RESOLUTION NO. 2025-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES
APPROVING EXECTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION TO USE FIRE
CAMP CREWS FOR SELECT PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE SERVICES WHEREAS, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) operate 35 conservation camps, commonly known as Fire Camps. Participants in the Fire Camp Program are serving state prison sentences and are housed at minimum security facilities under the supervision of CDCR staff; and WHEREAS, the Fire Camp participants train as first responders and provide services during natural disasters and perform basic public works maintenance services; and WHEREAS, executing the Memorandum of Understanding with Cal Fire will allow the City to use the crews at the Gabilan Conservation Fire Camp for routine public works maintenance efforts such as clearing overgrown landscaping from storm drain basins; and WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council approve the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with Cal Fire for select Public Works Maintenance Services; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that all of the recitals set forth above are true and correct to the best of the Council’s knowledge and are hereby adopted as findings.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Gonzales hereby authorizes execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with Cal Fire to use Fire Camp crews for routine public works efforts such as clearing accumulated shrubs and other landscaping from the storm drain basins around the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gonzales duly held on the 5
th day of May 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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Jose L. Rios, The Honorable Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk