CITY OF
CITY OF JACKSON
City Council Meeting Minutes
JACKSON May 23, 2022
I FORNI
Mayor and Council Members John Georgette, City Clerk
Connie Gonsalves, Vice Mayor
Max Godde, Council Member
Steve McLean, Council Member Josh Nelson, City Attorney Chad Simmons, Council Member Yvonne Kimball, City Manager Bree Wilder, Public Works Superintendent
ABSENT: Dale Fishback, Interim Fire Chief
Robert Stimpson, Mayor Chris Mynderup, Police Chief
Matt Ospital, City Engineer
Vice Mayor Gonsalves called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
Vice Mayor Gonsalves led the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
Motion to approve the City Council Agenda dated May 23, 2022, as presented. Moved by Councilmember McLean, seconded by Councilmember Godde, and carried by a 4 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stimpson
ABSTAIN: None
2. REMOTE MEETING FINDINGS.
Motion to approve the Remote Findings dated May 23, 2022, as presented. Moved by Vice Mayor Gonsalves, and seconded by Councilmember Simmons and carried by a 4 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stimpson
ABSTAIN: None
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3. PUBLIC MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.Discussion items only, no action will be taken.
Any person may address the Council at this time on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Please note - there is a three (3) minute limit.
Paul Jones, Prayers.
Dave McDaniel's 980 & 1004 Main St. (Brights Alley Way). Request alley to be opened permanently. Fence line will remain there, as is. Fencing fixed, no cattle yet. Ground is getting harder and it will be hard to put posts in. City Council directed staff to add to next meeting.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR.
Items listed on the consent calendar are considered routine and may be enacted by one motion.
Any item may be removed for discussion at the request of a Council Member. a. Approval of Expenditure Report in the amount of $245,556.44.
Motion to approve the Consent Calendar dated May 23, 2022, as presented. Moved by Councilmember Simmons, seconded by Councilmember Godde, and carried by a 4 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stimpson
ABSTAIN: None
5. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS.
This section is to provide staff an opportunity to present oral status reports on issues. No legal action is expected to be taken by the Council.
Public Works, Bree Wilder
• Amador St. water land project going smooth. Did have a leak last weekend, which was minimal. They are pulling samples tomorrow morning, for an 18 hr turn around, then people can start getting turned back on and getting hooked up. • Last week the hospital had their sewers backed up and flowing up in parking lot manholes.
Public work crews went out to check it out and Environmental Health was also there to assist. The cause was minor roots and hospital trash in manhole. The hospital was supposed to clean out. They are educating their staff not to dump trash in the line, by posting educational flyers.
• Argo II Booster station, that we put in 2 new tanks 1.5 years ago had one tank fail with an erupted bladder. Contacting the company on a warranty.
Interim Fire Chief, Dale Fishback
• Association is participating in the EMS Dinner, which they cook for. • Participated in the Smoke Chasers event which went well. • Training on Wednesday, Training Burn- live fire burn adjacent to the Corp Yard, if weather permits. Other agencies will participate.
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Police Chief, Chris Mynderup
• Operation Care Color Run.
• Car Show- High praise with his staff s cooperation.
• Dealing with tragedy of, Amador HS student, Dylan Yoacham's, death from a hit and run.
Police Dept was able to get some Chaplains out to both high schools.
City Attorney, Josh Nelson
• Status of the drought. CA Governor issued executive order to move State Agencies to Stage 2 of their water shortage contingency plans. Also, to cease allowing watering at non- functional turf. Council will remember that those regulations only apply to urban water suppliers, and we are just under the threshold, and they don't apply to us. Water use is not going down, unfortunately, which would cause the State to do mandatory measures and will affect everyone in the State.
City Manager, Yvonne Kimball
• General Plan update by DeNovo Planning Group. 7 elements to be update at this time. They are preparing evacuation mapping for City elements. It is a joint effort of project management, so we can meet the State requirements on the housing effort by December 2022 to get adopted.
• Sutter St. extension- project is at 75% of design. The Consultant has completed the utility coordination letter, wet land delineation, typographic survey, right away engineering, geotechnical memorandum, a portion of traffic operations and drafted a plan and profile for design, cultural resource report and biological report. The end date for this design is June 2022 and we are on track. The project design is funded by County Transportation Commission.
• Swimming pool-Public Works had a walk-through pre-bid meeting to outline the liner and pump house and pump, we were anticipating around $200k, but the pre-bid shows it may be a higher cost. Yvonne and Trevor attended the ACRA Board Meeting, to ask for funding support for the pool work. Council member, Chad Simmons and the City Council were on board and wanted to contribute financially. In talking with the City Attorney, discussion on the impact fee may not work. Maybe approaching ACRA in the future may be of help.
6. COUNCIL REPORTS.
This section is to provide Council members an opportunity to present reports on their activities and to request item be placed on future agendas.
Council member Simmons -
• Attended the ACRA Board meeting and requested $50k for the pool. • Met with the hospital with Mike, Christy and Ryan, to see what kind of things they can work on together.
• Attended the Car Show.
Council member Godde
• Nothing to report, as he was out of town for the last 2 weeks.
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• Attended the Car Show, which he stated was well attended and very successful.
Council member McLean
• Attended the Transit Drivers, through ACTC, and met with the Vice Chairman and employees to discuss the MOU for wages and healthcare.
• Was out of town for most of the week, but attended the Car Show and stated that it was very successtul. The park, pool and baseball field were all full. • Creek Walk- He has been working on sending requests for support to various organizations.
Vice Mayor Gonsalves
• Met with the new hospital Chief Administrator, Michael Curaton and his staff. They all are happy to partner with the City of Jackson. It was a nice meet & greet. • Vice Mayor wanted to thank all departments for their efforts and support on the Car Show.
Thank you Jackson Police Department, Public Works, Jackson Fire Department, Council Members Simmons, McLean and Godde, merchants of Main St. Jackson and our many sponsors. They gave out 41 trophies! The beneficiaries of the show are Hospice and Tri County Wildfire.
7. DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
For the record: Action minutes provide the necessary documentation of City Council actions and audio recordings are retained for those desiring more detail on particular agenda item discussion.
These audio recordings provide an accurate and comprehensive backup of City Council deliberations and citizen discussion.
a. Public Hearing/2nd Reading - Proposed Ordinance No. 724 Adopting Police Department Policy No. 706 Military Equipment Policy, in Accordance with Assembly Bill 481.
City Manager Kimball explained that this is the 2nd reading and we are required to conduct an adoption hearing at a public hearing. We didn't receive any comments from the public at the 1st hearing. Staff recommendation is to adopt this ordinance and again it is a State mandate.
Vice Mayor Gonsalves opened for public comment, none received.
Motion to approve on May 23, 2022, as presented. Moved by Councilmember Simmons, seconded by Councilmember Godde, and carried by a 4 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stimpson
ABSTAIN: None
b. 2nd Reading and Possible adoption of Ordinance No. 725 amending Section 17.40 of Municipal Code to Adopt State Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance Council Meeting Minutes - May 23, 2022 Page 5
City Manager Kimball said again this is a State mandate and we are required to adopt it. At the first hearing, there were questions that were addressed. This is the 2nd time posted. It is the recommendation is to adopt.
Vice Mayor Gonsalves opened for Public Comment, none received.
Motion to accept adoption on May 23, 2022, as presented. Moved by Councilmember Simmons, seconded by Councilmember Godde, and carried by a 4 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stimpson
ABSTAIN: None
c. ACES rate increase discussion [whether and how to respond to ACES rate increase request) and possible authorization to begin the 218 process for ACES waste rate adjustments. [Letters attached. Deliberation and possible adoption tentatively scheduled for the July 11 meeting].
Manager Kimball gave some background. She said City received a letter from ACES to request a rate increase, -effective August 2022, at a 7% increase. City Manager, Yvonne Kimball, said that in order to improve efficiency, she suggested a 3-year 8% adjustment over cach year (August 2022, 2023 and 2024). This way, ACES doesn't have to come back each year to request a rate increase.
Paul Molinelli, Jr. spoke about the rate adjustments and that it would be fine to have the 3-year (8% each year) cap.
Vice Mayor Gonsalves opened for Public Comment, none received.
Motion to move to provide staff direction to proceed on May 23, 2022, as presented. Moved by Councilmember Simmons, seconded by Councilmember Godde, and carried by a 4 to 0 roll call vote:
AYES: Gonsalves, Godde, McLean, Simmons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stimpson
ABSTAIN: None
d. Receive and discuss update on City Hall temporary relocation.
City Manager, Yvonne Kimball, gave an update on the relocation of the City Staff to move to the Civic Center for 4 months, while the Call Hall is under construction.
She said that on June 2&3 City offices will be closed due to moving, and an announcement to the public will be published.
Monday, June 6"h, the office will be open to the public, operating in the Civic Center.
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City Council meetings will be held temporarily at the Amador County Board of Supervisors chamber, for the months of June, July, August and September.
8. REGULAR MEETING ADJOURNMENT.
Vice Mayor Gonsalves adjourned the regular meeting at 7:48 p.m.
ATTEST:
2/1/2022
ohn Georgette, City Cler Date Approved