item within the jurisdiction of the Council. Members of the public, when recognized by the Mayor, should come forward to the lectern, identify themselves and use the microphone. Comments are normally limited to three (3) minutes. In accordance with State Open Meeting Laws, no action will be taken by the City Council this evening and all items will be referred to staff for follow up and a report.
Citizen Comments submitted in writing to the City Clerk by 5:00pm on the day of the City Council meeting shall be distributed to the City Council and included in the record, however they will not be read.
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS (NONE)
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Authorize the Police Department to Purchase a Second Dual Purpose Canine
6. ORDINANCE PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS (NONE)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. City Manager's Announcements
2. Councilmembers' Announcements/Reports
3. Mayor's Announcements
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
9. CLOSED SESSION (NONE)
10. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
Closed Session: A "Closed" or "Executive" Session of the City Council, Successor Agency, or Public Finance Authority may be held as required for items as follows: personnel matters; labor negotiations; security matters; providing instructions to real property negotiators; legal counsel regarding pending litigation; and protection of records exempt from public disclosure.
Closed session will be held in the Administration Building at 155 W. Durian Avenue and any announcements or discussion will be held at the same location following Closed Session.
11. ADJOURNMENT
STAFF REPORT - CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Subject: Authorize the Police Department to Purchase a Second Dual Purpose Canine Meeting Date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
From: Marissa Trejo, City Manager
Prepared by: Sean Young, Police Commander
I. RECOMMENDATION:
The Police Department is requesting the Councilauthorize the purchase of a second dual purpose canine.
II. BACKGROUND:
The Police Department would like to begin expanding its current K9 Unit and purchase a second canine. The department’s current vendor, Law Dog K9, has offered to donate a canine to the department, and only charge for the training course for the K9 Handler.
III. DISCUSSION:
K9 Officer Nitro is currently the only canine unit the City has and maintains a steady schedule with work and training. With the approval of a second dual purpose canine, the Police Department would be able to deploy the second canine on the opposite end of the week from K9 Officer Nitro. This would allow the department to have a K9 Officer on patrol seven days a week, with the exception of training days or when the canine handler is off due to vacation, sick leave or other training classes.
The funds for the second dual purpose canine would be provided by Coalinga Police K9 Foundation, Inc.
There are no additional funds needed to purchase a canine vehicle as the department has a spare K9 unit.
The annualcost for the second K9 unit is approximately $4,500.00 a year, which includes food, veterinary checkups and any miscellaneous supplies.
This canine will only be available for a short period of time, as other agencies willalso be looking at it. The next K9 Training Course with Law Dog K9 starts May 11th, 2023, hence the need to get this item on the agenda for this meeting. The next K9 Training Course would not start until possibly August 2023, and in that time frame, we would lose the opportunity of having a canine donated.
IV. ALTERNATIVES:
1. The councilcan approve this request.
2. The councilcan deny this request.
V. FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no initial fiscal impact to the General Fund for the purchase of the canine as the canine will be donated by Law Dog K9.
The training course for the new K9 Handler is $10,500, which includes the Handler Protection Course and Narcotics Detection Course. This cost will be covered by funds from the Coalinga Police K9 Foundation, Inc. and will have no impact on the General Fund.
There will be an impact to the General Fund of approximately $4,500.00 per year to cover food, veterinary checkups and any miscellaneous supplies. This number is only an estimate and is anticipated to be much lower pending any medicalemergencies with the canine. The Coalinga Police Foundation, Inc. continues to actively raise money to ensure there is minimalcost to the City to keep this program running.
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