MINUTES
City Council
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
City Council Chamber – Norco City Hall
2820 Clark Avenue, Norco, CA 92860
CALL TO ORDER 4:00 PM
Mayor Grundmeyer called the meeting to
order at 4:00 PM
ROLL CALL Councilmember Sullivan
Councilmember Bash
Councilmember Newton
Mayor Pro Tem Bowen
Mayor Grundmeyer
1 BUDGET WORKSHOP
a) Discussed Preliminary Fiscal Year 2026-27 Operating Budget Council Member Bash- Suggested bringing back the Reserve policy with clear definitions and options to re-emphasize buckets (e.g., infrastructure, economic development).
Mayor Pro Tem Bowen- Inquired about the fluctuation in costs for Riverside County Fire
Council Member Newton- Inquired as to why building fees went up but discipline fees went down
Council Member Sullivan- Expressed an interest in learning about general fund balance and funds designated for emergencies.
Mayor Grundmeyer- Recommended presenting information in a way that reflects data more reflective of where we are. Wants more accuracy.
CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Grundmeyer recessed at 6:03 PM
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4): 4 Cases City Council Minutes - May 20, 2026
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8
Property: APNs 119-020-015 and 119-020-022, consisting of approximately 7.31 acres located at or near River Road and Second Street, Norco, California Agency Negotiators: City Manager and Director of Community Development Negotiating Parties: City of Norco, in its capacity as Successor Housing Agency; RBE Norco-JFH 1 LLC/Douglas Jacobson; and potential affordable housing developers including C&C Development
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment concerning the potential disposition and development of the property, including potential transaction terms involving adjacent property.
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6
Agency Designated Representatives: City Manager and City Attorney Employee Organization: Norco General Employees Association (NGEA)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Title: City Manager
RECONVENE PUBLIC SESSION
a) Mayor Grundmeyer reconvened the public session at 7:11 PM
REPORT OF ACTION(S) TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
a) City Attorney Colin Burns reported out on closed session action.
Two 5–0 votes authorizing initiation of code enforcement litigation for:
Property at 661 Seventh Street
A property on Broken Arrow
INVOCATION Chaplain Vincent Ball led the invocation
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Newton led the pledge of allegiance
2 CITY COUNCIL REPORTS ON REGIONAL BOARDS
City Council reported on regional board meetings and conferences. 3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
City Council Minutes - May 20, 2026
This is the time when persons wishing to address the presiding governmental body regarding the Consent Calendar or other items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body, but not separately agendized, may be heard. Please submit a speaker card to the Meeting Clerk.
Please limit comments to three minutes or less. The Ralph M. Brown Act limits the governmental body’s ability to respond to comments on non-agendized matters at the time such comments are made. The governmental body shall not discuss or act relative to any public comments on nonagendized matters. a) Berwin Hanna- Spoke about NART, lack of trainings, leadership, urged council to restore training
Terry McCauley- Spoke about NART also echoing the concerns of training and fire-season urgency
Jamie McCauley- Also spoke about NART and training concerns Sukhbir Gill- Spoke about his experiences with racism, traffic concerns for 6th and Hamner
Cherly Tolejano- Expressed concern about low traffic fines. requested higher fines and consistent enforcement
4 CONSENT CALENDAR
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and may be enacted by one motion. Prior to the motion to consider any action by the presiding governmental body, any public comments on any of the Consent Items will be heard under Item No. 2 of the Agenda.
There will be no discussion on matters on the Consent Calendar unless an item is pulled for discussion by a member of the governmental body. Items pulled for discussion from the Consent Calendar will be separately considered under Item No. 4 of the Agenda. a) Approval of City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Approve the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of May 20, 2026. carried
M/S NEWTON/BOWEN Approved the consent calendar unanimously The Motion was carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: GRUNDMEYER, BOWEN, BASH, NEWTON, AND SULLIVAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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Approval of City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Approve the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of May 20, 2026. carried
c) Waive Reading of All Ordinance Adoptions on this Agenda and Read by Title Only
Waived reading, by title only, of all Ordinances and Resolutions. Said Ordinances and Resolutions which appeared on the agenda were determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
d) Approval of City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Approve the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of May 6, 2026. e) Approval of the FY 2026-27 Local Responsibility Area Wildland Protection Reimbursement Agreement
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-36 approving an agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for services from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 for Fire Protection Services within the Local Responsibility Areas within the City. In addition, authorize the City Manager to execute the Local Responsibility Area Wildland Protection Reimbursement Agreement with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
f) Fiscal Year 2025-26 Third Quarter Budget-to-Actual Report Receive and File Fiscal Year 2025-26 Third Quarter Budget-to-Actual Report. g) Acceptance of Proposals, Approve Project Plans, Award of Contract, and Adoption of Resolution 2026-23 Authorizing the Appropriation of One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($144,400) for the Existing Main Metered Service Modification Project
Accept proposals; approve project plans; and award contract to Baker Electrical & Renewables, LLC in the amount of $131,271 for the Existing Main Metered Service Modification Project.
Authorize the City Manager to approve contract change orders not to exceed 10% of the original contract amount.
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Adopt Resolution No. 2026-23 authorizing the appropriation of $144,400 for the Existing Main Metered Service Modification Project.
h) Approve Appropriation of Funds, Accept Proposal and Award Contract for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/Financial System Assessment Project Accepted proposal and awarded contract to SDI Presence LLC in the amount of $115,000; and authorized the City Manager to approve contract change orders up to 10% of the original contract; Adopted Resolution No. 2026-39 authorizing the additional appropriation of $66,500 for the ERP/Financial System Assessment Project. carried
i) Order of Procedure and Approve Resolutions Necessary for the Annual Assessment Levy Continuing Landscape Maintenance Districts No. 1 – Beazer, Tract 28765; No. 2 – Western Pacific, Tract 25779; No. 3 – Centex, Tract 28626; No. 4 – Norco Ridge Ranch, Tracts 29588 and 29589; and No. 5 – Hawk’s Crest, Tract 30230
Adopted the following Resolutions approving the Preliminary Engineer’s Reports and the additional Resolutions providing for an Annual Levy of Assessments and setting the Public Hearing date for June 3, 2026, for each District.
Resolution No. 2026-26, LMD No. 1 (Beazer); Resolution No. 2026-27, LMD No. 2 (Western Pacific); Resolution No. 2026-28, LMD No. 3 (Centex); Resolution No. 2026-29, LMD No. 4 (Norco Ridge Ranch); Resolution No. 2026-30, LMD No. 5 (Hawk’s Crest), approving the Engineer’s Preliminary Report for the Annual Levy of Assessments for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 in said Districts; Resolution No. 2026-31, LMD No. 1 (Beazer); Resolution No. 2026-32, LMD No. 2 (Western Pacific); Resolution No. 2026-33, LMD No. 3 (Centex); Resolution No. 2026-34, LMD No. 4 (Norco Ridge Ranch); Resolution No. 2026-35, LMD No. 5 (Hawk’s Crest), Declaring City’s Intention to Provide for an Annual Levy and Collection of Assessments for Certain Maintenance in an Existing District, and Setting a Time and Place for the Public Hearing.
j) Ratification of Fiscal Year 2026-27 Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority Budget
Adopted Resolution 2026-25, approving the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority Budget, establishing rates to be charged for conveyance, treatment and disposal of wastewater.
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k) Approval of Appropriation of Funds and Amendment to Consultant Retainer Agreement with Tripepi Smith & Associates for Communications Support Services
Approved Amendment No. 1 to Consultant Retainer Agreement with Tripepi Smith & Associates for Communications Support Services, and Adopt Resolution No. 2026-38 authorizing an appropriation of $25,000 to advance the City's Legislative Platform. carried
l) Accept Proposal and Award Approval of Surveillance System Upgrade at City Hall and Norco Sheriff’s Substation (Project No: 54303.12) Accepted proposal and award contract to SHI International Corporation (through OMNIA Partners Contract No. 2024056) in the amount of $87,650, with authorization for the City Manager to approve contract change orders up to 10% of the original contract amount for the Surveillance System Upgrade at City Hall and the Norco Sheriff’s Substation. m) Recap of Actions Taken by the Planning Commission at its Meeting Held on May 13, 2026
Received and filed the recap of actions taken by the Planning Commission at its meeting held on May 13, 2026.
5 ITEM(S) PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
No Items were pulled
6 DISCUSSION / ACTION ITEM(S)
Moved to a future meeting
a) Proposed Demolition of Building 509 on the Naval Weapons Station, Norco Campus was continued due to a scheduling conflict. The Navy wishes to be present for the presentation.
7 PUBLIC HEARING(S)
a) Authorizing the City of Norco Human Resources Department to Access State and Federal Summary Criminal History Information
M/S BASH/SULLIVAN Recommended Motion- Conduct a public hearing, adopt the
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attached Resolution 2026-37 authorizing the City of Norco Human Resources Department to access state, local, and federal summary criminal history information for employment, volunteer, and independent contractor screening purposes, as required under Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11) and conduct first reading of Ordinance 1142. The Motion was carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: GRUNDMEYER, BOWEN, BASH, NEWTON, AND SULLIVAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
8 CITY COUNCIL / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
M/S GRUNDMEYER/BOWEN Mayor Grundmeyer directive- Requested an agendized item to examine TOT. The Motion was carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: GRUNDMEYER, BOWEN, BASH, NEWTON, AND SULLIVAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
9 ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Grundmeyer recessed to closed session at 7:56 PM
Mayor Grundmeyer reconvened meeting at 8:22 PM.
City Attorney Burns announced that there was no reportable action.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:22 PM
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Dayna Williams-Hunter, CMC
City Clerk