CITY OF LA PUENTE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
How to Listen Live to the Meeting
Live Audio/Video: Visit the City’s website at https://lapuente.org/agenda/. Click on “View Event” for the current meeting to view it live.
Spanish Translation/Interpretation Services
The City offers live translation and interpretation services in Spanish. To access translation/interpretation during the meeting, please scan the QR Code below or visit https://attend.wordly.ai/join/FWOP-2761.
Additionally, Spanish interpreting services are provided at City Council meetings upon request. Simultaneous interpretation (English-to-Spanish) is available for listening to the meeting and consecutive interpretation (Spanish-to-English) is available to anyone addressing the City Council during oral communications. The use of City provided interpreters is not required and persons are welcome to use their own interpreter. Because many dialects and regionalism exist, the City cannot guarantee that interpreters will be able to interpret into a particular dialect or regionalism, and disclaims any liability alleged to arise from such services.
How to Submit Public Comment
Please note that all comments are subject to the same Rules of Decorum as would otherwise apply to speakers at City Council meetings.
In Person: Public comment may be provided in-person at City Hall, 15900 E. Main Street.
In Writing: Written comments may be sent via email to [email protected] no later than 2 hours prior to the meeting start time. Email comments will be distributed to the City Council and will become part of the official record for that meeting but will not be read at the time of the City Council Meeting. To ensure your correspondence is received by the Council and City staff, please include the subject line “PUBLIC COMMENT.”
CITY OF LA PUENTE
PARTICIPACIÓN PÚBLICA EN LAS REUNIONES DEL CONCEJO MUNICIPAL Cómo escuchar la reunión en vivo
Audio en vivo: visite el sitio web de la ciudad en https://lapuente.org/agenda/. Haga clic en "Ver evento" para ver la reunión en vivo.
Servicios de traducción/interpretación en español
La Ciudad ofrece traducción e interpretación en vivo en español. Para acceder a la traducción/interpretación durante la reunión, escanee el código QR a continuación o visite https://attend.wordly.ai/join/FWOP-2761.
Además, se ofrecen servicios de interpretación en español en las reuniones del Concejo Municipal a pedido. Hay interpretación simultánea (inglés-español) para escuchar la reunión y la interpretación consecutiva (español a ingles) está disponible para cualquier persona que se dirija al Consejo Municipal durante las comunicaciones orales. No se requiere el uso de intérpretes proporcionados por la Ciudad y las personas pueden utilizar su propio interprete. Debido a que existen muchos dialectos y regionalismos, la Cuidad no puede garantizar que lo interpretes puedan interpretar a un dialecto o regionalismo en particular, y se exime de cualquier responsabilidad que supuestamente surja de dichos servicios.
Cómo enviar comentarios públicos
Tenga en cuenta que todos los comentarios están sujetos a las mismas reglas que se aplicarían a los oradores en las reuniones del Concejo Municipal.
En persona: Los comentarios públicos se pueden proporcionar en persona en el Ayuntamiento, 15900 E. Main Street.
Por escrito: Los comentarios escritos pueden enviarse por correo electrónico a [email protected] a más tardar 2 horas antes del inicio de la reunión. Los comentarios por correo electrónico se distribuirán al Concejo Municipal y formarán parte del registro oficial de esa reunión, pero no se leerán en el momento de la reunión del Concejo Municipal. Para garantizar que el Concejo Municipal y el personal de la Ciudad reciba su correspondencia, incluya la línea de asunto “COMENTARIO PÚBLICO”.
CC/SA AGENDA PAGE 1 OF 2 AUGUST 19, 2024
NOTICE AND CALL OF MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
LA PUENTE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
15900 EAST MAIN STREET, LA PUENTE
AUGUST 19, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of La Puente is hereby called to be held on Monday, August 19, 2024, commencing at 9:00 a.m., in City Council Chambers, 15900 E. Main Street, La Puente, CA 91744. The public will be provided an opportunity to provide public comment on the items listed on the agenda. The business to be discussed is as follows:
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
COUNCIL/AGENCY MEMBERS: Quinones, Klinakis, Argudo, Mendoza, Munoz
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(a), you may only address the City Council/ Successor Agency concerning any item that has been described in the notice for the special meeting. Please complete the Request for Oral Presentation form and submit it to the City Clerk no later than prior to the conclusion of the first speaker’s remarks. All speakers are requested to observe the City’s Rules of Decorum when addressing the City Council. (LPMC section 2.04.120.)
SPECIAL MEETING BUSINESS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY SM-1 CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE OFFICES THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND CANCELLING THE CITY’S NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Staff Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 24-5894 providing for appointments to the offices that were to be elected on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, and cancelling the City’s November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election.
SM-2 DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING RESOLUTION NO. 24-5872 REQUIRING CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ANY DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS DURING A CAMPAIGN PERIOD AND SUSPENDING THE CITY MANAGER’S AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT, CONSIDER, OR APPROVE INDIVIDUAL
COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTS FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS OF $4,000 OR LESS DURING A CAMPAIGN PERIOD (COUNCIL MEMBER ARGUDO/MAYOR QUINONES)
Staff Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council discuss this item and provide any necessary direction to Staff.
ORAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL
ORAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF
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ADJOURNMENT
AVAILABILITY
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council/Successor Agency regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the City Clerk Department at City Hall located at 15900 E. Main Street and the Reference Desk at the Library located at 15920 E.
Central during normal business hours. In addition, such writings and documents will be posted on the City’s website at http://www.lapuente.org.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City meeting or other services offered by the City, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (626) 855-1500. Notification at least 24 hours prior to the meeting or time when services are needed will assist City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service.
MEETING TIMES
Meetings of the City Council shall be adjourned no later than 10:30 p.m., unless a motion to supersede the 10:30 time limit to consider some or all of the remaining items listed on the Agenda, or to consider items which have been added to the Agenda in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code Section 54950, et seq., is approved by a majority of the members of the City Council. (Ordinance No. 95-727.) Dated: August 15, 2024 __________/s/____________
Gabriel Quinones, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF LA PUENTE )
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Martha Torres, City Clerk for the City of La Puente, hereby certify that a copy of the Notice and Call of a Special Meeting of the La Puente City Council, to be held on August 19, 2024, commencing at 9:00 a.m., was posted in accordance with all applicable laws and provided not less than twenty-four hours before the time of the meeting to the following:
Mayor/Chair Gabriel Quinones
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Charlie Klinakis
Council/Board Member David E. Argudo
Council/Board Member Nadia Mendoza
Council/Board Member Valerie Munoz
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 15th day of August, 2024. __________/s/____________
Martha Torres, MPA
City Clerk
AGENDA ITEM NO. SM-1
To: Mayor and City Council For meeting of: August 19, 2024 From: Bob Lindsey, City Manager
By: Martha Torres, MPA, City Clerk
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE OFFICES THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND CANCELLING THE CITY’S NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
BACKGROUND
At its meeting on June 11, 2024, the City Council adopted resolutions pertaining to the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election, including calling for the holding of a general municipal election and requesting that the County consolidate the election with the Statewide general election.
The nomination period began on July 15, 2024, and ended on August 9, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. for the offices of three (3) members of the City Council for full terms of four (4) years. As of the close of the nomination period on August 9, 2024, there were not more candidates than offices to be elected. The persons so nominated for City Council are:
David E. Argudo
Nadia Mendoza
Gabriel Quiñones
Pursuant to § 10229 of the California Elections Code, if in the case of any offices or offices to be elected at large, the number of persons who have been nominated for those offices does not exceed the number to be filled at that election, the City Elections Official shall submit a certificate of these facts to the governing body of the City and inform the governing body of the City that it may, at a regular or special meeting, may make appointments or direct an election to be held.
The required Certificate that there are not more candidates than offices to be elected was presented to the City Council at the August 13, 2024, City Council meeting, and the notice was published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on August 13, 2024. After the fifth day following the date of publication, the City Council may make the appointments or direct an election to be held.
City of La Puente
AGENDA REPORT
Agenda Report: Appointing Nominated Persons and Cancelling Election For meeting of: August 19, 2024
DISCUSSION
The City Council may now adopt one of the following courses of action:
(1) Appoint to the offices the person(s) who have been nominated. (2) Hold the election.
The person(s) appointed, if any, shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a municipal election for the office. Appointments must be made no later than the 75th day before the election, or August 22, 2024.
If, by the 75th day before the municipal election no person has been appointed to the office(s) pursuant to (1) or (2) above, the election shall be held.
If the City Council makes an appointment pursuant to § 10229, Elections Code, the City Clerk shall not accept for filing any statement of write-in candidacy which is submitted after the appointment is made.
FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election, is currently budgeted within the City’s adopted budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. Cancellation of the November 5, 2024, election would result in savings of approximately $75,000.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 24-5894 providing for appointments to the offices that were to be elected on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, and cancelling the City’s November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment “A”: Resolution No. 24-5894
RESOLUTION NO. 24-5894 PAGE 1 OF 2 AUGUST 19, 2024
RESOLUTION NO. 24-5894
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LA PUENTE, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR
APPOINTMENTS TO THE OFFICES THAT WERE TO BE
ELECTED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND
CANCELLING THE CITY’S NOVEMBER 5, 2024,
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to § 10229 of the Elections Code of the State of California, as of the close of the nomination period on November 5, 2024, there are not more candidates than offices to be elected and that § 10229 of the Elections Code allows one of the following courses of action to be taken by the City Council:
1. Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated.
2. Appoint to the office any eligible elector if no one has been nominated.
3. Hold the election if either no one or only one person has been nominated.
WHEREAS, only three candidates were nominated for the three City Council seats to be filled at the November 5, 2024 election; therefore, the City Council may take action pursuant to No. 1 or No. 3 above; and
WHEREAS, a notice of the foregoing facts was published on August 13, 2024 in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to law; and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 2024, the City Clerk submitted a written certification to the City Council providing that there were not more candidates than offices to be elected for City Council at the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PUENTE HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. That pursuant to § 10229 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the following action is being taken:
The following person(s) is/are being appointed to the office(s) to which he/she/they were nominated, and is/are considered to be the same as being elected, pursuant to § 10229(a)(3) of the Elections Code:
Name Office Term
David E. Argudo Council Member 4 years
Nadia Mendoza Council Member 4 years
Gabriel Quiñones Council Member 4 years
ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 24-5894 PAGE 2 OF 2 AUGUST 19, 2024
SECTION 3. The City of La Puente’s General Municipal Election scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, is now canceled.
SECTION 4. The person(s) appointed, if any, shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a municipal election for the office.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall not accept for filing any statement of write-in candidacy for the office of City Council which may be submitted after the appointment is made.
SECTION 6. The provisions of this Resolution are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the Resolution or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
__________________________________
Gabriel Quiñones, Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________________
Martha Torres, MPA, City Clerk
AGENDA ITEM NO. SM-2
To: Mayor and City Council For meeting of: August 19, 2024 From: Bob Lindsey, City Manager
SUBJECT: DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING RESOLUTION NO. 24-5872
REQUIRING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ANY DISBURSEMENT OF
FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS DURING A CAMPAIGN PERIOD AND SUSPENDING THE CITY MANAGER’S
AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT, CONSIDER, OR APPROVE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL
MEMBERS REQUESTS FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS OF $4,000 OR LESS DURING A
CAMPAIGN PERIOD (COUNCIL MEMBER ARGUDO/MAYOR QUINONES)
BACKGROUND
On May 10, 2022, the City Council adopted a policy to allow for the expenditures of funds allocated to the City Council for community needs up to $4,000 by individual Council Members, with the understanding that all expenditures are communicated to the City Manager, adhere to state and federal guidelines, and are reported in the warrant register. In addition, any requests for funds allocated to the City Council for community needs above $4,000 shall be added to the City Council agenda with the request presented to the City Council for consideration and approval, adhered to state and federal guidelines, and are reported in the warrant register. These funds have been utilized for public use and/or programs that benefit the public and the community.
At the June 11, 2024, Regular City Council Meeting, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-5872 requiring City Council approval for any disbursement of funds allocated to the City Council for Community needs during a campaign period and suspending the City Manager’s authority to accept, consider, or approve individual Council Members requests for the disbursement of funds allocated to the City Council for Community needs of $4,000 or less during a campaign period.
DISCUSSION
The 2024 campaign period commenced on July 15, 2024, and would end on November 6, 2024. As of the close of the 2024 nomination period on August 9, 2024, there were not more candidates than offices to be elected. At the August 19, 2024, Special City Council meeting, the City Council will consider Resolution No. 24-5894 providing for appointments to the offices that were to be elected on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, and cancelling the City’s November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election.
Due to the potential adoption of Resolution No. 24-5894, Council Member Argudo and Mayor Quinones have requested discussion regarding individual Council Members requests for the disbursement of funds allocated to the City Council for Community needs of $4,000 or less.
City of La Puente
AGENDA REPORT
Agenda Report: Discussion and Direction regarding Resolution No. 24-5872 For meeting of: August 19, 2024
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council discuss this item and provide any necessary direction to Staff.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment “A”: Resolution No. 24-5872
ATTACHMENT A