AGENDA
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
117 FOURTH STREET, GONZALES, CA 93926
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2026
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Proclamation No. 2026-11 Proclaiming October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
4.2 Proclamation No. 2026-12 Proclaiming October 4 - 10, 2026 as National 4-H Week
4.3 Resolution No. 2026-64, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Recognizing the Fanoe Family for Their Longstanding Contributions and Dedication to the Community of Gonzales
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.
You will be allowed two minutes for your comments.
If you choose not to attend the City Council meeting but wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item, please submit your comment limited to 250 words or less by 12:00p.m. on the day of the meeting to the City Clerk at [email protected]
Proclamation No. 2026-11
Proclamation No. 2026-12
Resolution No. 2026-64
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 1 6. CONSENT AGENDA
6.1 Approve the Joint City Council/Successor Agency Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2026
6.2 Approve Accounts Payable Warrants #54443-54516
6.3 Proclamation No. 2026-13, City of Gonzales Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency Due to Statewide Winter Storm "El Niño"
7. GONZALES YOUTH COUNCIL UPDATES
8. BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
8.1 Board/Committee Reports
Transportation Agency for Monterey County
Mayor Selection Committee
Salinas Valley Recycles
8.2 Oral Communication
9. BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
10. ADJOURNMENT
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.
September 21, 2026 Minutes
Warrants #54443-54516
Proclamation No. 2026-13
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 Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 5:00pm.
Mary Villegas 10/1/26
Mary Villegas Date
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