CITY OF GROVER BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 6
Placement: Business
Meeting Date: December 8, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Matthew Bronson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Matthew Bronson, City Manager
Wendi Sims, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Appointments to Fill Citizen Oversight Committees for Transaction & Use Tax Revenue Measures and Measure K-14
RECOMMENDATION
Conduct interviews of applicants and make appointments to fill five seats on the Citizen Oversight Committee for Transaction and Use Revenue Measures and three seats on the Citizen Oversight Committee for Revenue Measure K-14 with terms ending in 2029.
BACKGROUND
On September 8, 2025, the City Council passed Resolution 25-31 establishing two advisory bodies for oversight of City revenue measures; a five-member Oversight Committee for Transaction and Use Tax Revenue Measures and a three-member Oversight Committee for Revenue Measure K-14. At a regular meeting on September 22, 2025, the Council adopted Ordinance 25-06 changing the selection process for advisory bodies by requiring the full Council to conduct interviews of applicants for vacant seats at a public meeting and selecting the advisory body members by a majority vote.
The City received 12 qualified applications before the deadline on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Attachment 1 shows the names of the applicants along with their respective applications with personal information redacted. Applicants were sent a letter (shown in Attachment 2) about the interview and selection process. Below is the suggested interview and appointment process for the Council’s consideration:
Interview Process
• In the interest of fairness to all applicants, only the applicant being interviewed will be present in the Council Chamber while all other applicants remain in the Conference Room until called by the Council for their respective interview. The order of interviews will be selected at random prior to the meeting.
• Once the applicant’s interview is concluded, they may remain in the Council Chamber to hear any remaining interviews and the Council’s deliberations.
Staff Report: Citizen Oversight Committees Appointments Page 2 December 8, 2025
• The interview questions will be the same for all candidates. Candidates will be asked to provide a two-minute overview about themselves and why they are interested in serving on the Advisory Body Committee followed by questions from the Council. • Following the interviews, there will be an opportunity for public comment on this agenda item consistent with other Council agenda items. This will provide an opportunity for members of the public to speak about one or more candidates.
Appointment Process
• The Council has flexibility in the process used in deciding on the appointment. As an example of a process each Council Member may identify their top applicants for each committee and invite finalists to be asked an additional interview question before appointments were made.
• Conversely, the Council could choose to use a different process in deciding on the appointments, including making selections immediately following the 12 interviews. A selection must be made by a motion that is seconded and approved by a majority vote of the Council.
• The Oath of Office will be administered to the appointees at the Citizen Oversight Committees meeting on Tuesday, January 13th at 3:00 p.m. • Lastly, pursuant to State law, the appointees to the committees will be required to file a Statement of Economic Interests (Fair Political Practices Commission - Form 700) reporting sources of income or financial interests for the appointed member, their spouse or registered domestic partner, or dependent children that are located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or having done business within the City’s jurisdiction during the past two years.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no funding impacts to this staff report.
ALTERNATIVES
The Council has the following alternatives to consider:
1. Conduct interviews of applicants and make appointments to fill five seats on the Citizen Oversight Committee for Transaction and Use Revenue Measures and three seats on the Citizen Oversight Committee for Revenue Measure K-14 with terms ending in 2029; or
2. Provide alternative direction to staff
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The agenda was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
Staff Report: Citizens Oversight Committees Appointments Page 3 December 8, 2025
Multi-Year Goals
☐ Public Safety and Community Services ☐ Economic Development and Housing ☐ Community Infrastructure ☐ Financial and Organization Sustainability Council Priorities
☐ Water & Wastewater Infrastructure ☐ Community Engagement
ATTACHMENTS
1. List of qualified applicants and associated applications (redacted)
2. Sample letter to applicants
3. Resolution 25-31
4. Ordinance 25-06
City of Grover Beach
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
LIST OF APPLICANTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Name of Applicant Resident of
Grover Beach
Applied for Committee
for Transaction and
Use Tax Revenue
Measure
Applied for Committee
for Revenue
Measure K-14
Will be willing to
serve on both
Committees
1 Holly Barrett Yes Yes Yes Yes
2 Karen Bright Yes Yes Yes Yes
3 Elizabeth Diaz Yes Yes Yes Yes
4 Jerry Ferguson Yes Yes Yes Yes
5 Jeff Lee Yes Yes Yes Yes
6 Dennis Nulman Yes Yes Yes* Yes
7 LaShawnda
Scaccianoce Yes Yes Yes Yes
8 Scott Steele Yes Yes Yes Yes
9 Michael Teeling Yes Yes Yes No
10 Marcia Thornton Yes Yes Yes Yes
11 Gabrielle Weeks Yes Yes Yes Yes
12 Loren Westphal Yes Yes* Yes Yes
*Committee preference if only serving on one committee
Attachment 1
City of Grover Beach
Mayor Kassi Dee Mayor Pro Tem Robert Robert
Council Member Kathy McCorry-Driscoll, Council Member Jules Tuggle, Council Member Clint Weirick Matthew Bronson
City Manager
154 South Eighth Street Grover Beach, California 93433 www.groverbeach.org (805) 473-4550
SENT VIA EMAIL
SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR TRANSACTION AND USE TAX REVENUE MEASURES
AND CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR REVENUE MEASURE K-14 Dear :
This letter is to confirm receipt of your application of interest to serve our community as an appointed committee member of the Grover Beach Citizen Oversight Committees for Transaction and Use Tax Revenue Measures and/or the Revenue Measure K-14. The City Council will be conducting interviews of qualified applicants at a public meeting to be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall on Monday, December 8, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. (City Council meetings are televised on Government Cable Access Channel 20 and may be viewed over the Internet at www.groverbeach.org.) A copy of the agenda and staff report will be emailed to you prior to the meeting. If you are not available to attend the meeting and participate in the interviews, please contact the City Clerk’s Office by calling (805) 473-4567 or sending an email to [email protected].
Interview Process:
• In the interest of fairness to all applicants, the order of the interviewees will be randomly selected prior to the meeting. We respectfully request that only the applicant being interviewed be present in Council Chamber, while all other applicants will be in the adjoining Conference Room until called by the Council.
• The interview questions will be the same for all applicants. Applicants will be asked to provide a two-minute overview about themselves and why they are interested in serving on one or both of the Citizen Oversight Committees followed by questions from the Council. • Once your interview is concluded, you may remain in the Council Chamber to hear any remaining interviews and the City Council’s deliberations.
Once the City Council reaches a decision regarding the appointments, the Oath of Office will be administered to the appointees at the meeting for the Citizen Oversight Committees that will be on Tuesday, January 13th at 3:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
Lastly, pursuant to State law, the applicant appointed to the City Council will be required to file a Statement of Economic Interests (Fair Political Practices Commission - Form 700). The Attachment 2
statement requires reporting sources of income or financial interests (for you, your spouse or registered domestic partner, or dependent children) that are located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or having done business within the City’s jurisdiction during the past two years. Statements of Economic Interests are public documents. For reference, this form is available in the City Clerk’s office during regular business hours or online at www.fppc.ca.gov.
Upon appointment, Form 700 will be provided to you and must be completed within 30 days.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully,
WENDI B. SIMS
City Clerk/Executive Assistant
c: Mayor and Council Members
City Manager Matthew Bronson
City Attorney Jennifer Thompson
RESOLUTION NO. 25-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR CITY REVENUE MEASURES TO COMPORT WITH
REVENUE MEASURE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, in 2006, Grover Beach voters approved Measure X-06 (Ordinance No. 06- 12), which established a 0.05% Transaction and Use Tax, and required the City to "appoint a citizen committee to review the annual report, and who will provide a report on expenditures of the revenues generated from the Transaction and Use Tax to the City Council ; and WHEREAS, in 2014, Grover Beach voters approved Measure K-14 (Ordinance No, 14- 05), which authorized the issuance of up to $48 million in general obligation bonds for street improvements and provided that "A Citizen Oversight Committee composed of three voters of the City of Grover Beach shall be formed and will be charged with an annual review of all Bond proceeds expenditures and an annual report to the City Council regarding their findings as to those expenditures."; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, Grover Beach voters approved Measure F-20 (Ordinance No, 20- 10), which amended the Transaction and Use Tax rate and maintained the oversight provisions of Ordinance 06-12; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution 19-44 which established a consolidated "Citizen Oversight Committee for City Revenue Measures", consisting of three members to provide oversight for all approved revenue measures; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 20-47 which expanded the Citizen Oversight Committee for City Revenue Measures from three to five members, creating a discrepancy with the requirements in Ordinance 14-05 for Measure K-14, which explicitly requires a three-member committee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, at its March 10, 2025 meeting, directed staff to reorganize the Citizen Oversight Committee for City Revenue Measures into two separate bodies; a fivemember Oversight Committee for Transaction and Use Tax Revenue Measures and a threemember Oversight Committee for Revenue Measure K-14, consistent with Ordinance 14-05 NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Grover Beach, California, does hereby establish two advisory bodies for oversight of City revenue measures; a five-member Oversight Committee for Transaction and Use Tax Revenue Measures and a threemember Oversight Committee for Revenue Measure K-14.
On motion by Council Member Mccorry-Driscoll, seconded by Council Member Tuggle, and on the following roll-call vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
Council Members - Mccorry-Driscoll, Tuggle, Weirick, Mayor Pro Tern Robert and Mayor Dee
Council Members - None
Council Members - None
Council Members - None
Council Members - None
Attachment 3
Resolution No. 25-31 Page 2
the foregoing Resolution was PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grover Beach, California this 8th day of September 2025.
Attest:
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w~~~ WENDI B. SIMS, CITY CLERK
ORDINANCE NO. 25-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER
BEACH, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 31.08 AND 31.23 OF
CHAPTER 31 (ORGANIZATIONS) OF TITLE Ill (ADMINISTRATION) OF
THE GROVER BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES FOR THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND PARKS, RECREATION AND BEAUTIFICATION
COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Grover Beach Municipal Code Article Ill, Chapter 31 , provides selection processes for the Planning Commission and the Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Commission, collectively the City's "Advisory Bodies" and individually each a City "Advisory Body"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to change the selection process by requiring the full Council to conduct interviews of applicants for vacant Advisory Body seats at a public meeting and select Advisory Body members by a majority vote; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Grover Beach as follows :
SECTION 1. Section 31.08 ("Appointment; Vacancies") of Chapter 31 ("Organizations") of Article II ("Administration") of the Grover Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows :
Sec. 31 .08. Appointment; Vacancies. When a term expires before a new appointment is made, the incumbent shall continue to serve on the Commission until reappointed or replaced. When a vacancy occurs for reasons other than term expiration, the City Council shall appoint a replacement to complete the unexpired portion of the term. However, if the unexpired term is for a period of less than one year, the City Council may appoint a member to serve both the unexpired term and an additional full four-year term . All appointments require a majority vote of the City Council following applicant interviews conducted at a regular or special City Council meeting.
SECTION 2. Section 31 .23 ("Appointments") of Chapter 31 ("Organizations") of Article II ("Administration") of the Grover Beach Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows :
Sec. 31 .23. Appointment; Vacancies. When a term expires before a new appointment is made, the incumbent shall continue to serve on the Commission until reappointed or replaced. When a vacancy occurs for reasons other than term expiration , the City Council shall appoint a replacement to complete the unexpired portion of the term. However, if the unexpired term is for a period of less than one year, the City Council may appoint a member to serve both the unexpired term and an additional full four-year term . All appointments require a majority vote of the City Council following applicant interviews conducted at a regular or special City Council meeting.
Attachment 4
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any part of this Ordinance is held invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the Ordinance if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its final passage.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION. Within fifteen (15) days after passage, the City Clerk shal l cause this ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council held September 8, 2025. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council at a regular meeting held on September 22, 2025, on the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members - Mccorry-Driscoll, Tuggle, Weirick, Mayor Pro Tern Robert, NOES:
and Mayor Dee
Council Members - None
ABSENT: Council Members - None
ABSTAIN : Council Members - None
RECUSED: Council Members - None
ATTEST:
Wend
w~~ i Sims, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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