MCFARLAND CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting Notice and Agenda
Council Chambers
103 W. Sherwood Ave, Mcfarland, CA
Website: https://www.mcfarlandcity.org/
Thursday, August 8, 2024
6:00 PM
SAUL AYON, Mayor
RICARDO CANO, Vice Mayor
AMADOR AYON, Council Member
ANITA GONZALEZ, Council Member
MARIA PEREZ, Council Member
VIEW THE MEETING RECORDINGS ONLINE at www.mcfarlandcity.org/AgendaCenterRecordings will be available approximately one week following the meeting.
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CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Saul Ayon
ROLL CALL:
Mayor/Chair, Saul Ayon
Vice Mayor/Vice-Chair, Ricardo Cano
Council Member/Board Member, Amador Ayon
Council Member/Board Member, Anita Gonzalez
Council Member/Board Member, Maria T. Pérez
INVOCATION: Council Member Maria Perez
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
FEATURED PET:
Is a feature that highlights a pet available for adoption from the McFarland Animal Shelter. ● Kennel Card: Sean
PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS AND AWARDS
1. Introduction of New City Employees
2. Fire Update: Kern County Fire & Central Valley Almond Association
3. Presentation of Sewer Master Plan
PUBLIC COMMENT: The public may address the Council/Board Member on items, which do not appear on the agenda. Council/Board Members may respond briefly to statements made or questions posed. They may ask a question for clarification; may refer the item to staff for further study or for placement on a future agenda. Speakers are limited to two minutes for each person.
Please state your name and address for the record prior to making a presentation. Fifteen minutes total will be allowed for any one subject.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
CONSENT AGENDA: The Consent Agenda consists of items that in staff’s opinion are routine and non-controversial. These items are approved in one motion unless a Council Member/ Board Member or Member from the Public requests to remove a particular item.
4. Approval of Expense Report in the Amount of $1,060,803.30 from 7/13/2024 to 7/26/2024.
5. Approval of Payroll Report for the Month of July 2024 in the Amount of $341,675.39.
6. Second reading, by title only, and adopt Ordinance 6-2024 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF MCFARLAND AMENDING THE MCFARLAND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER
2.04.101 RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
7. APPROVAL OF TRAVEL AND TRAINING EXPENSES EXCEEDING $500.00 PER TRIP FOR THE K-9 POLICE OFFICER TO ATTEND THE K-9 POLICE AND MILITARY WORKING DOG CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2024, IN NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE AND FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ATTEND THE KERN CHIEF'S CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2024, IN PISMO, CALIFORNIA.
8. Receive and File Sewer Collection Master Plan
PUBLIC HEARINGS
9. Introduce, by title only Ordinance 11-2024, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCFARLAND AMENDING CHAPTER 5.04 OF THE MCFARLAND
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BUSINESS LICENSES
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA
REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON COMMITTEE/SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETINGS a. Kern Council of Governments (KCOG)
b. Kern Economic Development Corp. (KEDC)
c. Kern Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
d. Delano Mosquito Abatement District (DMAD)
e. Poso Creek (IRWMP)
f. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJV) g. Public Policy and Finance Committee
h. Public Safety Committee
COUNCIL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS:
On their own initiative, Council Members may make a brief announcement or a brief report on their own activities. In addition, Council Members may ask a question of staff or the public for clarification on any matter, provide a reference to staff or other resources for information. Alternatively, request staff to report to the City Council at a later meeting concerning any matter. Furthermore, the City Council, or any member thereof, may take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
This is to certify this agenda was posted at McFarland City Hall on August 5, 2024 Paul M. Saldana, Interim City Clerk
Deigo Viramontes, City Manager
Next Meeting: Regular City Council August 22, 2024
The City of McFarland does not discriminate based on disability and complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (661) 792-3091 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Special meeting needs hour change
All agenda item and/or supporting documentation is available for public review on the city website at www.mcfarlandcity.org and the office of the City Clerk of the City of McFarland, at 401 W, Kern Ave.
McFarland, CA 93250 during regular business hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, following the posting of the agenda. Any supporting documentation related to an agenda item for an open session of any regular meeting that is distributed after the agenda is posted and prior to the meeting will also be available for review at the same location and available at the meeting.