REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, MONTCLAIR HOUSING CORPORATION,
MONTCLAIR HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION to be held in the Council Chambers
5111 Benito Street, Montclair, California
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
7:00 p.m.
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AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER City Council [CC], Successor Agency Board [SA], Montclair Housing Corporation Board [MHC],
Montclair Housing Authority Commission [MHA],
Montclair Community Foundation Board [MCF]
II. INVOCATION
In keeping with our long-standing tradition of opening our Council meetings with an invocation, this meeting may include a nonsectarian invocation. Such invocations are not intended to proselytize or advance any faith or belief or to disparage any faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular religious belief or form of invocation.
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. ROLL CALL
V. PRESENTATIONS — None
VI. PUBLIC COMMENT
During Public Comment, you may comment on any subject that does not appear on this agenda. Each speaker has up to five minutes. The meeting’s presiding officer may provide more or less time to accommodate speakers with special needs or a large number of speakers waiting in line. (Government Code Section 54954.3).
Under the provisions of the Brown Act, the meeting bodies are prohibited from participating in substantial discussion of or taking action on items not listed on the agenda.
VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS — None Page No.
VIII. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Approval of Minutes
1. Regular Joint Meeting – August 19, 2024 [CC/SA/MHC/MHA/MCF] 79 B. Administrative Reports
1. Consider Approval of Warrant Register & Payroll Documentation [CC] 4
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2. Consider Authorizing a $70,808.82 Appropriation from the Equipment Replacement Fund for the Purchase of a 2025 Case 580EV Electric Backhoe Loader from Sonsray Machinery for the Public Works Department [CC] Consider Declaring a 2005 CASE Backhoe Loader (Unit 304) as Surplus and Available for Sale at Auction [CC] 5
3. Consider Authorizing a $160,561.38 Appropriation from the Equipment Replacement Fund for the Purchase of Three 2025 Ford Explorer Interceptor Utility Vehicles from Fritts Ford for the Police Department [CC] Consider Declaring One Ford Police Interceptor Utility Vehicle (Unit 411) as Surplus and Available for Parts or for Sale at Auction [CC] Consider Authorizing the Reassignment of One Ford Police Interceptor Utility Vehicle (Unit 425) as a Cadet Vehicle [CC] 7
4. Consider Declaring a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer (Unit 112) as a Surplus Vehicle Available for Parts or for Sale at Auction [CC]. 9 C. Agreements
1. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 24–73 with the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency to Accept a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant in the Amount of $691,129 to Hire Two Full-Time Firefighter Paramedics [CC] Consider Authorizing Receptionist/Office Specialist Amanda Romano to Accept the Grant Award and Terms in the FEMA Online Portal [CC] 10
2. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 24–74 with CRP/VP Montclair Village Owner LLC for the Purchase of Real Property Generally Located at the Intersection of Arrow Highway and Fremont Avenue (APN 1007–703– 06–0000), Subject to Any Revisions Deemed Necessary by the City Attorney [CC]
Consider Authorizing City Manager Edward C. Starr to Sign Agreement No. 24–74 and Related Documents [CC] 32
D. Resolutions — None
IX. PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
X. COUNCIL WORKSHOP
A. Capital Improvement Program
(The City Council may consider continuing this item to an adjourned meeting on Monday, September 16, 2024, at 5:45 p.m. in the City Council Chambers) XI. COMMUNICATIONS
A. Department Reports
1. Police Department — Pink Patches for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October
Page No.
B. City Attorney
1. Request for City Council to Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) Regarding Pending Litigation [CC] Delgado v. City of Montclair
2. Request for City Council to Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 Regarding Conference with Designated Labor Negotiator Edward C. Starr [CC]
Agency: City of Montclair
Employee Management Employees
Associations: Montclair City Confidential Employees Association General Employees – Teamsters Local 1932
Montclair Fire Fighters Association
Montclair Police Officers Association
C. City Manager/Executive Director
D. Mayor/Chairperson
E. Council Members/Directors
F. Committee Meeting Minutes (for informational purposes only)
1. Personnel Committee Meeting – August 19, 2024 [CC] 78 XII. CLOSED SESSSION
XIII. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
XIV. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular joint meeting of the City Council, Successor Agency Board, Montclair Housing Corporation Board, Montclair Housing Authority Commission, and Montclair Community Foundation Board will be held on Monday, September 16, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
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