City Council
Meeting Minutes
Mark Turner - Mayor
Marilyn Librers - Mayor Pro Tem
Gino Borgioli - Council Member
Rene Spring - Council Member
Yvonne Martinez Beltran - Council Member
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 5:00 PM
Council Chamber Building
17555 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Turner called the City Council meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE
City Clerk Michelle Bigelow called the roll.
PRESENT Rene Spring, Gino Borgioli, Yvonne Martinez Beltran, Mark Turner, Marilyn Librers
ABSENT None
Council Member Spring left at 8:01 p.m.
DECLARATION OF POSTING AGENDA
City Clerk Michelle Bigelow declared the posting of the agenda.
SILENT INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
September 18, 2024
2 PROCLAMATIONS
Proclaiming September 19, 2024 as Rich Firato Day
PRESENTATIONS
PG&E UPDATE
PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment opened at 5:08 p.m.
Carlos Duran was called to speak.
There being no further requests to speak, public comment closed.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
WORKSHOP
1. CITY COUNCIL MID-YEAR GOAL CHECK-IN WORKSHOP
Recommendation:
Review and discuss:
1. Team Morgan Hill Department Updates
2. 2024-2025 Sustainable Morgan Hill, including Vision, Ongoing Priorities, and Strategic Priorities
3. 2024-2025 Strategic Priorities Workplan
4. Future Council Initiated Agenda Items
5. Update on Encampments
6. City Council Disturbance Policy
7. City Council Conference, Travel, and Meeting Spending Policy City Manager Turner provided an overview of the evening's agenda. The Department Directors then provided departmental updates.
Christina Ramos of PG&E provided a presentation and answered questions on the status of PG&E in Morgan Hill.
The meeting recessed at 7:01 p.m. and reconvened at 7:15 p.m.
The Council moved to item 2. The Council then went back to the Goal Check-In Workshop items.
September 18, 2024
3 City Manager Turner reviewed the Sustainable Morgan Hill vision, priorities, and work plan items. The discussion then moved to the Future Council Initiated Agenda Items. City Attorney Larkin provided an update on encampments. The Council discussion then progressed to the City Council Disturbance Policy and City Council Conference, Travel, and Meeting Spending Policy.
Public comment opened at 8:26 p.m.
Doug Muirhead was called to speak.
There being no further requests to speak, public comment closed.
CONSENT CALENDAR (To be heard at 6:00 p.m. or later)
Items appearing on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and may be approved by one motion. Pursuant to City Council Policies and Procedures (CP 97-01), any member of the Council or public may request to have an item removed from the Consent Calendar for comment and action.
2. ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 2356, NEW SERIES, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MORGAN HILL ADDING CHAPTER 8.42 (“SMOKING IN MULTIUNIT BUILDINGS”) OF TITLE 8 (“HEALTH AND SAFETY”) TO THE MORGAN HILL
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN AND AROUND MULTIUNIT
RESIDENCES
Recommendation:
Waive the reading, adopt Ordinance No. 2356, New Series, and declare that said title, which appears on the agenda, shall be determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
Public comment opened at 7:16 p.m. There being no requests to speak, public comment closed.
MOTION:
Approving the recommended action.
RESULT: Passed
MOVER: Council Member Martinez Beltran
SECONDER: Council Member Borgioli
AYES: Council Member Spring, Council Member Borgioli, Council Member Martinez Beltran, Mayor Turner, Mayor Pro Tem Librers
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Turner adjourned the meeting at 8:29 p.m.
September 18, 2024
4 Minutes Prepared by:
Michelle Bigelow, City Clerk