Mark A. Waronek, Mayor
Cindy Segawa, Mayor Pro Tem
James Gazeley Councilmember
Bill Uphoff, Councilmember
Barry Waite, Councilmember
LOMITA CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
24300 Narbonne Avenue
Lomita, CA 90717
Phone: (310) 325-7110
Fax: (310) 325-4024
Next Resolution No. 2025-14
Next Ordinance No. 874
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
6:00 PM
Welcome to a meeting of the Lomita City Council. Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at Lomita City Hall, 24300 Narbonne, Avenue, Lomita, California. Meetings are conducted in person and streamed online at https://lomitacity.com/agendas-minutes/. Please note that in person attendance at this public meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image.
Comments, input, and interests from the public provide the City Council with valuable information regarding issues of the community. To address the Council, please fill out a speaker card indicating your desire to speak on either a specific agenda item or during oral communications. Speaker cards are located at the entrance of the Council Chambers. Once completed, please give it to the City Clerk and your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. All public comments are limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes unless an extension is granted. No action may be taken on items not on the agenda except as provided by law.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (310) 325-7110.
Notification at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements.
No meeting of the Lomita Public Financing Authority will be held on this date.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Councilmember Uphoff
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
None scheduled.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Persons wishing to speak on Consent Agenda items or subjects other than those scheduled are requested to do so at this time. In order to conduct a timely meeting, a three (3) minute time limit per person has been established. Government Code Section 54954.2 prohibits the Council from discussing or taking action on a specific item unless it appears on a posted agenda.
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL
The City Council may discuss and act upon items described under Council comments; however, items which are not on the agenda will be limited to Council reports, announcements, requests for clarification or factual information, or placement of matters on the agenda for a future meeting.
6. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT (information only)
7. CONSENT AGENDA
All items under the Consent Agenda are considered by the Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There may be separate discussions of these items prior to the time the Council votes on the motion. Specific items may be removed from the Consent Agenda at the request of any Councilmember or staff.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That Consent Agenda Items 7a-7l be approved. a. Motion to Waive Full Reading of Ordinances and That They be Read in Title Only.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve motion.
b. Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of May 6, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. Monthly Report for the Administrative Services Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
e. Monthly Report for the City Manager's Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
f. Monthly Report for the Community and Economic Development Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
g. Monthly Report for the Parks and Recreation Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
h. Monthly Report for Public Works Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
i. April 2025 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. j. Agreements with Various Vendors for Services Related to Founders Day 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve agreements with Fun Services SO-CAL for ten carnival games and one dunk tank in an amount not to exceed $29,220; Fireworks America for a 15-minute firework show in an amount not to exceed $24,000.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements.
k. Resolution No. 2025-14 Amending Administrative Policy on Travel and Reimbursements to Establish Guidelines for Airfare and Councilmember Travel RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Resolution No. 2025-14 amending the City’s administrative policy related to travel and reimbursements.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-14 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRAVEL AND
REIMBURSEMENT POLICY TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR AIRFARE AND
COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVEL
l. Amendments to Compensation Plan for Non-Represented Employees; the Part-Time and Temporary Employment Policy and Compensation Plan; and the Full-Time Employee List and Salary Schedule
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-15 rescinding Resolution No. 2025-01, approving a compensation plan for non-represented employees for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026; and adopt Resolution No. 2025-16 amending the part-time and temporary employment policy and compensation plan and establishing authorized positions and a salary schedule for part-time and temporary employees for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-15 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026, AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 01 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-16 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY
EMPLOYMENT POLICY AND COMPENSATION PLAN TO ESTABLISH
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS AND A SALARY SCHEDULE FOR PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. PORT OF LOS ANGELES WATERFRONT RED RAILCAR PROJECT OFFERED TO
THE CITY OF LOMITA
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and consider options for the Waterfront Red Railcar offered to the City by loan, and provide City staff with direction. b. FISCAL YEAR 2024-2026 MID-CYCLE ADOPTED BUDGET AMENDMENTS Presented by Susan Kamada, Administrative Services Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Fiscal Year FY 24-26 Mid-Cycle Adopted Budget amendments contained in Attachment 1, and direct staff to make necessary expenditure and revenue budget amendments to implement the recommendations.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on June 03, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, California.
Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are available for public inspection via the City’s website and copies are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita.
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting at the following Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025
locations: Lomita City Hall, Lomita Park, and uploaded to the City of Lomita website https://lomitacity.com/agendas-minutes.
Date Posted: May 16, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk