1 TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Juan Ibarra, Senior Management Analyst
MEETING DATE: January 21, 2025
SUBJECT: Monthly Report for the City Manager's Department
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the report.
BACKGROUND
Information Technology
Numa Networks is currently on-site one day per week to provide as-needed IT support.
During the month of December, Numa Networks assisted with a total of 72 trouble tickets.
Human Resources/Risk Management
The City currently has two (2) recruitments open, Part-time Maintenance Aide in the Public Works Department and Part-time Recreation Leader in the Parks and Recreation Department. Qualified applicants will be invited to participate in a panel interview.
Juan Ibarra accepted the position of Senior Management Analyst in the City Manager’s Department, Van Mesa accepted the position of Water System Superintendent in the Public Works Department, and Luis Pelayo accepted the position of Maintenance Worker I in the Public Works Department. They all began their new positions on Monday, January 6, 2025.
All City staff and council members were invited to the city’s annual holiday party at Dave & Busters in Torrance, CA. Many staff members attended and enjoyed a buffet meal and door prizes. Service awards were also presented to several employees.
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2 Staff is currently working closely with representatives at Neogov to implement new payroll and HR software. Implementation is going well. The city expects to transition to the new software by March 2025.
Emergency Management
The Lomita Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) held a meeting on January 13, 2024, to discuss the wildfire situation and how Lomita residents can better prepare.
The CERT team is preparing to host upcoming trainings in the near future that will serve for the certification of new members and a refresher for current members.
Lomita Manor
The Lomita Manor property management company, HumanGood, continues providing several activities to residents. These activities may include Exercise/Chair classes, Coloring classes, Bingo, Walking Groups, Art Classes, Bi-Monthly Celebrations of residents‘ birthdays with cake, scrapbooking, community potlucks, and Seasonal Holiday activities. During December, the following activities were offered to the residents:
exercise/chair, bingo, and holiday sing-along. Lomita Manor hosted a town hall meeting on December 18 for their residents to ask any questions and discuss house rules for Lomita Manor.
Community Development Block Grant Programs
A new budget will be presented to the Community Development Advisory Board (CDAB) to approve the CDBG roster (budget) for FY 25-26 on February 4, 2025, to fund Residential Rehabilitation, Lifeline and the Job Creation and Business Incentive Loan Programs. Ongoing updates regarding the CDBG programs will be mentioned below.
Residential Rehabilitation: For Fiscal Year 2024-25, a total of two projects are approved and initial inspections are set to take place within the next month.
Lifeline: The Lifeline program provides emergency response service for a total of 19 subscribers currently enrolled. The program is accepting applications from Lomita residents who are at least 55 years old or disabled.
City Clerk’s Office
2024 Election was certified, and Councilmembers for Districts 2 & 4 were sworn in City Clerk’s Department coordinated and hosted the Annual Holiday Open House with a record number of attendees
Clerk sent Form 700 Filing notice to all Conflict of Interest Code filers Clerk sent notification to Council of Campaign Statement Filing deadline Administrative staff continues to provide customer service and support related to processing water payments, parking tickets, Dial-a-Ride, planning counter appointments and business licenses.
3 City Clerk activity for the month
Council Meeting Agenda & Minutes Prepared 2/2
Council Resolutions Adopted & Processed 0
Housing Authority Agenda & Minutes Prepared 1/1
Contracts/Agreements Processed 2
Ordinances Adopted & Published 3
Certificates Prepared 31
Public Records Requests Processed 9
Dial-a-Ride New Cards Issued 4
Dial-a-Ride Payments Processed 33
Dial-a-Ride Assistance-Phone/Counter 89
Administrative Parking Appeals Reviewed & Processed 20
Parking Citations Issued & Processed 476
Parking Citations Assistance – Phone/Counter 39
Planning Commission Meeting Agenda & Minutes Prepared 0/0 Planning Commission Resolutions Processed 0
Public Safety & Traffic Commission Agenda & Minutes Prepared 1/1 Technical Traffic Advisory Committee Agenda & Minutes Prepared 0/0 Scanned & Indexed Documents 20
Water Billing Payments and Assistance- Phone/Counter 189
FISCAL IMPACT
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OPTIONS
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Approved by:
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Andrew Vialpando
City Manager
Prepared by:
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Juan Ibarra, Sr. Management Analyst