Mayor Hugo Argumedo
Mayor Pro Tem Ivan Altamirano
Councilmember Mireya Garcia
Councilmember Kevin Lainez
Councilmember Oralia Rebollo
Commerce City Hall
Council Chambers
5655 Jillson Street
Commerce, CA 90040
Phone: (323)722-4805
Fax: (323) 726-6231
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - 5:00 PM
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Agenda
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2. Submit Comments before the Meeting: Members of the public can provide public comment by sending an e-mail to [email protected] for City Council meetings. Written public comments will be acknowledged and summarized during the public comment period by the City Clerk or the Mayor. 5:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor/Chairperson Argumedo
ROLL CALL
City Clerk Shumway
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Citizens wishing to address the City Council and Successor Agency on any item on the Closed Session agenda may do so at this time. Please complete a speaker's card and give it to the City Clerk /Secretary prior to commencement of the City Council/ Successor Agency meetings. Please limit your remarks to three (3) minutes.
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
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1. Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 the City Council will confer with its labor negotiator, Edgar P. Cisneros, with respect to labor negotiations pertaining to:
A. The Memoranda of Understanding between the City and the City of Commerce Employees Association on behalf of the part -time employees.
B. The Memoranda of Understanding between the City and the City of Commerce Employees Association on behalf of the mid-management and non-management full-time employees.
C. Compensation and benefits for the unrepresented full-time executive management employees.
Employee Title: Human Resources Director, Transportation Director, Parks & Recreation Director, Public Works Director, Administrative Services Director, Library Director, Planning and Economic Development Director, Finance Director (Vacant), Safety & Community Services Director (Vacant), Deputy Director of Operations (Vacant), Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation, Assistant City Manager, City Manager
2. Conference with Legal Counsel Pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(2) & (e)(2) - Regarding Anticipated/Potential Litigation - Two (2) Matters.
3. Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8, the City Council will confer with its real property negotiator, Edgar Cisneros, with respect to real estate negotiations with:
A. 5550 Harbor St., Commerce CA 90040 (APN: 6335-025-903) B. Craig Realty Corporation concerning proposed price and other terms relating thereto, comprised of the former Commerce Community Development Commission-owned real property located along the Telegraph Road Corridor, south of Gaspar Avenue and north of the Commerce Casino [Tubeway Avenue], formerly known as 5809, 5819, 5823, 2901/2903, 5933, 5901, 5959, 6000, 6003 and 6233 Telegraph Road and 2240 Gaspar Avenue; 2311, 2322 and 2366 Travers Avenue, Commerce, California.
C. Various parties for 2535 Commerce Way, Commerce CA (APN: 6335-025-901)
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
ORAL CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
6:00 P.M. - CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor/Chairperson Argumedo
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ROLL CALL
City Clerk Shumway
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Assistant City Manager Domic
INVOCATION
Mayor Argumedo
APPEARANCES AND PRESENTATIONS
1. A Resolution Declaring the Month of July 2023 as Parks & Recreation Month
Attachments: Resolution
PUBLIC COMMENT
Citizens wishing to address the City Council and Successor Agency on any item on the agenda or on any matter not on the agenda may do so at this time. State law (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) prohibits the City Council from taking action or engaging in discussion on a specific item unless it appears on a posted agenda .
Upon request, the City Council may, in their discretion, allow citizen participation on a specific item on the agenda at the time the item is considered by the City Council. If you wish to address the City Council /Successor Agency at this time, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the City Clerk prior to commencement of the City Council meeting. Please limit your remarks to three (3) minutes.
To increase the effectiveness of the Public Comment Period, the following rules shall be followed: No person shall make any remarks which result in disrupting, disturbing or otherwise impeding the meeting.
Pursuant to Section 54957.95 of the Government Code, the presiding member of the legislative body conducting a meeting, or their designee, is authorized to remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting. Any such removal will be preceded by a warning to the disruptive individual by the presiding member of the legislative body or their designee that the individual ’s behavior is disrupting the meeting and that the individual ’s failure to promptly cease their disruptive behavior may result in their removal.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and may be enacted by one motion. There will be no discussion of these items unless members of the Public or City Council request specific items to be removed from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion. lf the item is desired to be discussed separately, it should be the first item under Scheduled Matters.
2. Approval of Warrant Register Nos. 21A, 21B, and 21C
The City Council and Successor Agency will consider for approval the bills and claims set forth in Warrant Registers No. 21A dated July 11 2023, No. 21B dated June 22, 2023, through June 26, 2023, and 21C dated June 28, 2023 through June 29, 2023.
21A 7.11.2023
21B 6.22.23-6.26.23
21C 6.28.23-6.29.23
Attachments:
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3. Approval of Minutes
The City Council and Successor Agency will consider for approval the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of Tuesday, June 27, 2023, held at 5:00 p.m., the minutes of the Special Concurrent Meeting of Tuesday, June 27, 2023, held at 6 p.m., and the minutes of the Special City Council meeting of Thursday, June 22, 2023, held at 5 p.m.
2023-06-22 CC Minutes
2023-06-27 CC Minutes
2023-06-27 CC Minutes-Special meeting
Attachments:
4. Procurement of Automated External Defibrillator Management Program from AED Authority
The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution authorizing staff to procure Automated External Defibrillator Management Program from AED Authority
Staff Report
Resolution
Agreement
Attachments:
5. Authorization for Transportation Grant Funding for Capital and Operating Assistance for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024
The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution authorizing staff to apply for Transportation Grant Funding for Capital and Operating Assistance for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Staff Report
Resolution
Attachments:
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SCHEDULED MATTERS
6. Compensation and Related Benefits for Mid-Management and Non-Management Full-Time Employees and Part Time Employees for Fiscal Years 2023-2024 Through 2025-2026
The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, Assistant City Manager and Director of Human Resources to finalize and execute two (2) Memoranda of Understanding between the City of Commerce and the Mid-Management and Non-Management Full-Time Employees and Part-Time Employees represented by the City of Commerce Employees Association - AFSCME Local 773 as well as City policy updates related to the updated terms and conditions in the Memoranda of Understanding.
Staff Report
Resolution
Salary Schedule July 2023
Attachments:
7. Compensation and Fringe Benefits for the Unrepresented, and Confidential Full-Time Units
The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution approving compensation and fringe benefits for the Unrepresented Unit and Confidential Full-Time Unit
Staff Report
Resolution
Salary Schedule July 2023
Attachments:
8. Compensation and Related Benefits for Full-Time Unrepresented Executive Management Employees
The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution approving changes to the compensation and fringe benefits package for the Unrepresented Executive Management employees group.
Staff Report
Resolution
17-09 reso
19-119 reso
Executive Salary as of 2015
Attachments:
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ORDINANCES
9. Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Revising Section 2.20.010 of Chapter 2 (“Compensation”) of the Municipal Code with Respect to Compensation of Councilmembers, and Approval of a Resolution providing for Fringe Benefits and Related Compensation for City Council The City Council will consider for (1) Introduction and First Reading, by title only and waving a full reading, of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Commerce, California, Revising Commerce Municipal Code, Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 2.20.010 (Compensation) with respect to compensation of Councilmembers; (2) consider approval of a Resolution providing for fringe benefits and related compensation for City Council.
Staff Report
Ordinance
Resolution
Attachments:
10. Introduction and First Reading of (2) Ordinances to Repeal Ordinance Nos. 782 and 795 and to revoke Development Agreements Nos. 782 and 795 related to Commercial Cannabis Permit Applications
The City Council will consider for Introduction and First Reading, by title only and waiving full reading Uncodified Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 782 revoking related Development Agreement No 782 between Green Leaf 26 Corporation and the City of Commerce which allowed commercial cannabis activities at 6400 Fleet Street, and Uncodified Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 795 revoking related Development Agreement No 795 between Notstan LA Inc. and the City of Commerce which allowed commercial cannabis activities at 2620 South Malt Avenue and make findings of a CEQA categorical exemption.
Staff Report
Planning Commission Resolutions
Correspondence
Ordinance Repeal No. 782 GreenLeaf
Ordinance Repeal No. 795 NotStanLA
Ordinance Nos. 782 and 795
Attachments:
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY REPORTS
ADJOURNMENT
In memory of Angela Carbajal, City Employee.
Written materials distributed to the City Council are available for public inspection immediately following the posting of this agenda (at least 72 hours prior to a regular City Council meetings) in the City Clerk's Office, at Commerce City Hall, 2535 Commerce Way, Commerce, California, and the Central Library, 5655 Jillson Street, Commerce, California.
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