Town of Paradise
Town Council Meeting Agenda
6:00 PM – December 09, 2025
Town of Paradise Council Chamber – 5555 Skyway, Paradise, CA
Meeting Procedures
I. The Mayor is the Presiding Chair and is responsible for maintaining an orderly meeting. The Mayor calls the meeting to order and introduces each item on the agenda.
II. The Town staff then provides a report to Council and answers questions from the Council.
III. Citizens are encouraged to participate in the meeting process and are provided several opportunities to address Council. Any speaker addressing the Council is limited to three minutes per speaker - fifteen minutes per agenda item A. If you wish to address the Council regarding a specific agenda item, please complete a “Request to Address Council” card and give it to the Town Clerk prior to the beginning of the meeting. This process is voluntary and allows for citizens to be called to the speaker podium in alphabetical order.
Comments and questions from the public must be directed to the Presiding Chair and Town Council Members (please do not address staff.) Town staff is available to address citizen concerns Monday through Thursday at Town Hall between the hours of 8am and 5pm.
B. If you wish to address Council regarding an item not on the agenda, you may do so under Item 4, “Public Communication.” Again, please fill out a card and give it to the Town Clerk before the meeting. State Law prohibits Council action on items not listed on a public agenda.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance, persons who need special accommodations to participate in the Town Council meeting may contact the Town Clerk at least three business days prior to the date of the meeting to provide time for any such accommodation.
Interim Town Manager, Michael O’Brien
Town Attorney, Scott E. Huber
Town Clerk/Elections Official, Melanie Elvis
CDD, Planning & Onsite, Susan Hartman
CDD, Building & Code Enforcement, Tony Lindsey
Finance Director/Town Treasurer, Aimee Beleu
Public Works Director/Town Engineer, Marc Mattox
Division Chief, CAL FIRE/Paradise Fire, Jason Finney
Chief of Police, Eric Reinbold
Recovery & Economic Development Director, Colette Curtis Human Resources & Risk Management Director, Crystal Peters Information Systems Director, Luis Marquez
Mayor, Steve Crowder
Vice Mayor, Steve “Woody” Culleton
Council Member, Greg Bolin
Council Member, Heidi Lange
Council Member, Ronald Lassonde
1. OPENING
1a. Call to Order
1b. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America 1c. Invocation
1d. Roll Call
1e. Present a Certificate of Recognition to Tim Umenhofer. 1f. The Year in Review by Mayor Steve Crowder.
1g. Town Clerk will chair the selection of Mayor for a one-year term beginning December 9, 2025 through December 8, 2026. The Clerk will turn the meeting over to the newly selected Mayor for selection of Vice-Mayor for a one-year term. (Melanie Elvis/Town Clerk)
1h. p6 Camp Fire Recovery Updates - Written reports are included in the agenda packet.
Colette Curtis, Recovery and Economic Development Director - recovery projects, advocacy, economic recovery and development, communications, emergency operations and Housing updates.
Marc Mattox, Public Works Director/Town Engineer -infrastructure and sewer updates.
1i. p15 Paradise Sewer Project update by Town Engineer Marc Mattox.
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
One roll call vote is taken for all items. Consent items are considered to be routine business that does not call for discussion.
2a. p17 Approved minutes of the November 12, 2025 Special and Regular Town Council meetings. (Melanie Elvis/Town Clerk)
2b. p23 Approve November 2025 Cash Disbursements in the amount of $14,621,453.03. (Aimee Beleu/Finance Director)
2c. p33 1. Authorize the Town Manager to execute an agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) for acceptance of the USDA 2024 Volunteer Fire Capacity Grant award to purchase new structural and wildland personal protective equipment (PPE); and, 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-___ “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Approving the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Agreement #7GF25084 Accepting a Grant Award Under the Volunteer Fire Capacity (VFC) Program of the Cooperative Fire Assistance Act of 1978 in the Amount of $11,962.50.” (Jason Finney/Fire Chief)
2d. p42 1. Waive the second reading of the Town Ordinance No. 651, and read by title only and, 2. Adopt Town Ordinance No. 651 “An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Amending Portions of Chapter 2.45 of the Paradise Municipal Code Relating to the Town’s Purchasing System”. (Aimee Beleu/Finance Director)
3 2e. p45 1. Waive the second reading of the entire Town Ordinance No. 652 and read by title only; and, 2. Adopt Ordinance No. 652, “An Ordinance of the Town Of Paradise Repealing Paradise Municipal Code Chapters 15.01,
15.02, 15.03, 15.04, 15.05, 15.06, 15.07, 15.08, 15.09, 15.10, 15.11, 15.12,
15.13 and Adopting New Chapters 15.01, 15.02, 15.03, 15.04, 15.05, 15.06,
15.07, 15.08, 15.09, 15.10, 15.11, 15.12, 15.13, 15.14, 15.15 And 15.16 and Making Findings of Fact Relating To Local Climatic, Geological, and Topographic Conditions, All Relating to the Amendments and Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code, Including the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7)”. (Community Development Director/Tony Lindsey)
2f. p78 Review and file the 1st Quarter Investment Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2026. (Aimee Beleu/Finance Director)
3. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
For matters that are not on the Council business agenda, speakers are allowed three (3) minutes to address the Council. The Town Council is prohibited from taking action on matters that are not listed on the public agenda. The Council may briefly respond for clarification and may refer the matter to the Town staff.
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS
For items that require a published legal notice and/or a mailed notice:
Public Hearing Procedure:
A. Staff Report
B. Mayor opens the hearing for public comment in the following order:
i. Ask Town Clerk if there are any cards submitted
ii. Ask if there is anyone else wishing to comment
C. Mayor closes the hearing
D. Council discussion and vote
5a. p110 1. Hold a duly noticed and published public hearing; and, concur with the project “CEQA determination” finding presented and considered by the Planning Commission on October 21, 2025, and embodied within Planning Commission Resolution No 2025-08; and, 2. Waive the first reading of Town Ordinance No. 653 and read by title only; and, 3. Introduce Town Ordinance No. 653 , “An Ordinance Amending Text Regulations within Paradise Municipal Code Title 17 of the Paradise Municipal Code Relative to the Keeping of Backyard Chickens and Rabbits”; or, 4. Provide alternative direction to town staff. (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Susan Hartman/Community Development Director)
6. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
Action items are presented by staff and the vote of each Council Member must be announced. A roll call vote is taken for each item on the action calendar. Citizens are allowed three (3) minutes to comment on agenda items.
6a. p122 Appoint Council representatives and alternates to represent the Town of Paradise on various local and regional boards, committees and commissions. (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Melanie Elvis/Town Clerk) 6b. p133 1. Consider concurring with the recommendation of the Measure V Citizen Oversight Committee interview panel to appoint Bruce Yerman to the Oversight Committee, effective immediately; or, 2. Consider an alternative direction. (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Melanie Elvis/Town Clerk) 6c. p136 1. Review the proposed updates to the Measure V Citizen Oversight Committee Bylaws; and, 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-____ “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Rescinding Resolution No. 21- 12 and Adopting Amended Bylaws for the Governance of the Measure V Citizen Oversight Committee.” (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Melanie Elvis/Town Clerk)
6d. p140 1. Hear staff presentation on the status of the CDBG DR Workforce Development Project; and, 2. Consider directing staff to continue the project with an amended scope and budget; or, 3. Direct staff to discontinue the project and disencumber funds back to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Colette
Curtis/Recovery & Economic Development Director)
6e. p143 1. Approve the reclassification of the Public Works Director/Town Engineer to Assistant Town Manager/Public Works Director/Town Engineer and the correlating budget adjustment; and, 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2025- ____ “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Approving Job Classification Descriptions” and, 3. Adopt Resolution No. 2025- ____ “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise, California, Amending the Salary Pay Plan to Include Assistant Town Manager/Public Works Director/Town Engineer for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026” and,
4. Adopt Resolution No. 2025- ____ “A Resolution of the Town Council of The Town of Paradise Repealing and Replacing Resolution No. 2023-11 to Establish an Updated Order of Succession in the Event of the Absence or Disability of the Town Manager.” (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Michael O'Brien/Interim Town Manager)
6f. p155 Consider adopting the updated Special Conditions for Maintenance of Temporary Surfacing and Striping for use in all applicable encroachment permits and utility construction activities. (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Marc Mattox/Public Works Director)
6g. p160 Consider adopting Resolution No. 2025-____, “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Approving the Plans, Specifications and Estimate for the On-System Road Rehabilitation – 2026 Misc / HSIP Systemic Intersection Safety Improvement Project and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids on the Project”. (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Marc Mattox/Town Engineer)
6h. p167 Consider adopting Resolution No. 2025-____, “A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Paradise Approving the Plans, Specifications and Estimate for the Off-System Road Rehabilitation Project – 2026 and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids on the Project”. (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Marc Mattox/Town Engineer)
5 7. COUNCIL INITIATED ITEMS AND REPORTS
7a. Council initiated agenda items
7a1. Discuss the CDBG-MIT-RIP allocation for Evacuation Route Permanent Changeable Message Sign Project. (CULLETON)
7b. Council reports on committee representations
7c. Future Agenda Items
8. STAFF COMMUNICATION
8a. Town Manager Report
9. CLOSED SESSION - None
10. ADJOURNMENT