AGENDA
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
117 FOURTH STREET, GONZALES, CA 93926
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. PRESENTATIONS
4.1 GYC Summer Fellowship Capstone Presentation
4.2 Proclamation No. 2026-09 Declaring September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
4.3 Proclamation No. 2026-10 Proclaiming September as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
5. BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
City Council/Successor Agency Members:
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Liz Silva, Council/Agency Member Scott Funk, Council/Agency Member Maria Orozco, Mayor/Chair 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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Capstone Presentation
Proclamation No. 2026-09
Proclamation No. 2026-10
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. 1 6. CONSENT AGENDA
6.1 Approve the Joint City Council/Successor Agency/Successor Housing Agency/Electric Authority/Municipal Electric Utility Meeting Minutes of August 17, 2026
6.2 Approve Accounts Payable Warrants #54273-54382
6.3 Resolution No. 2026-54, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving an Amendment to the Gonzales Salary Classification Plans for Fiscal Years 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026, and Repealing Resolutions in Conflict Herewith
6.4 Resolution No. 2026-56, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Amending the Adopted Conflict of Interest Code
6.5 Resolution No. 2026-57, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Authorizing the Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Gonzales and the Gonzales Police Officers Association (GPOA) for the period covering July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027
6.6 Resolution No. 2026-58, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Establishing the July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 Level of Benefits for Miscellaneous Employees; and Resolution No. 2026-59, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Establishing the July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 Level of Benefits for Management Employees
6.7 Resolution No. 2026-61, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving the Purchase of One Trailer Mounted Trash Pump for the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Amount of $58,130.14 from Thompson Pump Through the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program
7. REGULAR AGENDA
7.1 Resolution No. 2026-60, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales 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.
August 17, 2026 Minutes
Warrants #54273-54382
Resolution No. 2026-54
2022 Salary Plan- Amended
2023 Salary Plan- Amended
2024 Salary Plan- Amended
2025 Salary Plan- Amended
Resolution No. 2026-56 with Exhibits A and B
Resolution No. 2026-57
Memorandum of Understanding with GPOA
Resolution No. 2026-58
Resolution No. 2026-59
Resolution No. 2026-61
Thompson Pump - Sourcewell Quote
Thompson Pump Specifications
2 Adopting the Vision Zero Action Plan for the City of Gonzales Staff Report
Public Comment
Council Discussion
Council Action
8. GONZALES YOUTH COUNCIL UPDATES
9. BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
10. BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
11. ADJOURNMENT
Resolution No. 2026-60
Vision Zero Action Plan
9.1 Board/Committee Reports
Transportation Agency for Monterey County
Mayor Selection Committee
Salinas Valley Recycles
9.2 Oral Communications
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 City Council/Successor Agency Regular Meeting Agenda was posted at City Hall, Council Chambers, and on the City’s website by September 3, 2026 at 5:00pm.
Mary Villegas 9/3/26
Mary Villegas Date
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