LOCATION:
El Monte City Hall – East
City Council Chambers
11333 Valley Boulevard
El Monte, CA 91731
DATE AND TIME:
Wednesday,
June 18, 2025
6:00 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE
MEETING JOINTLY AND REGULARLY WITH THE EL MONTE HOUSING AUTHORITY; EL MONTE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY; EL MONTE WATER AUTHORITY; EL MONTE PARKING AUTHORITY; SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER EL MONTE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY; AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, SUCH OTHER BODIES OF
THE CITY WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IS COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY
COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBERS/AUTHORITY MEMBERS:
Jessica Ancona, Mayor
♦ Marisol Cortez, Mayor Pro Tem ♦ Sheila Crippen-Thomas, Councilmember ♦ Cindy Galvan, Councilmember ♦ Martin Herrera, Councilmember ♦ Viviana Longoria, Councilmember ♦ Dr. Julia Ruedas, Councilmember
This meeting is a Special Meeting within the meaning of Government Code Section 54956 and as such public comment is limited to the item(s) of business appearing on the Special Meeting agenda only.
Members of the public may address the City Council (i) on agendized closed session items of business prior to the City Council going into closed session; (ii) on items of business listed under the heading Public Hearings when the public hearing on the item the speaker wishes to speak on is opened; and/or (iii) on all other items appearing on the Special Meeting agenda. The City Council shall be under no obligation to entertain comments from persons who (i) submit a speaker card after the City Council closes the applicable commenting period. With this in mind, speakers are strongly encouraged to submit cards as early as possible to avoid missing the opportunity to speak. Speaker cards should be submitted to the City Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms (a uniformed El Monte Police Officer) before the City Council’s approval of the agenda, if possible.
The City Council shall be under no obligation to respond to or deliberate upon any specific questions or comments posed by a speaker or take action on any i ssue raised by a speaker beyond such action as the City Council may be lawfully authorized to take on an agendized matter pursuant to the Brown Act (Govt.
Code Section 54950 et seq.) (“Brown Act”) Members of the City Council may provide brief clarifying responses to any comment made or questions posed. Persons who wish to address the City Council are City Council Special Meeting of June 18, 2025
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asked to state their name and address for the record. Speakers may not lend any portion of their speaking time to other persons or borrow additional time from other persons. All comments or queries presented by a speaker shall be addressed to the City Council as a body and not to any specific member thereof. No questions shall be posed to any member of the City Council except through the presiding official of the meeting, the Mayor and/or Chair. The City Council may not engage in any sort of prolonged discussion or deliberation with any speaker or group of speakers on matters that are not listed on this agenda, nor may the City Council take action an any non-agendized items of business, except as specifically authorized under the Brown Act.
Enforcement of Decorum: The Chief of Police, or such member, or members of the Police Department as the Chief of Police may designate, shall serve as the Sergeant-at-Arms of any City Council meeting. In accordance with Government Code Section 54957.95 as adopted under SB 1000, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding official for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. While members of the public are free to level criticism of City policies and the action(s) or proposed action(s) of the City Council or its members, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the proceedings, including, but not limited to, conduct that prevents other members of the public from being he ard when it is their opportunity to speak or which prevents members of the audience from hearing or seeing the proceedings; speaking off topic or speaking beyond the speakers allotted time limit. Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that may reasonably be interpr eted as an imminent threat of physical harm. All persons participating in the meeting must adhere to the City’s policy barring harassment based upon a person’s race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or age.
Instruction regarding accommodation under the Am ericans with Disabilities Act can be found on the last page of this Agenda.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL FOR CITY COUNCIL AND AUTHORITY BODIES:
Jessica Ancona, Mayor/Chair
Marisol Cortez, Mayor Pro Tem/Authority Member
Sheila Crippen-Thomas, Councilmember/Authority Member
Cindy Galvan, Councilmember/Authority Member
Martin Herrera, Councilmember/Authority Member
Viviana Longoria, Councilmember/Authority Member
Dr. Julia Ruedas, Councilmember/Authority Member
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
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4. CLOSED SESSION:
This is the time set aside for interested members of the public to address the City Council on agendized Closed Session matters. Subject to the commenting procedures described above, the City Council will allow interested members of the public to address the City Council on agendized Closed Session matters prior to holding Closed Session. Each speaker will be given a single speaker time allotment of three (3) continuous m inutes total to address the Council on any or all closed session items of business. The City Council shall be under no obligation to recognize a speaker who submits a speaker card after the City Council has gone into Closed Session.
4.1 Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation – One (1) Matter.
4.2 Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation – One (1) Matter.
4.3 Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) – Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation – Leos v. City of El Monte, Central District Court Case No: 2:23-cv-02427.
4.4 Closed Session Pursuant to Government C ode Section 54957(a) – Security, Public Facilities and City Services – Consultation with Legal Counsel and Chief of Police.
5. INVOCATION: City Council
6. FLAG SALUTE: City Council
7. SPECIAL MEETING PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDIZED MATTERS ONLY:
As provided under Government Code Section 54954.3, this time has been set aside for persons in the audience to provide comment or make inquiries on matters appearing on this Special Meeting agenda only. Although no person is required to provide their name and address as a condition to attending a meeting, persons who wish to address the body are asked to state their name and address. Each speaker will be limited to three (3) continuous minutes. Speakers may not lend any portion of their speaking time to other persons or borrow additional time from other persons. All comments or queries presented by a speaker shall be addressed to the body as a whole and not to any specific member thereof. No questions shall be posed to any member of the body except through the presiding official of the meeting, members of the body are under no obligation to respond to questions posed by speakers but may provide brief clarifying responses to any comment made or questions posed. The body may not engage in any sort of prolonged discussion or deliberation with any speaker or group of speakers on matters that are not listed on this Special Meeting agenda.
Enforcement of Decorum: The Chief of Police of the City of El Monte, or such member, or members of the Police Department as the Chief of Police may designate, shall serve as the Sergeant-at-Arms City Council Special Meeting of June 18, 2025
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of the meeting. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding official for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. While members of the public are free to level criticism of policies and the action(s) or proposed action(s) of the body or its members, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the proceedings, including, but not limited to, conduct that prevents other members of the public from being heard when it is their opportunity to speak or which prevents members of the audience from hearing or seeing the proceedings.
Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that may reasonably be interpreted as an imminent threat of physical harm. All persons attending the meeting must adhere to policies barring harassment based upon a person’s race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual orientation or age.
8. REGULAR AGENDA:
8.1 Consideration and Review the General Fund Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget Presentation to the City Council for Consideration and Adoption at a Subsequent Meeting.
RECOMMENDATION OF BUSINESS ITEM UNDER CONSIDERATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Consider, discuss and provide direction to staff regarding the General Fund Fiscal Year Budget to be adopted at a subsequent City Council meeting.
Total Cost: N/A Account No: N/A
Is the cost of this item budgeted? N/A
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9. ADJOURNMENT:
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on June 25, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. This Agenda will be posted on the City’s website, www.ci.el-monte.ca.us, and physically posted no less than 72 hours prior to the start of the subject regular meeting. Although it is the City’s practice and desire to electronically post a copy of this Agenda along with supporting material as part of its website posting, the size or formatting of certain supporting mate rials may render their website posting infeasible.
Nevertheless, all supporting materials related to any item on this Agenda, that is made available to the members of the council may be inspected by me mbers of the public at the City Clerk’s Office located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, M onday through Thursday, 7:00 am – 5:30 pm. For more information, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 626-580-2016.
All public meetings and events sponsored or conduc ted by the City of El Monte are held in sites accessible to persons with disabilities. Requests for accommodations may be made by calling the office of the City Clerk at (626) 580-2016 at least three (3) working days prior to the event, if possible.
This Agenda and copies of documents distributed at the meeting are available in alternative formats upon request.
Posted: June 17, 2025 at 5:40 p.m.
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