OROVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Council Chambers
1735 Montgomery Street
Oroville, CA. 95965
OTY April 04, 2023
VIN REGULAR MEETING
INCORPORATED 1906 MINUTES
This agenda was posted on March 31, 2023. This meeting was recorded and may be viewed at cityoforoville.org or on YouTube.
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Mayor Pittman opened the meeting at 4pm
PRESENT: Council Members: Tracy Johnstone, Krysi Riggs, Scott Thomson, Janet Goodson, Shawn Webber, Vice Mayor Eric Smith, Mayor David Pittman STAFF: City Administrator Brian Ring, Assistant City Clerk Jackie Glover, Police Chief Bill LaGrone, Code Enforcement Director Ron Belser, Assistant City Administrator Ruth Duncan, Business Assistance and Housing Development Director Amy Bergstrand Assistant Community Development Director Dawn Nevers, City Attorney Scott Huber, City Treasurer Karolyn Fairbanks, Planner Wes Ervin, Human Resources Manager Liz Ehrenstrom
Added Item: The following item came to the attention of the City Staff subsequent to the posting of the agenda for this April 4, 2023 meeting. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, staff is requesting the council take action to add this item.
Amend the Agenda to Add Item No. 2.5 to Open session as follows:
Pursuant to the Brown Act, as amended by AB 2449, the Council will consider approving the emergency circumstances for two council members to attend this meeting virtually.
Motion to add item as stated above by Council Member Johnstone and seconded by Council Member Webber. Motion passed with 5 yeses and 2 absent.
AYES: Johnstone, Riggs, Thomson, Webber, Pittman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Smith, Goodson
CLOSED SESSION
The Council held a Closed Session on the following:
1. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b), the Council met with the Personnel Officer and City Attorney related to the following positions: Public Works Director and Community Development Director.
OPEN SESSION
April 04. 2023~4:00 PM Oroville City Council Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 6
1. Announcement from Closed Session - Mayor Pittman announced that direction was given; no action was taken.
2. Pledge of Allegiance - Led by students from Ophir Student Body Council
2.5 Pursuant to the Brown Act, as amended by AB 2449, the Council will consider approving the emergency circumstances for two council members to attend this meeting virtually.
Motion by Council Member Johnstone and seconded by Council Member Thomson to approve item 2.5. Motion passed with 5 yeses and 2 Absent
AYES: Johnstone, Riggs, Thomson, Webber, Pittman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Smith, Goodson
3. Adoption of Agenda - Motion by Council Member Riggs and seconded by Council Member Thomson to adopt the agenda. Motion passed.
AYES: Johnstone, Riggs, Thomson, Webber, Smith, Goodson, Pittman NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1. The City Attorney provided a presentation on Sober Living Environments.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION - HEARING OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS
The following individuals spoke on agenda items:
Eric Schanke - Presentations
Susannah Wedgwood - Presentations : Joseph Sanders - Presentations Annie Terry - Presentations
Natalie Sheard - Presentations - Bill Speer - Presentations - Julie Miller - Presentations - Celia Hirschman - Presentations - Shara Sheard - Presentations - Don Noble - Item 11
- Tj Jensen - Presentations
The following individuals spoke on non-agenda items:
- Bill Speer
- Shannon Tomlin and Brianna
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by Council Member Riggs and seconded by Council Member Johnstone to approve the consent calendar items 1-9 excluding item 5. Motion passed.
AYES: Johnstone, Riggs, Thomson, Webber, Smith, Goodson, Pittman NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The council approved the minutes of March 21, 2023
2. CONSIDER AND APPROVE NEWLY CREATED JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR HUMAN
RESOURCE/RISK MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYST, AND HUMAN RESOURCE
TECHNICIAN
The City Council approved the attached job descriptions for Human Resource/Risk Manager, Human Resource Analyst, and Human Resource Technician.
3. AWARD OF CONTRACT; YARD AND BRIDGE STREET INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT
The Council awarded a contract to All-American Construction, Inc for $174,773.00, and allocating $18,000.00 for contingencies. And authorized the City Administrator to execute the contract.
4. AWARD OF CONTRACT; PORTLAND LOOS PROJECT
The Council awarded a contract to R&R Horn Contractors, Inc. for $460,169.00 and allocating $47,000.00 for contingencies, for a total of $507,169, and authorized the City Administrator to execute the contract; and approved spending $407,169 and a reallocation of $100,000 from the Veterans Project.
6. TRANSFER OF BEDROCK PARK PARCEL FROM FEATHER RIVER RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT TO THE CITY OF OROVILLE: APN 035-290-019 The Council adopted Resolution No. 9131 - A RESOLUTION OF THE OROVILLE CITY
COUNCIL AUTHORING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL TITLE AND
ESCROW DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE TRANSFER OF ONE FEATHER RIVER RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT PROPERTY; APN: 035-290-019, TO THE CITY OF
OROVILLE
7. RATIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION AND REPAIRS AT 33 CANYON
HIGHLANDS DRIVE
The City Council ratified the expenditures that were made for this emergency remediation at 33 Canyon Highlands Dr.
8. CONTRACT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER SERVICES RELATED TO CODE
ENFORCEMENT
The Council approved an agreement for Administrative Hearing Officer services for the City of Oroville by approving Agreement No. 3452
9. VOICE FOR THE ARTS AWARD SELECTION
The Council approved the Arts Commission recommendation and awarded the Voice of the Arts Award to Community Individual Don Remley.
5. AGREEMENT FOR AS NEEDED PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH RUSSELL, GALLAWAY ASSOCIATES, INC.
The Council considered authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement for as needed professional architectural and engineering services with Russell, Gallaway Associates, Inc.
April 04, 2023~4:00 PM Oroville City Council Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 6 Motion by Council Member Goodson and seconded by Council Member Riggs to authorize the Mayor to contract with Russell, Gallaway Associates, Inc. for as needed professional architectural and engineering and design services and approve Task Orders 1 & 2 but to hold off on starting the contracts until after the Council Architectural Ad hoc committee reviews the information.
AYES: Johnstone, Riggs, Thomson, Webber, Smith, Goodson, Pittman NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
REGULAR BUSINESS
10. SELECTION OF THE 2023 SAMUEL J. NORRIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE RECIPIENT The Council considered the selection of a recipient for the 2023 Samuel J. Norris Award for Excellence.
Council selected a recipient for the 2023 Samuel J. Norris Award for Excellence.
Below is the vote for selecting the 2023 Samuel J. Norris Awardee:
- Bud Bolt - Smith, Johnstone, Pittman, Thomson, Webber - Jan Hill - Riggs, Goodson
This award will be awarded at the State of the City on April 25, 2023.
11. LETTER FROM YMCA REQUESTING CITY PARTNERSHIP IN BUILDING DOWNTOWN
SWIMMING POOL/ATTRACTION
At the request of Council Member Johnstone and Council Member Webber, the Council discussed the letter received from the YMCA of Superior California (YMCA) requesting to partner with the City to discuss bringing a pool to the downtown area of Oroville.
The Council provided staff direction and recommended that this topic be initially discussed at the Council Executive Committee.
12. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT BUDGET UNIT At the March 21, 2023 regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Council Member Thomson and Council Member Webber discussed putting on the agenda the concept of providing some City funding for a 4th of July fireworks show. In addition, there were conversations of budgeting for funding to potentially help fund other projects that impacted the quality of life of our residents or provided a community benefit. In response to these discussions, staff brought forward for Council consideration, the re-establishment of the Community Enhancement budget unit.
Motion by Council Member Riggs and seconded by Council Member Goodson to Motion 1: Motion by Council Member Thomson and seconded by Council Member Webber to re- establish the Community Enhancement Budget Unit and add $100,000 to the line item, and to earmark $20,000 for fireworks with up to an additional $5,000 in matching donations. Motion not voted on because motion 2 passed
April 04, 2023~4:00 PM Oroville City Council Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 6 Motion 2: Motion by Council Member Riggs and seconded by Council Member Goodson to re- establish the Community Enhancement budget unit and allocate $20,000 to the fund, and allow for matching funds to be made available. Motion passed.
AYES: Johnstone, Riggs, Pittman, Goodson
NOES: Smith, Thomson, Webber
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
13. FORMATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORK AD HOC COMMITTEE At the March 21, 2023, regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Council Member Thomson and Council Member Webber requested an item be placed on the agenda to consider the establishment of an ad hoc committee to review architectural design work being performed on City buildings and property.
Motion by Council Member Webber and seconded by Council Member Thomson to create a regular Architectural Design Work Committee.
AYES: Johnstone, Thomson, Smith, Webber
NOES: Riggs, Goodson, Pittman
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION - HEARING OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS
The following individuals spoke on non-agenda items:
- Bill Speer
REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS / CORRESPONDENCE
1. Council Announcements and Reports
a. Riggs - Spoke about First Friday Event
Webber - Spoke about road work ideas coming soon and upcoming events C. Pittman - Spoke about the Butte County Housing Authority
2. Future Agenda Items
a. Webber - Architectural Design Committee Appointments b. Riggs/Thomson/Pittman - Fire Engine
3. Administration Reports
a. Nevers - Spoke about current work of the department. b. Duncan - Spoke about the LAIF Correspondence
c. Belser - Spoke about March activity in the department, spoke about City Works d. Bergstrand - Spoke about a PLHA Award for the Lincoln St Apartments e. Ring - Spoke about the Goals and Priorities Workshop, Spoke about the Budget, and the Chamber Dinner
4. Correspondence
i. l LAIF Correspondence
ii. Haven of Hope on Wheels Bi-Annual Report
iii. Feather River Recreation and Park District Activity Center Closure April 04, 2023~4:00 PM Oroville City Council Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 6
ADJOURN THE MEETING
Meeting adjourned at 8:17pm
APPROVED: ATTESTED:
San them
A stant Cily Clerk Jacke Glover
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