AGENDA
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025
REGULAR MEETING - 5:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, 505 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA
Agenda (printable PDF)
Courtesy Virtual Broadcast: Please take notice that the City also plans to broadcast the meeting via the below listed mediums. These virtual broadcast mediums are also provided as a courtesy only and are not guaranteed to be technically feasible or uninterrupted. Thus, in order to guarantee live-time viewing, members of the public are encouraged to attend in person.
1. Online on the City of Laguna website: www.lagunabeachcity.net/meetings
2. Cox cable channel 852
3. Online on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQsj8cEM7IvTH6p4uf3NUzQ Public Participation: You may provide comments in person on any agenda item. You may also submit written comments on any agenda item via mail to the City Clerk at 505 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA. 92651 or by email to [email protected]. In order to allow sufficient time for members of the City Council and staff to review and consider your written comments, written comments will be accepted for consideration up until the close of business on the business day before the date on which this public meeting is scheduled. Written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the City Council Meeting. Please note that written comments are posted on the City’s website, so do not include any personal information you do not want posted online. Any comments received after the deadline for submittal may not become part of the public record for that meeting.
LEVINE ACT DISCLOSURE: Pursuant to the Levine Act (Govt Code Section 84308), any party to a permit, license, contract, or other entitlement before the City Council is required to disclose on the record any campaign contribution, including aggregated contributions, of more than $250 through December 31, 2024, and $500 commencing on January 1, 2025, made by the party or the party’s agents within the preceding 12 months to any City official. Participants and agents are requested to make this disclosure as well. The disclosure should be made when the agenda item is called and must include the name of the party, participant, or agent, and any other person making the contribution, the name of the recipient, the amount of the contribution, and the date the contribution was made. Council Members are also required to make such disclosures and recuse themselves.
ALEX ROUNAGHI, Mayor
MARK ORGILL, Mayor Pro Tem
HALLIE JONES, Councilmember
SUE KEMPF, Councilmember
BOB WHALEN, Councilmember
DAVE KIFF, City Manager
MEGAN GARIBALDI, City Attorney
LAURA PARISI, City Treasurer
ANN MARIE McKAY, City Clerk
*** SPECIAL MEETING ***
A.
ROLL CALL – 4:00 P.M.
B.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Councilmember Kempf
C.
BUDGET WORKSHOP.
Recommendations:
(1) Receive a presentation regarding the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26; and (2) Provide feedback to the City Manager on the Proposed Budget or other direction as appropriate.
Agenda Report
Public Comment
D.
PUBLIC HEARINGS.
This section is for matters (other than appeals) that are structured as Public Hearings. Public hearings are different from regular business items in that there is a specific time period where a formal hearing is opened by the presiding officer, public comment is accepted from any member of the public, and the hearing is closed by the presiding officer. Generally, each public speaker has one opportunity to speak. The City Council conducts all Public Hearings in accordance with the provisions of applicable Laguna Beach procedure and State law. The presiding officer shall have discretion to establish the time allocated for public comment.
1. CITY STAFF VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS (COMPLIANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 2561 / GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 3502.3) Recommendations:
(1) Receive and file the report on the City’s workforce vacancies, and recruitment and retention efforts in compliance with Assembly Bill (“AB”) 2561. (Gov. Code § 3502.3.) (2) Allow the recognized employee organizations for each bargaining unit to make presentations during the public hearing concerning vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts. (Gov. Code § 3502.3(b).) Agenda Report
E.
ADJOURNMENT. The Laguna Beach City Council will adjourn to the Special Closed Session. *** SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION ***
A.
ROLL CALL
B.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS:
Public Comment can be provided immediately after immediately after the completion of the open session portion of the special meeting on any item on the special closed session agenda, in Council Chambers at 505 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA 92651, then the City Council will convene in Conference Room A for the Closed Session.
1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957(b)
Title: City Manager
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATIORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
Agency-designated representative: Dave Kiff, City Manager
Employee Organization: Laguna Beach Municipal Employees' Association C.
ADJOURNMENT. The Laguna Beach City Council will adjourn to the:
CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION AT 4:00 P.M.
AND REGULAR MEETING AT 5:00 P.M.
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
LAGUNA BEACH CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
505 FOREST AVENUE, LAGUNA BEACH, CA
ADA ACCOMMODATIONS
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with a disability who require a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may request such modification or accommodation from the City Clerk at (949) 497-0705 (telephone) or (949) 497-0771 (facsimile). Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting.
COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.5
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packets are available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office at 505 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, California, during normal business hours.
Testimony given before the City Council is recorded.
The timer light at the podium will turn yellow and beep once when the speaker has 30 seconds remaining. The timer light will turn red and buzz when the speaker's time has expired.
PLEASE TURN CELL PHONES OFF OR SET IN SILENT MODE.
Laguna Beach City Council Special Meeting Agenda May 13, 2025
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Testimony given before the City Council is recorded.
The timer light at the podium will turn yellow and beep once when the speaker has 30 seconds remaining.
The timer light will turn red and buzz when the speaker's time has expired.
PLEASE TURN CELL PHONES OFF OR SET IN SILENT MODE.