CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 06, 2026 at 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER – 128 SOUTH 5TH STREET, FOWLER, CA 93625 AGENDA
This meeting is being conducted by teleconference at the following locations: Fowler City Council Chamber, 128 S. 5th Street, Fowler, CA 93625; and 2777 South Kihei Road, Kihei, HI 96753.
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Resolutions and Ordinances - With respect to the approval of resolutions and ordinances, the reading of the title thereto shall be deemed a motion to waive a reading of the complete resolution or ordinance and unless there is a request by a Councilmember that the resolution or ordinance be read in full, further reading of the resolution or ordinance shall be deemed waived by unanimous consent of the Council.
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. INVOCATION BY PASTOR JESUS VALENCIA FROM VISION CHURCH
5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6. CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Presentation to Outgoing Recreation Commissioner Ailynn Martinez
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Council on any matter not described on this agenda. Presentations are limited to 3 minutes per person and no more than 15 minutes per topic.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and include a recommended action from Staff and shall be acted on by one motion of the Council. If a Councilmember requests additional information or would like to pull an item for discussion, that item shall be pulled from the Consent Calendar and acted upon separately. A Councilmember may register an action on an individual item without pulling the item from the Consent Calendar. A motion to approve the Consent Calendar is deemed to include a motion to waive the full reading of any ordinance or resolution on the Consent Calendar. For adoption of ordinances, only those which received a unanimous vote of the Councilmembers present at introduction shall be eligible for placement on the Consent Calendar.
8A RATIFY Pay Warrants for January 6, 2026
8B APPROVE Minutes of the December 2, 2025 City Council Meeting
9. CONTESTED CONSENT CALENDAR
2 Items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be heard individually immediately after action is taken on the Consent Calendar.
10. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
City Manager
A Actions pertaining to Chief of Police Agreement:
i. CONSIDER: Resolution No. 2818 adopting the salary classification schedule for all employees. Staff Recommendation: Approve Resolution No. 2818. ii. CONSIDER: An Employment Agreement for Chief of Police Services with Greg G. Gularte. Staff Recommendation: Approve Employment Agreement.
B DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION: Fowler Municipal Code language update C DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION: City Council compensation
Planning
D 1. CONSIDER Resolution No. 2816:
i. FINDING that Planning Project No. 24-27 is consistent with the City’s General Plan and General Plan Environmental Impact Report, and is therefore exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15183, and; ii. APPROVING Planning Project No. 24-27, subject to conditions of approval.
2. CONSIDER Resolution No. 2819:
i. FINDING that approval of a Type 20 Alcohol License for Planning Project No. 24-27 is made on the basis of such approval is a public convenience or necessity.
Public Works
E CONSIDER a Side Letter Amendment to the Subdivision Agreement for Tract No. 6381 to Address Plan Revisions, Single-Story Restrictions, and Block Wall/Fencing Modifications and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement. Staff Recommendation: Approve side letter amendment to subdivision agreement for Tract No. 6381
F CONSIDER the following actions pertaining to Tract 6381:
i. APPROVE Resolution No. 2820 to accept the public improvements related to Tract 6381 upon receipt of the maintenance bond required by the subdivision agreement. Staff Recommendation: Approve Resolution No. 2820. ii. DIRECT the City Engineer to file the notice of completion and release the bonds associated with Tract 6381.
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G PRESENTATION: Quarterly Update by Chief Dustin Hail, Fresno County Fire Protection District
11. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
12. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS
13. CLOSED SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Public Employee Performance Evaluation
Title: City Manager
14. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND REPORT ACTION
15. ADJOURN
Next Ordinance No. 2026-01
Next Resolution No. 2821
CERTIFICATION: I, Angela Vasquez, City Clerk of the City of Fowler, California, hereby certify that the foregoing agenda was posted for public review on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Angela Vasquez, CPMC
City Clerk
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