RESOLUTION NO. 2023-34
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GONZALES/CITY COUNCIL AS BOARD TO THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
GONZALES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/ GONZALES SUCCESSOR HOUSING
AGENCY BOARD/BOARD OF THE GONZALES ELECTRIC AUTHORITY/BOARD
OF THE GONZALES MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY APPROVING AN
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR CITY MANAGER/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
DIRECTOR/SUCCESSOR HOUSING AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ELECTRIC
AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ELECTRIC UTILITY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR SERVICES WITH CARMEN GIL
WHEREAS, with the recent departure of the Gonzales City Manager, the City Council once again embarked on a recruitment effort for a new Manager; and WHEREAS, after a thorough vetting of its options, the Council directed and engaged in negotiations with its selected candidate, current Community Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Director Carmen Gil (“Gil”), for the City Manager/Successor Agency Director/Successor Housing Agency Executive Director/Electric Authority Executive Director/Electric Utility Executive Director positions; and WHEREAS, Gil, who has been with the City of Gonzales since 2020, and who has more than a decade of public service experience, also recently served as both Acting and Interim City Manager during the City’s manager recruitment periods; and WHEREAS, the Council is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Gil to assume the City Manager, Director and Executive Directors’ positions and has negotiated an appropriate contract for such services.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Gonzales, the City Council as the Board to the Successor Agency to the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency, the Board of the Gonzales Successor Housing Agency, the Board of the Gonzales Electric Authority and the Board of the Gonzales Municipal Electric Authority, that the “Employment Agreement” between said entities and Carmen Gil, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and by this reference incorporated herein, is hereby approved. The Mayor/Chair/President is hereby authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City/Successor Agency/ Successor Housing Agency/Electric Authority/Electric Utility.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Staff is hereby directed to place an executed copy of the Agreement in Ms. Gil’s personnel file.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council/City Council Acting as Successor Agency Board of the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency/ Board of the Gonzales Successor Housing Agency/Board of the Gonzales Electric Authority/Board of the Gonzales Municipal Electric Utility at a regular meeting held on the 5
th of June, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Council Members/Successor Agency Members/Successor Housing Agency Members/Electric Authority Members/Electric Utility Members:
NOES, Council Members/Successor Agency Members/Successor Housing Agency Members/Electric Authority Members/Electric Utility Members:
ABSTAIN, Council Members/Successor Agency Members/Successor Housing Agency Members/Electric Authority Members/Electric Utility Members:
ABSENT, Council Members/Successor Agency Members/Successor Housing Agency Members/Electric Authority Members/Electric Utility Members:
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Jose L. Rios, Mayor/Chairperson/Chairperson
President/President
ATTEST:
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Mary Villegas, City/Agency/Agency/Authority/
Utility/Deputy Clerk