GRASS VALLEY
City Council Regular Meeting, Capital Improvements Authority and Redevelopment "Successor Agency"
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Council Chambers, Grass Valley City Hall | 125 East Main Street, Grass Valley, California Telephone: (530) 274-4310 – Fax: (530) 274-4399
E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.cityofgrassvalley.com AGENDA
Any person with a disability who requires accommodations to participate in this meeting should telephone the City Clerk’s office at (530)274-4390, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to make a request for a disability related modification or accommodation.
Mayor Hilary Hodge, Vice Mayor Haven Caravelli, Councilmember Jan Arbuckle, Councilmember Joe Bonomolo, Councilmember Tom Ivy
MEETING NOTICE
City Council welcomes you to attend the meetings electronically or in person at the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 125 E. Main St., Grass Valley, CA 95945. Regular Meetings are scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Your interest is encouraged and appreciated.
This meeting is being broadcast “live” on Comcast Channel 17 & 18 by Nevada County Media, on the internet at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, or on the City of Grass Valley YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@cityofgrassvalley.com Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to [email protected]. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 5pm. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. Council will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item.
Agenda materials, staff reports, and background information related to regular agenda items are available on the City’s website: www.cityofgrassvalley.com. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet will be made available on the City of Grass Valley website at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, subject to City staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
Please note, individuals who disrupt, disturb, impede, or render infeasible the orderly conduct of a meeting will receive one warning that, if they do not cease such behavior, they may be removed from the meeting. The chair has authority to order individuals removed if they do not cease their disruptive behavior following this warning. No warning is required before an individual is removed if that individual engages in a use of force or makes a true threat of force. (Gov. Code, § 54957.95.)
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA September 22, 2026
Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible and listening devices are available. Other special accommodations may be requested to the City Clerk 72 hours in advance of the meeting by calling (530) 274-4390, we are happy to accommodate.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
AGENDA APPROVAL - The City Council reserves the right to hear items in a different order to accomplish business in the most efficient manner.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
CITY UPDATE
PUBLIC COMMENT - Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to [email protected]. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 5pm. Comments received after 5pm will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. Council will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item. There is a time limitation of three minutes per person for all emailed, voicemail, or in person comments, and only one type of public comment per person. Speaker cards are assigned for public comments that are on any items not on the agenda, and within the jurisdiction or interest of the City. Speaker Cards can be pulled until the opening of public comment at which time sign ups will no longer be allowed.
These cards can be found at the City Clerks desk. If you wish to speak regarding a scheduled agenda item, please come to the podium when the item is announced. When recognized, please begin by providing your name and address for the record (optional). Thirty minutes of public comment will be heard under this item in order of the speaker card assigned and the remaining general public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting. We will begin with number one.
CONSENT ITEMS -All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and/or Grass Valley Redevelopment Agency and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council and/or Grass Valley Redevelopment Agency votes on the motion to adopt, members of the Council and/or Agency, staff or the public request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action but Council action is required to do so (roll call vote).Unless the Council removes an item from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion, public comments are invited as to the consent calendar as a whole and limited to three minutes per person.
1. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of September 8, 2026 Recommendation: Council approve minutes as submitted.
2. Acceptance and Execution of Proposition 64 Public Health and Safety Grant – Cohort 4 CEQA: Not a Project
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA September 22, 2026
Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2026-48 to: 1). Authorize the City Manager to accept and execute the Proposition 64 Public Health and Safety Grant Agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), including any attachments, amendments, and related grant documents; and 2). Authorize the Finance Director to make the necessary budget adjustments within the existing Proposition 64 fund to recognize and appropriate grant revenues and corresponding eligible expenditures throughout the grant term, provided that total grant-funded expenditures do not exceed the $1,000,000 award.
3. Resolutions Electing New Employee Organizations to Participate in the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act – Fire Management (Group 009) and Executive (Group 010).
CEQA: Not a Project.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-49 and Resolution No. 2026-50 electing the City of Grass Valley to participate in the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) with respect to the newly established Fire Management (Group 009) and Executive (Group 010) employee organizations, effective November 1, 2026.
4. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with the Grass Valley Police Officers’ Association (Unit 6) for July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028.
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-51 approving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Grass Valley and the Grass Valley Police Officers’ Association (Unit 6) for the two-year period of July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028; 2) Approve additional FY 2026-27 budget authority in the amount of $60,600 to fund the increased medical contributions and cash-in-lieu-of-medical benefit effective January 1, 2027; and 3) Authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the MOU on behalf of the City.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR SEPARATE ACTION AND /
OR ANY ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
REORGANIZATION RELATED ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATIVE
5. Resolution of Support for Nevada Irrigation District’s Proposition 4 Grant Application CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: Adopt the attached Resolution
6. Appointment of New City Manager and Approval of City Manger’s Employment Agreement
CEQA: Not a project
Recommendation: That Council appoint Alex Gammelgard to the position of City Manager for the City of Grass Valley and approve the City Manager’s Employment Agreement.
BRIEF REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
City of Grass Valley, CA AGENDA September 22, 2026
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a meeting of The City Council, scheduled for Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 18, 2026.
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Taylor Whittingslow, City Clerk