EXETER
EXETER CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025
Closed Session - 6:00 p.m.
Regular Session - 7:00 p.m.
137 North "F" Street, Exeter, California 93221
CITY ADMINISTRATOR MAYOR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
Adam Ennis Jacob Johnson Vacant
CHIEF OF POLICE MAYOR PRO TEM CITY ATTORNEY
John Hall Jeff Wilson Julia Lew
FINANCE DIRECTOR/CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY PLANNER
TREASURER
Eekhong Franco Frankie Alves Greg Collins
Vicki Riddle
CITY CLERK Bobby Lentz CITY ENGINEER
Francesca Quintana Martin Querin
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
Christina Arias
Staff Reports related to items on the agenda are available 6:00 p.m.
A. CALL TO ORDER CLOSED SESSION
B. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION MATTERS - Comments from the public are limited to items listed on the closed session matters (GC 54954.3a). Speakers will be allowed three (3) minutes. Please begin your comments by stating your name and providing your City of residence.
C. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION(S):
1. 54956.9 Consideration of Liability Claims
Claimant: Ximena Faburrieta
Claimed Against: City of Exeter
2. 54956.9(d)(1) Conference with Legal Counsel
Re: Existing Litigation by the City: City of Exeter v. Lillian Dignan, et al., Tulare Superior Court No. VCU315971
3. 54956.9(d)(1) Conference with Legal Counsel
Re: Existing Litigation: Long v. City of Exeter, California Supreme Court No. S286705
4. 54957.6 Conference with Labor Negotiations
Agency Negotiator: Adam Ennis
Employee Groups: All represented and unrepresented employees 7:00 p.m. (or, immediately following Closed Session)
D. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION AND REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (if any)
E. INVOCATION
Presented by Pastor Glen Stout.
F. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
G. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
This is the time for citizens to comment on subject matters that are not on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the Exeter City Council. In compliance with public meeting laws, Council cannot discuss topics that are not included on the published agenda. This is also the time for citizens to comment on items listed on the Consent Calendar or to request an item from the Consent Calendar be pulled for discussion purposes. Public comments related to all pulled Consent Calendar Items and all Individual Business or Public Hearing Items that are listed on this agenda will be heard at the time that item is discussed or at a time the Public Hearing is opened for comment.
In fairness to all who wish to speak tonight, comments shall be limited to five (5) minutes for each individual, ten (10) minutes for an individual representing a group, and thirty (30) minutes overall for the entire public comment period, unless otherwise indicated by the Mayor. Although not required, speakers are asked to begin their comments by stating their name and city of residence.
H. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
None.
I. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion.
There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made and then the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion.
1. Approval of January 14, 2025, regular meeting minutes (pp. 4 - 8)
2. Payment of Bills (pp. 9 - 13)
January 17, 2025, Payroll (pp. 14 - 19)
4. Approval requested for a Special Event Permit and an Encroachment Permit fee waiver from the Exeter Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $313.00 for the weekly downtown Christmas Open House events (pp. 20 - 22)
5. Second reading, by title only, and adoption of Ordinance No. 715, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Exeter, Adding Chapter 9.36 to Title 9 of the City of Exeter Code of Ordinances, Regulating Unsafe and Unauthorized Camping and Storage of Personal Property, the Protection of Critical Infrastructure, and Mitigation of Harm to the Public Health, Safety and Welfare, and waiving further reading thereof (pp. 23 - 37)
6. Adoption of Resolution No. 2025-03, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Exeter, authorizing the installation of permanent No Parking signs on the North side of Rocky Hill Drive 490 feet West of the City Limits, across the frontage of the Exeter Unified School District
Transportation Department and Kaweah High School located at 1107 Rocky Hill Drive for the purpose of public safety (pp. 38 - 42)
J. INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS ITEMS:
Comments related to Individual Business and Public Hearing Items are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker, for a maximum of 30 minutes per item. The Mayor may reasonably limit or extend the public comment period to preserve the Council's interest in conducting efficient, orderly meetings.
1. Presentation of January 09, 2025 Downtown assault details, presentation of law enforcement and legal information in response to questions presented by the City Council and community members and discussion of any other associated administration, legal and law enforcement items (pp. 43 - 49)
Presented by Adam Ennis, City Administrator with Julia Lew, City Attorney and Chief of Police John Hall
2. Discussion and direction regarding potential adjustments and balloting of the City's Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts (LLMAD's) to assist in improving the future financial balance of the districts (pp. 50 - 58)
Introduced by Adam Ennis, City Administrator and presented by John Doyel, OK Director of Municipal Services
K. CITY COUNCIL ITEMS OF INTEREST
L. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/DEPARTMENT COMMENTS
M. REGULAR MEETING ADJOURNMENT
State of California
County of Tulare ) SS.
City of Exeter
I declare under penalty of perjury that I am employed by the City of Exeter, in the Administrator's Office; and that I posted this Agenda on the bulletin board outside of City Hall 137 N. F St. Exeter CA 93221 on January 24, 2025 and online on the City of Exeter website.
Francesca Quintana, City Clerk
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Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the legislative body after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at City of Exeter, Administration Office 314 W. Firebaugh, Exeter CA 93221 during normal business hours.