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AGENDA
City of Modesto
FINANCE COMMITTEE
COUNCIL WORKSHOP
2001-40 Del Puerto Room
Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th Street
Modesto, California
Monday, August 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Roll Call: Rosa Escutia-Braaton, Chair
David Wright, Vice-Chair
Nick Bavaro, Member
Alternates: Eric Alvarez, Jeremiah Williams, Chris Ricci, Sue Zwahlen Council has not delegated directive or final approval authority to the Committees.
Committee actions are recommendations to the full City Council, not final decisions on an issue. * Public Comment will only be in-person. Members of the public who wish to address the Committee, by providing public comment, during the meeting must do so in-person in the 2001-40 Del Puerto Room. As an alternative, members of the public may also provide written public comment submitted via email as indicated in the Submitting Comments by Email instructions on this agenda. Zoom will still be available for viewing and Wordly translation. *Members of the public will be allowed to provide public comment through Zoom if a Committee Member is participating remotely pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449. *Effective March 1, 2023, if a technical issue arises with Zoom or the phone dial-in option, the Committee meeting will continue unless the meeting is being held pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 2449. Alternative viewing options are listed below, and the meeting is physically open to the public.
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"Wordly" puede traducir a más de 25 idiomas diferentes! Para acceder a la traducción durante la reunión, por favor escanee el código QR o haga clic en el enlace https://attend.wordly.ai/join/RJDY-6364.
You may observe a livestream of the meeting at http://media.modestogov.com. You may also view or listen to the meeting as indicated below.
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CONFERENCING OR TELEPHONE
Joining the Committee meeting via Zoom
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PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD
Three-minute time limit per speaker.
Only interested persons in the audience may present these matters. Under State law, Committee Members may respond to matters being presented under this item only as follows:
a. Briefly respond to statements made or questions raised. b. Ask a question for clarification.
c. Provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information. d. Request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting. e. Finally, a Committee Member or the Committee itself may take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS BY E-MAIL
Written comments may be submitted via email to: [email protected] (include Agenda Item Number in the subject line). All comments will be shared with the - 3 -
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Committee Members and placed in the record but will not be read aloud during the meeting.
Written comments must be received two hours before the meeting.
This Agenda is on file in the City Clerk’s Office, Sixth Floor, 10th Street Place, Posting Board at entry of 10th Street Place, and is available on the City’s Web site at www.modestogov.com.
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Clerk’s office during normal business hours. Such documents are also available online, subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting, at the following website www.modestogov.com/councilmeetings In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, the Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended), Government Code section 11135 and other applicable codes, the City of Modesto (“City”) will not discriminate against individuals on the basis of disability in the City’s services, programs, or activities. For more information, please visit the City of Modesto website at https://www.modestogov.com/865/Americans-with-Disabilities-Act-ADA In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk (209) 577-5396. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting
Any and all of the following agenda items are subject to action by the Modesto City Council.
CONSENT ITEMS – ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED:
Information concerning the consent items listed below has been forwarded to each Committee Member prior to this meeting for study. Unless some member of the audience or Committee Member has a question concerning an item and asks that it be withdrawn from the consent list, the Committee approves the items at one time. The action taken by the Committee in approving consent items is set forth in the explanation of this individual item.
CONSENT
An item may be removed from consent and discussed at the request of an audience member or Committee Member.
Consent
1. Consider the recommended budget adjustments to Fiscal Year 2024-25 and Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Operating and Capital Improvement Program Budgets; amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Position Allocation; and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Various Funds)
Motion recommending the budget adjustments to 2024-25 and 2025-26 Annual Operating and Capital Improvement Program Budgets; and forwarding to Council for approval.
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Motion recommending amending the Position Allocation for Fiscal Year 2025- 26 as adopted in the operating budget; and forwarding to Council for approval.
BUDGET; Kaceey Culbertson, 209-571-5855, [email protected] Consent
2. Consider declaring specified City-Owned Properties as Exempt Surplus Land, directing the City Manager or their designee to negotiate the conveyance of such properties in accordance with the Surplus Land Act and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Various Funds)
Motion recommending a Resolution declaring specified City-Owned Properties as Exempt Surplus Land and directing the City Manager or their designee to negotiate the conveyance of such properties in accordance with the Surplus Land Act and forwarding to Council for approval.
CITY MANAGER; Simerdip Bhangoo, 209-571-5571, [email protected] Consent
3. Consider a First Amendment to the Agreements with Bender Rosenthal Inc., Thompson & Thompson and Hulberg & Associates dba Valbridge Property Advisors for Commercial and Residential Real Estate Appraisal Services increasing the Agreement amounts by $17,000 each and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Various Funds)
Motion recommending a First Amendment to the Agreements with Bender Rosenthal Inc., Thompson & Thompson and Hulberg & Associates dba Valbridge Property Advisors increasing the Agreements by $17,000 for each consultant and a revised combined amount not to exceed $150,000 over three years and forwarding to Council for approval.
CITY MANAGER; Scotty Douglass, 209-577-9149, [email protected] Consent
4. Consider the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Write-off and Adjustments reports through fiscal year-end June 30, 2025, in the total amount of $459,603 and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Various Funds)
Motion recommending the acceptance of Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Write-Off and Adjustments reports through fiscal year end June 30, 2025, in the total amount of $459,603 and forwarding to Council for approval.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT; Vanessa Ferrel, 209-571-5174, [email protected] Consent
5. Consider a report on Fiscal Year 2024-2025 unclaimed funds of $24,060 that can be transferred to the General Fund and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: General Fund)
Motion recommending the acceptance of Fiscal Year 2024-2025 unclaimed funds of $24,060 that can be transferred to the General Fund and forwarding to Council for approval.
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Consent
6. Consider the report detailing City personal property sold, donated, or disposed of during Fiscal Year 2024-25 and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source:
Various Funds)
Motion recommending the review of the report detailing City personal property sold, donated, or disposed of during Fiscal Year 2024-25 and forwarding to Council for approval.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT; Vanessa Ferrel, 209-571-5174, [email protected], Consent
7. Consider the submission of a Grant Application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency - Community Grants Program for the Grayson Water Infrastructure Improvements Project and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Water Fund)
Motion recommending the submission of a Grant Application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency - Community Grants Program for the Grayson Water Infrastructure Improvements Project and forwarding to Council for approval.
UTILITIES; Edgar Vargas, 209-577-5424, [email protected]
NEW BUSINESS
8. Consider delegating the responsibility for investment transactions to the Director of Finance and accepting the Annual Investment Report for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Various Funds) Motion delegating the responsibility for investment transactions to the Director of Finance and accepting the Annual Investment Report for Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 and forwarding to Council for approval.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT; Calogero Maniscalco, 209-577-5219,
[email protected]
9. Consider the issuance of Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Series 2025 in a not to exceed aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000 to finance the construction of the River Trunk Realignment – Pump Station Construction Project and forwarding to Council for approval. (Funding Source: Sewer Fund)
Motion recommending the issuance of Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Series 2025 in a not to exceed aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000 to finance the construction of the River Trunk Realignment – Pump Station Construction Project and forwarding to Council for approval.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT; DeAnna Christensen, 209-577-5387,
[email protected]
ADJOURNMENT
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