AMENDED AGENDA
JOINT MEETING OF THE GONZALES CITY COUNCIL,
GONZALES SUCCESSOR AGENCY, GONZALES SUCCESSOR
HOUSING AGENCY, GONZALES ELECTRIC AUTHORITY BOARD,
AND GONZALES MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
117 FOURTH STREET, GONZALES, CA 93926
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
5. CONSENT AGENDA
5.1 Approve the Joint City Council/Successor Agency Regular Meeting Minutes of July 20, 2026
City Council/Successor Agency/Successor Housing Agency/Electric Authority Board/Municipal Electric Utility Board
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair/Vice President Liz Silva, Council/Agency/Board Member Scott Funk, Council/Agency/Board Member Lorraine Worthy, Council/Agency/Board Member Maria Orozco, Mayor/Chair/President Jose L. Rios
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/87020263943 or call 1 (669) 900-6833 and use Meeting ID: 870 2026 3943. If you wish to make either a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, please use the Raise Hand function.
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Business from the Public not on the Agenda; any member of the Public may address the Council/Agency for a period not to exceed two (2) minutes on any subject not on the Agenda. The Council/Agency will listen to all communications but may take no action.
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.
July 20, 2026 CC/SA Minutes
1 5.2 Approve the Joint City Council/Successor Agency Regular Meeting Minutes of August 3, 2026
5.3 Approve Accounts Payable Warrants #54214-54272
5.4 City Manager Report
5.5 Community Development Department Activity Report
5.6 Community Engagement & Recreation Activity Report
5.7 Police Department Activity Report
5.8 Public Works/City Engineer Department Activity Report
5.9 Resolution No. 2026-50, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving a Property Tax Transfer for the Proposed Vista Lucia Reorganization Involving Annexation of 771 Acres to the City of Gonzales and Detachment from the Monterey County Resource Conservation District and Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District
5.10 Resolution 2026-51, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Certifying Compliance with State Law with Respect to the Levying of General and Special Taxes, Assessments, and Property Related Fees and Charges
5.11 Resolution No. 2026-52, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Establishing the Appropriations Subject to Limit for the City of Gonzales for the 2026- 2027 Fiscal Year
5.12 Joint Resolution No. 2026-55, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales/City Council as Board to the Successor Agency to the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency/Board of the Successor Housing Agency/Board of the Gonzales Electric Authority/Board of the Gonzales Municipal Electric Utility Approving a First Amendment to 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
August 3, 2026 CC/SA Minutes
Warrants #54214-54272
City Manager Report July 2026
Activity Report Pictures
Activity Report Pictures
Resolution No. 2026-50
BOS Resolution - Vista Lucia
Resolution No. 2026-51
Exhibit A - Levying Special Taxes & Assessment for FY 26-27 Assessments for FY 2026-2027
Resolution No. 2026-52
Exhibit A - GANN Appropriations
Exhibit B - Department of Finance Documentaion
Joint Resolution No. 2026-55 with First Amendment
2 6.1 Resolution No. 2026-53, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Adopting an Operating Budget for the City for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Providing for the Appropriations and Expenditures of All Sums Set Forth Therein; and Resolution SA-2026-03, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Acting as Successor Agency for the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency Approving and Adopting a Successor Agency Budget for the Period Between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027
Staff Report
Public Comment
Council Discussion
Council Action
7. BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
8. BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
9. CLOSED SESSION
9.1 The City Council will recess to closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) to confer with its Attorney regarding pending litigation which has been initiated formally and to which the City is a party: Duran v. City of Gonzales.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Resolution No. 2026-53
Resolution No. SA-2026-03
FY 2026-2027 Recommended Budget
7.1 Board/Committee Reports
League of California Cities Monterey Bay Division
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
Monterey Salinas Transit
7.2 Oral Communications
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 two (2) minutes. Please be brief and to the point.
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.
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.
I, Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Gonzales, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Joint Gonzales City Council/Gonzales Successor Agency/Gonzales Successor Housing Agency, Gonzales Electric Authority Board, and Gonzales Municipal Electric Utility Board Meeting Amended Agenda was posted at City Hall, Council Chambers, and on the City’s website by August 14, 2026 at 12:00pm. 3 6. REGULAR AGENDA
Mary Villegas 8/14/26
Mary Villegas Date