Any writing or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at City Hall located at 147 Fourth Street, Gonzales, California, during normal business hours.
A G E N D A
JOINT MEETING OF THE
GONZALES CITY COUNCIL AND
GONZALES SUCCESSOR AGENCY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 117 FOURTH STREET
GONZALES, CA 93926
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
1. ROLL CALL- City Council/Successor Agency
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Scott Funk, Council/Agency Member Liz Silva, Council/Agency Member Lorraine Worthy, Council/Agency Member Paul Miller, Mayor/Chair Jose L. Rios
Youth Commissioners
Sherlyn Flores and Autumn Escobedo
Successor Agency Item
PUBLIC NOTICE
This meeting is being conducted consistent with State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The public may participate in person or online via zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87241296989 or call 1-1669-900-6833 and use Meeting ID: 872 4129 6989.
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PRESENTATIONS
2. Swearing in of Fire Department Personnel
BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
3. Business from the Public not on the Agenda; any member of the Public may address the Council/Agency for a period not to exceed three minutes on any subject not on the Agenda. The Council/Agency will listen to all communications but may take no action.
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Any writing or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at City Hall located at 147 Fourth Street, Gonzales, California, during normal business hours.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be adopted by one action of the Council unless any Council Member has a question or wishes to make a statement or discuss an item. In that event, the Mayor will remove the item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration.
4. Approve the Joint City Council and Successor Agency - Regular Meeting - March 21, 2022 Minutes
5. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #46565-46652
6. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2022-16, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Authorizing Execution of an Operation & Maintenance Agreement with ENGIE Services in the Amount of $225,000, Which Includes a Contingency Budget of $17,029 for Maintenance of Six City-Owned Solar Arrays for a Five-Year Period
REGULAR AGENDA
7. Discussion and Consideration of an Increase of ½ Percent (.5%) Transaction and Use Tax a) Staff Report
b) Public Comment
c) Council Discussion
d) Council Action
Staff Recommended Action-Discuss and provide direction on bringing forth to the voters (electorate): 1) Extending the sunset timeframe of both Measure K and Measure X another 20 years, from 2044 to 2064; and 2) An additional ½ Percent (.5%) Transaction and Use Tax Increase
BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
8. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. Transportation Agency for Monterey County
b. Mayor Selection Committee
c. Salinas Valley Recycles
d. Measure K Oversight Committee
e. Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability
f. City’s 75th Anniversary Committee
9. Oral Communications
BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
10. Oral Communications
CLOSED SESSION
Any member of the public may address the Council on a closed session item appearing on the agenda.
Speakers shall have a limited time of three (3) minutes. Please be brief and to the point.
11. The City Council will recess to closed session to consider personnel matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(B)(1) - City Manager Evaluation.
ADJOURNMENT
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (831) 675-5000. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (CFR 35.102-
35.104 ADA Title II). This is a public meeting and as such, can be seen live by people present or online and is being recorded; therefore; anything you say or do here is public information. The recordings are available online.
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