CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2023 at 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER – 128 SOUTH 5TH STREET, FOWLER, CA 93625
MINUTES
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Mayor Parra called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT:
Parra
Mejia
Gill
Hammer
Kazarian
CITY STAFF PRESENT
City Manager Tucker, City Attorney Cross, Assistant City Manager Gaffery, City Planner Marple, Finance Director Moreno, City Engineer Park, Police Chief Reid, City Clerk Vasquez
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
One member of the public spoke.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilmember Kazarian made a motion to approve items 6-A through 6-D of the consent calendar, seconded by Councilmember Gill. The motion carried by roll call vote: Ayes: Kazarian, Gill, Hammer, Mejia, Parra
7. CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 6-E. APPROVE a professional services agreement with Price Paige & Company for FY 2022-23 (Finance), was pulled from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Kazarian
Mayor Pro-Tem Mejia made a motion to approve Item 6-E. APPROVE a professional services agreement with Price Paige & Company for FY 2022-23 (Finance), seconded by Mayor Parra. The motion carried by roll call vote: Ayes: Mejia, Parra, Gill, Hammer; Noes: Kazarian
Staff were given direction to work toward finding alternatives for the next fiscal year audit and provide an update to council.
8. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
8-A. Public Works Department
i. Workshop on Water Rate Study progress
Staff were given direction to modify the water rate analysis and bring the analysis back to Council at a later date.
9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Updates were given by Police Chief Reid, City Clerk Vasquez, Finance Director Moreno, and Assistant City Manager Gaffery.
10. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Updates were provided by Councilmember Hammer, Councilmember Gill, Mayor Parra, Mayor Pro-Tem Mejia, and Councilmember Kazarian.
11. CLOSED SESSION
No reportable action was taken on any of the three items.
12. ADJOURN
Having no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:31 p.m.