PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING
NOVEMBER 18, 2025
City of Paramount, 16400 Colorado Avenue, Paramount, CA 90723 CALL TO ORDER: The adjourned meeting of the Paramount City Council was called to order by Mayor Peggy Lemons at
6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400
Colorado Avenue, Paramount, California.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE:
Hershell Hardimon, Director of Crew Services for the
Battleship USS Iowa and former Veteran Peer Access
Network Coordinator led the pledge of allegiance.
INVOCATION: Pastor Larry Jameson, Lifegate Church delivered the invocation.
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Present: Councilmember Isabel Aguayo
Councilmember Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Vice Mayor Brenda Olmos
Mayor Peggy Lemons
Absent: Councilmember Annette C. Delgadillo
It was moved by Councilmember Olmos and seconded
by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to excuse
Councilmember Delgadillo’s absence. The motion
was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings, Vice Mayor Olmos, and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
STAFF PRESENT: John Moreno, City Manager
Nicholas R. Ghirelli, City Attorney
Grissel Chavez, Assistant City Manager
Lana Dich, Finance Director
Adriana Figueroa, Public Works Director
Yecenia Guillen, Community Services Director
John King, Planning Director
Margarita Matson, Public Safety Director
Heidi Luce, City Clerk
Leslie Arias, Community Services Manager
Andres Gonzalez, Management Analyst
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PRESENTATIONS
1. VIDEO
2025 Halloween
Festival and Haunted
House and Paws &
Present
CF 39.7
A video highlighting the 2025 Halloween Festival and
Haunted House event was shared. Additionally, a
Paws & Present video from SEACCA was shared.
2. CERTIFICATE OF
RECOGNITION
2025 Halloween Home
Decorating Contest
Winners
CF 39.6
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council,
recognized the winners of the City’s Halloween Home
Decorating contest:
3rd Place 7056 San Mateo Street (Valeria Jacobo)
2nd Place 7254 Motz Street. (Arisbeth Garcia)
1st Place 7011 San Marcus Street (Edgar Botello)
3. PROCLAMATIONS
November 2025
• National Home
Care & Hospice
Month
• National Family
Literacy Month
CF 39.12
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council,
proclaimed November National Home Care & Hospice
Month and National Family Literacy Month in the City
of Paramount. Vickie Kaefer, Executive Director for
Pathways was present to accept the National Home
Care & Hospice Month Proclamation and expressed
appreciation for the partnership between the City of
Pathways. Andrea Crow, Manager of the Paramount
Library was present to accept the National Family
Literacy Month Proclamation. She expressed
appreciation for the recognition and provided an
update on upcoming activities at the library.
4. PRESENTATION
Recognition of Gus’s
Deli BBQ and Grill
CF 39.7
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council,
recognized Gus’s Delli BBQ and Grill for their 50 years of service and dedication to the Paramount community
and presented them with a basket of Paramount
merchandise.
5. PRESENTATION
Military Banner
Recipients
CF 39.7 and 93
Mayor Lemons, on behalf of the City Council,
recognized the following Paramount residents as they
begin their military service journey: Michelle Uriarte
Madrid and Yennifer Uriarte Magrid, US Navy. She
presented their family with a replica copy of the banner that will be displayed on the Boulevard of Heroes:
At 6:27 p.m., Mayor Lemons recessed the City Council
meeting for a brief break.
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Mayor Lemons called the meeting back to order at
6:37 p.m.
Mayor Lemon suggested that Item 25 regarding the Air
Monitoring Program Update be taken out of order after
Item 19. Hearing no objection, she so ordered.
CF 10.4 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT UPDATES
City Manager Moreno responded to an e-mail public
comment from following individual for the October 28,
2025 meeting: Taelin Thibodeaux.
CF 10.3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was moved by Councilmember Aguayo and
seconded by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to
approve Consent Calendar Items 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 as shown below. The motion
was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
6. APPROVAL
Minutes of October 14
(Workshop), October
14, and October 28,
2025
Approved.
7. APPROVAL
Register of Demands
October 2025
CF 47.2
Approved the Register of Demands for October 2025.
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8. APPROVAL
Treasurer’s Report for
the Quarter Ending
September 30, 2025
CF 47.3
Received and filed the Treasurer’s Report.
9. REPORT
Home-Arp Program
Subrecipient Contract
with Kingdom Causes
Bellflower for Fiscal
Year 2025-2026
CF 43.1313
Approved and authorized the City Manager to enter
into the nonprofit operating assistance contract with
Kingdom Causes Bellflower in the amount of $54,367.
10. APPROVAL
Consideration of
Revised Traffic Control
Plan for Holiday Tree
Lighting Event
CF 79.14 and 94.1
Approved the revised traffic control plan for the holiday tree lighting event.
11. ACCEPTANCE OF
WORK
Neighborhood Street
Resurfacing
(City Project No. 9431)
Accepted the work performed by Sequel Contractors,
Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California, for the
neighborhood street resurfacing project and
authorized payment for the remaining retention.
12. APPROVAL
Carryover of Unspent
Capital Improvement
Project (CIP) Budget
Appropriation from FY
2024-25 to FY 2025-26
CF 28.1
Approved the carryover of $35,514,916 in unspent CIP
budget appropriations from FY 2024-25 to FY 2025-26
as detailed by fund and project shown in Attachment
A.
13. APPROVAL
Agreement with
InvoiceCloud, Inc. for
online payment portal
services
CF 43.1314
Approved the draft Agreement with InvoiceCloud, Inc.
for online payment portal services and authorized the
City Manager to make final changes to the Agreement
that do not change the rate of 2.95% payment
transaction fee, in a form approved by the City
Attorney.
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14. APPROVAL
Agreement with
PlayCore Wisconsin,
Inc. (dba Gametime)
for the purchase and
installation of the Dills
Park Playground
Shade Sail
(City Project No. 9651)
CF 43.1315
Approved and authorized the Mayor or her designee to
execute an agreement with PlayCore Wisconsin Inc.
d.b.a GameTime in the amount of $122,154.45 for the
purchase and installation of the Dills Park Playground
Shade Sail, completing City Project No. 9651.
15. APPROVAL
2026 City Council
Meeting Schedule
CF 10.5
Approved the 2026 City Council meeting schedule.
16. RESOLUTION 25:039
A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of
Paramount amending
the authorized position
listing and salary
schedule for full-time
employees and
approving new class
specifications for
designated full-time
position
CF 76.17
Adopted Resolution No. 25:039 amending the
authorized position listing and salary schedule for fulltime employees by adding the new Accounting Manager, and approving the class specifications for
that new position.
17. RESOLUTION 25:040
Consideration of
adopting a Resolution
in support of the Lower
LA River Para Todos
Campaign
CF 90.2
Adopted Resolution No. 25:040 supporting the Lower
Los Angeles River Para Todos Campaign.
OLD BUSINESS
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings recused herself from
consideration of Item18 due to the proximity of her
property to the location of the traffic circle and left the dais.
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18. APPROVAL
Status update on the
Madison Street and
Orizaba Avenue traffic
circle pilot project and
recommendation for its
removal
CF 98
Public Works Director Figueroa gave the report and
presented a PowerPoint presentation.
City Engineer Jonathan Mitchell responded to
questions from the City Council regarding the rationale behind why it is being recommended that the pilot
traffic circle be removed.
Following brief discussion, it was moved by Vice Mayor
Olmos and seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to
remove the pilot traffic circle at the intersection of
Madison Street and Orizaba Avenue. The motion was
passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo,
Vice Mayor Olmos, and Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Cuellar Stallings
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings returned to the dais.
NEW BUSINESS
19. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE 1209
An Ordinance of the
City Council of the City
of Paramount adding
Chapter 8.37 (Vacant
Properties and
Buildings, Foreclosed
Properties, and
Abandoned Properties
Registry Program) to
Title 8 (Health and
Safety) of the
Paramount Municipal
Code, establishing
standards for Boarding,
Fencing, Maintaining,
and Reporting Vacant
Properties and/or
Tenant Spaces,
Buildings, Foreclosed
Properties, and
Planning and Building Director King gave the report
and presented a PowerPoint presentation. He
commented that upon further review of the ordinance,
staff is recommending that Section 8.37.030(D)(1) be
amended to add the following language at the end of
the existing statement: “…in order to remove
trespassers and graffiti.”
Mayor Lemons opened the public hearing and asked if
there was anyone in the audience wishing to testify.
There being no one in the audience wishing to testify,
it was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Vice Mayor Olmos to close the public
hearing.
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
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abandoned properties
in the City of
Paramount
CF 70.3
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Aguayo to read by title only, waive
further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 1209, "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARAMOUNT ADDING CHAPTER 8.37 (VACANT
PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS, FORECLOSED
PROPERTIES, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES
REGISTRY PROGRAM) TO TITLE 8 (HEALTH AND
SAFETY) OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE,
ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR BOARDING,
FENCING, MAINTAINING, AND REPORTING
VACANT PROPERTIES AND/OR TENANT SPACES,
BUILDINGS, FORECLOSED PROPERTIES, AND
ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF
PARAMOUNT," as amended, to revise the language
in Section 8.37.030(D)(1) to the following: “Submit a
fully executed “Letter of Agency” to the Planning and
Building Department on an approved formed
authorized by the Planning and Building Department to
allow the Building Official and/or Public Safety Director (or designees thereof) to enter the property in order to remove trespassers and graffiti.” and place it on the
December 16, 2025 agenda for adoption. The motion
was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
Item 25 was taken out of order next.
ORAL REPORT
Air Monitoring Program
Update
CF 43.1146
Randal Baxter, Project Manager with Trinity
Consultants gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation providing a detailed review of
the City’s efforts to monitor hexavalent chromium at
various locations in the City over the last quarter.
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20. PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE 1208
An Ordinance of the
City Council of the City
of Paramount adopting
by reference the 2025
Editions of the
California
Administrative Code,
California Building
Code Including
Chapter 1, Division 2,
California Residential
Code, California Green
Building Standards
Code, California
Energy Code,
California Electrical
Code, California
Mechanical Code,
California Plumbing
Code, California
Wildland-Urban
Interface Code,
California Existing
Building Code,
California Historical
Code, California
Referenced Standards
Code, and California
Fire Code; 2024
International Property
Maintenance Code,
1998 California
Housing Code, 1997
Uniform Code for the
Abatement of
Dangerous Buildings,
and the 2017 Edition of
the County of Los
Angeles Grading Code;
together with certain
Planning and Building Director King gave the report
and presented a PowerPoint presentation.
Mayor Lemons opened the public hearing and asked if
there was anyone in the audience wishing to testify.
There being no one in the audience wishing to testify,
it was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to close the public
hearing. The motion was passed by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to read by title only,
waive further reading, and adopt Ordinance No. 1208,
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PARAMOUNT ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THE 2025 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CALIFORNIA BUILDING
CODE INCLUDING CHAPTER 1, DIVISION 2,
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, CALIFORNIA
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE,
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, CALIFORNIA
ELECTRICAL CODE, CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL
CODE, CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE,
CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
CODE, CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE,
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL CODE, CALIFORNIA
REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE, AND
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE; 2024 INTERNATIONAL
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, 1998
CALIFORNIA HOUSING CODE, 1997 UNIFORM
CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS
BUILDINGS, AND THE 2017 EDITION OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES GRADING CODE;
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amendments, deletions
and additions;
amending Title 15 of
the Paramount
Municipal Code, and
approving a CEQA
exemption
determination
CF 29
TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS,
DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS; AMENDING TITLE 15
OF THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND
APPROVING A CEQA EXEMPTION
DETERMINATION,” The motion was passed by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
21. APPROVAL
Consideration of an
agreement with Willdan
Engineering for City
Engineering and
Project Management
Services and
Resolution No. 25:038
appointing Willdan
Engineering as City
Engineer
CF 43.1316
Public Works Director Figueroa gave the report and
presented a PowerPoint presentation.
It was moved by Vice Mayor Olmos and seconded by
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings to 1) Approve the
agreement with Willdan Engineering for city
engineering and project management services and
authorize the Mayor or her designee to execute the
agreement; and 2) Adopt Resolution 25:038
appointing Willdan Engineering as City Engineer. The
motion was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
22. ORAL REPORT
Economic
Development Update
CF 78
Assistant City Manager Chavez and Management
Analyst Andres Gonzalez gave the report and
presented a PowerPoint presentation providing
comprehensive overview of the City’s economic
development efforts over the past six months along
with the results of the Community Survey.
Discussion ensued concerning the proposed Open
Rewards program and Management Analyst Gonzalez
shared additional information on how the program
works.
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Additional discussion ensued concerning the
scholarship program which provides funding for
Chamber membership to small businesses. Mayor
Lemons suggested, with City Council concurrence,
that the scholarship program be continued when
existing funding runs out.
23. ORAL REPORT
Update on City Council
Goals
CF 11
City Manager Moreno gave the report and presented a
PowerPoint presentation providing an update on the
City Council goals which were set at the January 11,
2025 goal setting workshop.
24. APPROVAL
Appointment of
members to the Public
Art Advisory
Committee
CF 27.32
City Manager Moreno gave the report. Mayor Lemons
commented that she recommends appointing Lorean
Bautista and Angel Castellanos in the Arts
Professionals category and Christina Rodriguez in the
Community Stakeholder category.
It was moved by Councilmember Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to approve the
Mayor’s appointments to the Public Art Advisory
Committee as follows: Lorean Bautista and Angel
Castellanos in the Arts Professionals category and
Christina Rodriguez in the Community Stakeholder
category. The motion was passed by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Cuellar
Stallings; Vice Mayor Olmos; and
Mayor Lemons
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Delgadillo
ABSTAIN: None
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OLD
BUSINESS
25. ORAL REPORT
Air Monitoring Program
Update
CF 43.1146
Taken out of order after Item 19 – see above.
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COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
City Council
Councilmember Aguayo reported on her attendance at
the Veteran’s Day celebration and expressed her
sincere appreciation to the community’s veterans.
Councilmember Cuellar Stallings congratulated the
appointees to the Public Art Advisory Committee. She
also reported on her attendance at the Veteran’s Day
celebration and expressed her appreciation for all
veterans. She also reported on her attendance at the
PUSD Ad Hoc committee meeting and expressed her
appreciation for the collaboration between the City and PUSD.
Vice Mayor Olmos reminded residents to be cautious
on the road with all the construction going on and to
not park in the EV charging station parking spaces if
they are not driving an electric vehicle. Lastly, she
reminded resident about the upcoming Turkey
Giveaway event hosted by Xclusive Wrap on
November 22 at 8 am and wished everyone a Happy
Thanksgiving.
Mayor Lemons reported that she and Vice Mayor
Olmos attended a meeting with Assemblymember
Solache and his staff regarding the capital
improvement projects that are going on in the City and
discussed future funding opportunities. She also
reported on her attendance at the follow-up business
roundtable meeting on immigration. She commented
that she also attended the Veteran’s Celebration
event. Lastly, she wished everyone a Happy
Thanksgiving.
Staff
City Manager Moreno reported that Lt. Adrian Guillen
will be leaving the Paramount Station and thanked him
for his service to the community.
CLOSED SESSION
There was no closed session.
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APPROVED: December 16, 2025
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the
City Council, Mayor Lemons adjourned the meeting in
memory of Richard Zamboni at 8:34 p.m. The next
meeting will be held on December 16, 2025 at
6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400
Colorado Ave., Paramount, CA.
/s/ Peggy Lemons
Peggy Lemons, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Heidi Luce
Heidi Luce, City Clerk