CITY COUNCIL/ COLTON UTILITY AUTHORITY/
COLTON PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AND COLTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
October 3, 2023
Closed SessionMeeting held on the above given date at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall, with Mayor Navarro presiding.
CITY COUNCIL ROLL CALL
Councilmembers present were Mayor Pro Tern Toro, Gonzalez, Echevarria and Mayor Navarro; Chastain joined Closed Sessionat 5:06pm.
STAFF PRESENT
City Manager Smith, City Attorney Campos, and Deputy City Clerk Vargas
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
CLOSED SESSION
City AttorneyCamposannouncedtheCity Councilwould meetin ClosedSessionto DiscussItemsA andB.
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL— WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM Pursuant to California Government Code, Section 54956. 9 ( d)( 1) CaseName (s) Simon Holding vs City of Colton
B. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
City Representative: Tom Cody, HR Director
Employee Group: Colton Police Officers Association
Mayor Navarro adjourned the meeting to Closed Sessionat 5:02 p.m. and at 6:01 p.m. the meeting reconvened, with all memberspresentheretofore.
City Attorney Reports/Reportable Action
City Attorney CamposannouncedthattheCity Councilmetin ClosedSessionanddiscussedItem A andB and direction was given but there was no reportable action.
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October 3, 2023
RegularMeetingheld on the above-givendateat 6:01 p.m. in the Council Chamberof City Hall, with Mayor Navarro presiding.
INVOCATION: Council Member Gonzalez
FLAG SALUTE: Mayor Pro Tern Toro
CITY COUNCIL ROLL CALL
Council Members Present Staff Present
Frank J. Navarro, Mayor William R. Smith, City Manager
David J. Toro, MPT Carlos Campos, City Attorney
Kelly J. Chastain Stephanie M. Vargas, Deputy City Clerk Dr. Luis S. Gonzalez
John R. Echevarria
Council Members Absent
None
CEREMONIAL MATTERS
Presentations, Awards, Proclamations
Recognition— Take Me Home and Lifeline 4 Paws
MPT Toro presentedCertificatesof Recognitionto theTakeMe Homefoundationandto theLifeline 4 Pawsprogram. MPTTorosharedabriefhistoryof theCityof Colton'sinvolvementandparticipationwith animalrescueprogramsandFoundationsandherecognizedandcelebratedthesuccessof their efforts.
Proclamation— Public Power Week 2023
CM EchevarriapresentedaProclamationCertificateofficially recognizingPublicPowerWeek2023 October 2- 8); acceptedby theUtilities DirectorCharlesBerry, EnvironmentalConservationSupervisor JessicaSutorusand Senior Energy ServicesSpecialist Adrianne Rogers.
Proclamation— Water Professionals Appreciation Week
CM GonzalezpresentedaProclamationCertificateofficially recognizingWaterProfessionalsAppreciation Week 2023 ( October 7- 15); acceptedby Directorof PublicWorksBrianDickinsonandby Environmental Conservation Supervisor Jessica Sutorus.
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS
POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 3, 2023.
GIFT DISCLOSURES
Mayor Navarro askedthe memberspresentif therewere any agendaitems that were a conflict of interest pursuantto CMC Section2.04.030.Nonedisclosed.
AB 1234 ORAL REPORTS
Mayor Navarroaskedthememberspresentif therewereanybrief reportson meetingsattendedat the expense of the City. ( GC Section 53232. 3( d).
Councilmember(s) Gonzalez and Chastain attended the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo; held September 20- 22, 2022, held in Sacramento CA.
APPOINTMENTS
Appointment- Parks and Recreation Commission- Robert Trujillo - D2 CM Chastain submitted the name of Robert Trujillo for appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Consensusby CouncilMemberspresent, no objections, soratified.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION ITEMS
Discussion- Term Limits - Discussion and PossibleDirection to Staff, Pertaining to the Placementof a Ballot Measureto ImplementTermLimits for City Councilmembers (follow-up from 9/5/23 Council Meeting.)
Staff Presentation
CityManagerBill Smithpresentedthecontinueddiscussionitemto Councilandexplainedthatit originated from theSeptember5th City CouncilMeetingwheretheCouncildirectedstaffto bringthis itembackfor further consideration. City Manager Smith introduced William Priest, BB& K, who proceededto present an overview of the discussion item to Council.
Public Comment
None
Council Discussion
Discernment and discussionbetweenMayor and Councilmemberspresent, with clarification and comments provided by Attorney William Priest, BB& K.
MayorNavarrosubmittedto Councilthequestion: ShouldtherebeMayoralandCouncilMemberTerm Limits?
Consensuswasnotreachedby theCouncilMemberspresent, Objectionsmadeby MPT Toro, CM Chastain, and CM Echevarria.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
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BUSINESS ITEMS
1) Budget Allocation- Hermosa Gardens Cemetery - Approve andAdopt a Resolution Amending Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget to Allocate Funding and Contract to OperateHermosa GardensCemetery, RESOLUTION NO. R- 87- 23.
Staff Presentation
Deb Farrar, Director of Community Services, presentedfor Council a PowerPointpresentationwith an overview of the discussion item.
Public Comment
Thefollowing communitymemberaddressedthe Council: ChristineIrish ReandJackieFicarotto.
Council Discussion
Discernment and discussion between Mayor and Councilmembers present, with clarification and comments providebytheDirectorof CommunityServicesDebFarrarandCityManagerBill Smith MotionandSecondby MPT Toro/ CM Gonzalezto AdoptResolutionNo. R-87-23 amendingFiscalYear 2023/2024 Budget to allocate funding to operateHermosaGardensCemetery.
Vote: Motion Passed, Unanimous
Motion andSecondby CM Chastain/ MPT Toro to AuthorizetheCity Managerto executecontractwith Omni CemeteryProviders, not to exceed $250,000.
Vote: Motion Passed, Unanimous
PUBLIC COMMENT
The following communitymembersaddressedthe Council: JackieFicarotto, ChristineIrish Re, andPam Lemos.
CONSENT CALENDAR
MayorNavarropresentstheConsentCalendarItems2 through5.
City Manager Bill Smith requested a correction to Item # 4 due to a mistake that was made on page 122, paragraph1, of the GrantEasementAttachment, wherethe realpropertyis mistakenlyreferencedasbeing locatedin" RiversideCounty" insteadof" SanBernardinoCounty." Motion andSecondby CM Gonzalez/CM Chastainto approveconsentcalendarwith thecorrectionto Item#4.
Vote: Unanimous, Motion Passes.
2) Minutes -Approvalof Minutesfor the City CouncilRegularMeetingheldon September19, 2023, on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
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3) Warrants - Approve replacement check number 207764 for$ 396.33; voucher numbers 207765 to 207843 dated08/30/2023 and totaling $75,624.63; voucher numbers 207844 to 207892 dated 08/ 31/ 2023 and totaling $ 1,383, 833. 81; voucher numbers 207893 to 208008 dated 09/ 06/2023 and totaling $579,487.42; replacementchecknumber207894for$ 10,340.00 andapayroll disbursement listing dated 8/ 05/ 2023 to 08/ 18/ 2023 and totaling $ 1, 169, 464. 17. 4) Easement- La Loma Reservoir Site - Approve Easement for La Loma Reservoir. 5) Purchase-Elk GroveAuto Group -ApprovePurchaseof 5 PatrolVehiclesfor thePoliceDepartment from Elk Grove Auto Group.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Commentsfrom Mayor, CouncilandCity Treasureronvariousissuesandactivitiesthroughoutthecommunity.
CITY MANAGER' S REPORTS
CityManagerBill SmithannouncedthattheclosedcaptionfeatureisnowsuccessfullybeingusedfortheCity of Colton' s Council Meeting broadcasts. Smith also announcedthat Spectrum was able to adjust the audio settings, which hasallowed for a noticeable improvement in soundquality.
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:01p.m.. MayorNavarroadjournedtheRegularCouncilMeeting. 2tgs
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