MINUTES
CITY OF DELANO
CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
August 19, 2024
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Alindajao called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1015 – 11th Avenue.
INVOCATION
Pastor Anthony Cortez offered the invocation.
FLAG SALUTE
Mayor Alindajao led the flag salute.
ROLL CALL
Council members present: Mayor Joe Alindajao, Mayor Pro Tem Morris, Councilmember Nunez, Councilmember Solorio-Ruiz
Council members absent: Councilmember Vasquez
OFFICIALS PRESENT
City Manager Reyna, Economic Development Specialist Fernandez, City Attorney Hensley (zoom), Chief of Police Nicholson, Human Resources Director Zamudio, Finance Director Rios, Acting Community Development Director Chavez, Fire Chief Duncan, IT Manager Enriquez, and City Engineer Dowling (zoom)
PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
Proclamation for Valley Fever Institute accepted by Kern Medical Rob Purdie and Martha Leon
ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC
No public comment.
CONSENT AGENDA
1) Authorization to waive the reading of any ordinance in its entirety and consenting to the reading of such ordinances by title only.
2) Warrant Register in the amount of $3,061,555.08
3) Minutes of Regular Council Meeting of August 5, 2024 4) Adopt resolution approving the class specification for Police Department Assistant; Approve a reclassification of an Office Assistant I to Police Department Assistant and authorize the Finance Director to appropriate funds
5) Approve adding one full-time Economic Development Specialist to the Economic Development Department and authorize the Finance Director to appropriate funds 6) Resolution of the city council of the city of Delano accepting the Gann appropriations limit report for the fiscal year 2024-2025
7) Authorization to award contract to NeoGov for the purchase and implementation of NeoGov Software for HR and Payroll functions
8) Approval of the Addition of Civic Optimization Platform to the current contract with CivicPlus for Website Hosting
9) Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 12.40 (Covenant of Easement) to the Municipal Code
10) Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Delano Municipal Code to Modify Subdivision Utility Requirements and to Establish a Procedure for Modifying Final Subdivision Maps
11) Approve adding one full time Permit Technician to the Planning Department an authorize the Finance Director to appropriate funds
Motion was made by: Morris to approve items 1-11 on consent items; 2nd by: Solorio-Ruiz
Vote: 5-0
Ayes: Alindajao / Morris / Nunez / Solorio – Ruiz
Nays: None
Absent: Vasquez
Abstentions: None
PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
REGULAR AGENDA
None.
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
None.
COUNCIL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
Council member Vasquez – Absent.
Council member Solorio-Ruiz – “I attended the Cal City South San Joaquin Valley Division membership meeting with Vice Mayor Morris, and it was a good meeting and I'm glad Delano was present in those meetings. They also talked about the Governor’s office. A member of the Governor’s office was present and they talked about Prop One and how there will be funding for that available. They encouraged, of course, the city of Delano to definitely apply. I would assume that you're already on it, Rosa, I appreciate that in advance. Then as we've seen in communities, a lot of infrastructure improvements have been happening, and I know that there's a lot of concerns of what we're doing during school time or et cetera. Why didn't we do it during the summer? Well, the great thing is it's happening. I think that we cannot halter infrastructure improvements as it's so important. Quite frankly, that is community members taxpayer money in good use, so we can all be happy about that. So other than that, that is all. Hope everyone has a good evening.”
Councilmember Nunez – “Yes, I only have one item. It's regarding Governor Newsom’s executive order. He put it out a couple of months ago regarding the encampments. He also asked that cities also enact some kind of ordinance to help alleviate with the encampments. I'm going to request that staff put something together. I have emailed earlier today staff some of the samples from other cities in our surrounding areas if they can come back with something within the next 60 days.”
Mayor Pro-Tem Morris – “The only thing I have was we took a tour of the water plant the other day or what the new one is going to look like. We went to see the one on Browning, which is going to be pretty much a duplicate, the new one across town. It was very interesting. I thank Roman for giving us us to the tour. Of course, Congressman Valadao was able to secure 6 million for us for that plant, which is awesome. That way we don't have to pass that cost on to the rate payers. Anytime we pass any cost to the rate payers, we really don't like that. We're happy that he did that for us. We are so appreciative of the work that he does for our community. Only other thing I have is that, of course, at the end of the month on the 31st Kiwanis is having a luau, any of you that want to go out and support them to help them do good things for kids, because that's what they do and the money they raise is to help the youth of our community. It all goes back for the activities that we plant for them, whether it be the pumpkin patch, whether it be the Easter egg count, whether it be whatever. So if you get a chance, come out and support them. They'd be so appreciative of that.”
Mayor Alindajao – “I also want to just echo the Vice Mayor's comments about the assistance from the federal government providing $6 million for Well 42. I understand that the size of the well is going to be about one and a half times larger than the toured well site, which is going to provide much needed infrastructure for the north part of the city, which I believe are adding about 2,000 homes in that particular area. It's also going to work as a redundancy, so if other wells go down or aren't up to a hundred percent capacity, I think Well 42 will be able to supply any shortfall. Thank you to Roman Downing and our staff for making all that happen. You just don't get $6 million and you got to do something with it. You got to put the work into it. You got to make it happen, and they're making that happen. We appreciate our staff and Congressman Valadao’s office.” Motion was made by: Solorio-Ruiz to go into closed session at 5:55 PM; 2nd by: Nunez
Vote: 4-0
Ayes: Alindajao / Nunez / Morris / Solorio-Ruiz
Nays: None
Absent: Vasquez
Abstentions: None
CLOSED SESSION
12) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code 54956.9(d)(1)
Claim no. FR97745 for claimant Abigail Orque (City of Delano vs Loyst Fletcher, Esq.) Motion was made by: Solorio-Ruiz to return to general session at 6:02 PM; 2nd by: Nunez
Vote: 4-0
Ayes: Alindajao / Nunez / Morris / Solorio-Ruiz
Nays: None
Absent: Vasquez
Abstentions: None
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Solorio-Ruiz seconded by Nunez and unanimously carried 5-0 to adjourn the meeting at 6:02 PM _____________________________________________
Miguel Angel Fernandez, Deputy City Clerk