CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 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
Daniel Parra
Juan Mejia
Amarjeet Gill
Leonard Hammer
Karnig Kazarian
City Staff Present: Interim City Manager Gaffery, City Attorney Cross, Fresno County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Dominguez, Fresno County Fire Protection District Unit Chief Hail, Recreation Supervisor Hernandez, City Planner Marple, Finance Director Moreno, City Engineer Park, Police Chief Reid, Public Works Director Rocha, and City Clerk Vasquez.
6. CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS
6A. Employee of the Quarter - Louis Armendarez
6B. Swearing in of Police Officer - Nicholas Martinez
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
No members of the public spoke.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion made by Mejia, Seconded by Kazarian.
Voting Yea: Parra, Gill, Hammer
9. CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
No items were pulled from the consent calendar.
10. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Finance
10A. ACCEPT the Independent Auditor’s Report for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Motion made by Kazarian, Seconded by Gill.
Voting Yea: Parra, Mejia, Hammer
Planning
10B. INTRODUCTION of Ordinance 2024-04 amending sections 5-21.301, 5-21.302, and 5-
21.303, and adding section 5-21.304 to Chapter 21 of Title 5 of the Fowler Municipal Code regarding the regulation of vacant buildings within the City Motion made by Kazarian, Seconded by Gill; with direction to staff to modify Section 2. 5-21.304 (b) Fee Imposed to reflect a fee adopted by Council resolution.
Voting Yea: Parra, Mejia, Hammer
10C. UPDATE on Community Development Block Grant program income funding priorities Two members of the public spoke.
Public Works
10D. PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION on water tower visual identity Mayor Pro-Tem Mejia and Councilmember Kazarian were selected to be on the visual identity subcommittee.
11. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
11A. Quarterly Update by Chief Dustin Hale, Fresno County Fire Protection District Updates were also provided by Interim City Manager Gaffery, Finance Director Moreno, Recreation Supervisor Hernandez, City Clerk Vasquez, City Planner Marple, City Engineer Park, and Chief Reid.
12. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Updates were provided by Councilmember Hammer, Councilmember Gill, Mayor Parra, Mayor Pro-Tem Mejia, and Councilmember Kazarian.
13. CLOSED SESSION
The meeting went into closed session at 7:17 p.m.
14. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND REPORT ACTION
The meeting reconvened into open session at 8:06 p.m.
There was no reportable action taken on any of the four closed session items.
15. ADJOURN
Having no further business the meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.