CITY OF MONTEBELLO
CITY COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 AT 6:00 PM
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1600 WEST BEVERLY BOULEVARD
MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA
OPENING CEREMONIES
CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 P.M.
Mayor Melendez called the City Council and Successor Agency Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. concurrently with the Regular City Council Meeting of January 22, 2025.
ROLL CALL
Members present were Mayor/Chair Melendez, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair Tamayo, Councilmember/Member Torres, and Councilmember/Member Peralta. City Clerk Jimenez and City Treasurer Matanga were also present.
City Attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman, City Manager Raul Alvarez, Senior Deputy City Clerk Kimberly Guillen, Deputy City Clerk Nelly Ochoa, and Department Directors Michael Solorza, Joseph Palombi, Ramon Figueroa, John Soria, David Sosnowski, Cesar Roldan, Fire Chief Pelaez, and Police Assistant Chief Cabrera were present.
CLOSED SESSION - NONE
REGULAR SESSION - IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION
INVOCATION
Led by City Clerk Jimenez.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by City Treasurer Matanga.
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA - CITY MANAGER
January 22, 2025: City Council and Successor Agency Meeting Minutes
None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA AND AGENDA ITEMS (30 MINUTES) At this time, the public may submit speaker card(s) to the City Clerk staff, for both agenda and non-agenda items, prior to the beginning of this statement; Public Hearing items do not require a speaker card.
The City Council/SA will address non-agenda items during this section and speakers will be called in the order received.
Those persons not accommodated during this 30-minute period will have an opportunity to speak under “Public Comments – Continued”, after all scheduled matters have been considered. Public Hearing, Regular Business and/or Consent Calendar items will be addressed at the time that matter of business is heard, in the order received.
Please be aware that the maximum time allotted for members of the public to speak shall not exceed three (3) minutes per speaker. State Law prohibits the City Council/SA from taking action or entertaining extended discussion on a topic not listed on the agenda. Please show courtesy to others and direct all of your comments to the Mayor/Chairperson and City Council/Agency.
None.
REGULAR BUSINESS - NONE
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine. Any items a member wishes to discuss, including any items the public submitted speaker cards for, should be designated at this time. All other items may be approved in a single motion. Such approval will also waive the reading of any Ordinance.
Councilmember Peralta motioned, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Tamayo, to approve the items in the Consent Calendar; the motion was approved unanimously.
1. APPROVAL OF SUCCESSOR AGENCY'S RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE (ROPS) AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Adopt Successor Agency Resolution No. 25-01 (Attachment B) adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (25-26 ROPS) and Resolution No. 25-02 (Attachment C) Administrative Budget for the 2025-26 Fiscal year; and
2. Direct staff to submit all required resolutions and related documents to the State of California's Department of Finance per Assembly Bill 26, Senate Bill 107 and all related redevelopment dissolution statutes and guidelines; and
3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.
Councilmember Peralta motioned, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Tamayo, to approve the item; the motion was approved unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
The City of Montebello will adjourn to the next Regular Meeting on February 12, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., which can be live- streamed at https://www.montebelloca.gov (Click on Live Stream).
I, Kimberly Guillen, Senior Deputy City Clerk for the City of Montebello hereby certify that a copy of this agenda has been posted on or before Sunday, January 19, 2025, no later than 6:00 p.m.
Kimberly Guillen, Senior Deputy City Clerk
January 22, 2025: City Council and Successor Agency Meeting Minutes
Mayor Melendez adjourned the City Council and Successor Agency Meeting at 7:07 p.m.
THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 8, 2025, ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON THIS 12TH DAY OF MARCH 2025.