PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING
MAY 26, 2026
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 Brenda Olmos at
5:04 p.m. in the Community Room at Paramount Park
Community Center, 14400 Paramount Boulevard,
Paramount, California.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE:
Jon Tanklage, Chairman of the Board Paramount
Education Partnership, led the pledge of allegiance.
ROLL CALL OF
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Present: Councilmember Isabel Aguayo
Councilmember Annette C. Delgadillo
Councilmember Peggy Lemons
Vice Mayor Vilma Cuellar Stallings
Mayor Brenda Olmos
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 and Building Director
Heidi Luce, City Clerk
Margarita Matson, Public Safety Director
Celina Sanchez, Management Analyst
PRESENTATIONS
1. PRESENTATION
Paramount Education
Partnership
• PEP Board of
Directors
• PEP Scholarship
Selection Committee
• PEP Donors
• Recognition of PEP
Scholarship
Recipients
CF 60.9 and 39.6
The City Council recognized the Paramount Education
Partnership (PEP) Board of Directors, Scholarship
Selection Committee and generous donors for their
support of PEP scholarship program.
The City Council invited the Paramount Unified School
District Board of Education and the PEP Board of
Directors to join them in recognizing the PEP
Scholarship recipients.
Each of the PEP Scholarship recipients was called up
individually to be recognized and presented with
certificates of recognition from both the City and
Assemblymember Jose Luis Solache.
Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
May 26, 2026; Page 2
2. RECOGNITION
Education Month
• Valedictorian,
Paramount High
School, Class of
2026
• Salutatorian,
Paramount High
School, Class of
2026
• Valedictorian,
Odyssey STEM
Academy, Class of
2026
• Salutatorian,
Odyssey STEM
Academy, Class of
2026
• The Gates
Scholarship
Recipients
• Top 25 Paramount
High School
Academic Students,
Class of 2026
• Top 5 Odyssey
STEM Academy
Academic, Class of
2026
• Top 2 Buena Vista
High School
Academic Students,
Class of 2026
• Top 5 Paramount
High School
Momentum Students,
Class of 2026
CF 39.6
The City Council, along with the Paramount School
District Board of Education, recognized the 2026
Valedictorian and Salutatorian from Paramount High
School; the Valedictorian and Salutatorian from
Odyssey STEM Academy; the Gates Scholarship
Recipients; the Top 25 Paramount High School
Academic Students; the Top 5 Odyssey STEM
Academy Academic Students; the Top 2 Buena Vista
High School Academic Students; and the Top 5
Paramount High School Momentum Students.
Each of the scholars was called up individually to be
recognized and presented with certificates of
recognition from both the City and Assemblymember
Jose Luis Solache.
Mayor Olmos recessed the meeting at 5:58 p.m. for a
brief break. The meeting was reconvened at 6:19 p.m.
CF 10.4 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT UPDATES
There were no public comment updates.
Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
May 26, 2026; Page 3
PUBLIC COMMENTS
CF 10.3 There were no public comments
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was moved by Vice Mayor Cuellar Stallings and
seconded by Councilmember Aguayo to approve
Consent Calendar Items 3, 4, and 5 as shown below.
The motion was passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Aguayo, Delgadillo,
Lemons; Vice Mayor Cuellar Stallings
and Mayor Olmos
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
3. APPROVAL
Mayor’s Appointment –
Los Angeles County
Sanitation Districts
Alternate Director
CF 11.4
Approved the Mayor’s appointment of Vice Mayor
Vilma Cuellar Stallings to serve as the alternate
director to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Board of Directors.
4. APPROVAL
First Amendment to the
agreement with Trinity
Consultants, Inc. to
extend the term for
continued services
related to Air
Monitoring
CF 43.1198
Approved the first amendment to the agreement with
Trinity Consultants, Inc. to extend the term of the
existing agreement for continued air monitoring
services for one additional month in a total amount not to exceed $12,300, and providing an option to extend
the term of the agreement on a month-to-month basis
at the discretion of the City Manager until a new
agreement is entered into.
Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
May 26, 2026; Page 4
5. ORDINANCE 1218
An Ordinance of the
City Council of the City
of Paramount
Approving Zoning
Ordinance Text
Amendment No. 40,
adopting the
Clearwater Specific
Plan, repealing and
replacing Chapter
17.88 of the
Paramount Municipal
Code in its entirety to
incorporate the
Clearwater Specific
Plan into the
Paramount Municipal
Code, and replacing
the former Clearwater
East Specific Plan
CF 102.9 and
109 ZOTA 40
Adopted Ordinance No. 1218, “AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARAMOUNT
APPROVING ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT
AMENDMENT NO. 40, ADOPTING THE
CLEARWATER SPECIFIC PLAN, REPEALING AND
REPLACING CHAPTER 17.88 OF THE
PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY
TO INCORPORATE THE CLEARWATER SPECIFIC
PLAN INTO THE PARAMOUNT MUNICIPAL CODE,
AND REPLACING THE FORMER CLEARWATER
EAST SPECIFIC PLAN”
NEW BUSINESS
6. PUBLIC HEARING
Consideration of the
2025 Urban Water
Management Plan and
Water Shortage
Contingency Plan
CF 113
Mayor Omos stated that the public hearing for
consideration of this item will not be held. A new notice will be published, and this item will be considered on
June 23, 2026.
COMMENTS/COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilmembers
There were no comments from City Council.
Staff
There were no comments from staff.
Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting of the
PARAMOUNT CITY COUNCIL
May 26, 2026; Page 5
At 6:22 p.m., Mayor Olmos recessed the meeting to
Closed Session to discuss the matter listed below
under the Closed Session agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Designated Negotiators: City Manager
Employee Organization(s): Teamsters Public Works
and Public Safety Unit
Mayor Olmos called the meeting back to order in open
session at 7:01 p.m. and City Attorney Ghirelli reported that there was no reportable action.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the
City Council, Mayor Olmos adjourned the meeting at
7:01 p.m. to a meeting on June 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in
the Council Chamber at City Hall, 16400 Colorado
Ave., Paramount, CA.
/s/ Brenda Olmos
Brenda Olmos, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Heidi Luce
Heidi Luce, City Clerk
APPROVED: June 9, 2026