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Approved April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-04-07 Closed and Regular
MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority Board
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Special Closed Session—4:30 p.m.
City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
The City Council of the City of Pismo Beach met this date in a special closed session with Mayor Waage presiding.
CALL TO ORDER: 4:31 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Ed Waage Council Member Stacy Inman
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss Council Member Scott Newton Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Staff Present:
Silas Clarke, Assistant City Manager
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Dean Pucci, City Attorney
2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
City Attorney Pucci announced the Closed Session items listed below. City Attorney Pucci noted a conflict of interest for Council Member Newton due to financial interest in real property within 500 feet of the real property that is the subject of the closed session.
Item 2.A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9: One potential case
3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment: No comment.
4. CLOSED SESSION
The Council retired to Closed Session to consider the above items.
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5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Pucci would report in the next regular open session that no reportable action was taken on the above item.
6. ADJOURNMENT
At 5:23 p.m., to the 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting.
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Approved April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-04-07 Closed and Regular Regular Meeting—5:30 p.m.
Council Chamber, City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 The City Council of the City of Pismo Beach and the Board of Directors of the Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority met this date in a regular session with Mayor/Chair Waage presiding.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
City Council:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Ed Waage Council Member Stacy Inman
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Scott Newton
Public Financing Authority Board:
Present: Absent:
Chair Ed Waage Board Member Stacy Inman
Vice-Chair Mary Ann Reiss
Board Member Marcia Guthrie
Board Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
Silas Clarke, Assistant City Manager
Travis Craig, Division Chief
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director/Treasurer Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager/Executive Director
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Erica Inderlied, City Clerk/Secretary
Gordon Jackson, Director of Tourism and Events
Dean Pucci, City Attorney/Legal Advisor
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Waage led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
Consensus to continue Item 9.D: Annual Military Equipment Report Per California Assembly Bill 481 to a future meeting.
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4. PRESENTATIONS
Item 4.A: Presentation: Introduction of New Employees
Police Chief Smith introduced Hunter Jones, promoted Parking Operations Supervisor; Eduardo “Lalo” Garcia, new Part-Time Parking Enforcement Officer; Jessie Jagonase, promoted Full-Time Parking Enforcement Technician.
Item 4.B: Proclamation: Recognizing April 2026 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (Lumina Alliance)
Presented to Jane Pomeroy, Lumina Alliance.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment: No comment.
6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Garcia commented on various topics; commended Recreation Division staff for their work on the Easter Eggstravaganza event.
7. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT / CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Pucci reported that the Council had taken no reportable action during its 4:30 p.m. Closed Session.
8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Council reported on recent and upcoming meetings of various external bodies:
Council Member Guthrie:
San Luis Obispo County Zone 3 Water Committee.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Consensus to continue Item 9.D: Annual Military Equipment Report Per California Assembly Bill 481 to a future meeting.
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Approved April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-04-07 Closed and Regular Action: Adopt Consent Calendar (Items 9.A through 9.C; Items 9.E through 9.K).
Motion: Newton
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 4 Newton, Guthrie, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Inman
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
1. Adopt Minutes of the March 13, 2026 Closed Session;
2. Adopt Minutes of the March 17, 2026 Regular Meeting.
Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for March 8, 2026 and March 22, 2026;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for March 6, 2026, March 13, 2026 and March 20, 2026.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for February 2026 of Fiscal Year 2026 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: Annual Military Equipment Report Per California Assembly Bill 481 (Smith)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
This item continued to a future meeting.
Item 9.E: Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2027 from the Pismo Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau / Lodging Business
Improvement District (LBID) Advisory Board; Declaration of the City Council’s Intention to Levy an Annual Assessment for the LBID for FY 2027 (Feeser)
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Approved April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-04-07 Closed and Regular Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution approving the Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2027 from the Pismo Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau / Lodging Business Improvement District (LBID) Advisory Board, declaring the City Council’s intention to levy an annual assessment for the LBID for FY 2027, and directing the City Clerk to schedule a public hearing for April 21, 2026, to consider levying the assessment.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-014 adopted.
Item 9.F: Annual Election of Officers; Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority (Feeser)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority conducting the annual election of officers.
Legislative Record: Resolution PFA-R-2026-001 adopted.
Item 9.G: Authorization to Add Engineering Technician as a Budgeted Position; Appropriating Related Budget Adjustments (Clarke)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution approving the addition of Engineering Technician as a budgeted position and appropriating related budget adjustments in Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-015 adopted.
Item 9.H: Side Letter Agreements to the Memoranda of Understanding with Pismo Beach Police Officers Association and Service Employees International Union AFL-CIO, Local 620, and Non- Represented Part-Time and Full-Time Employee Wage and
Benefits Resolutions (Clarke)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution approving:
1. A Side Letter Agreement to the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Pismo Beach Police Officers
Association (POA);
2. A Side Letter Agreement to the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Service Employees International
Union AFL-CIO, Local 620 (SEIU);
3. A Side Letter Agreement to the Non-Represented Employees Part-Time Wage and Benefits Resolution; and
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4. A Side Letter Agreement to the Non-Represented Employees Full-Time Wage and Benefits Resolution,
for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-016 adopted.
Item 9.I: Award of Contract to Main Line Engineering Construction, Inc. for the Cliff Avenue/Ocean Boulevard Utility Undergrounding Project; Appropriation of Related Budget Adjustments
(Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution:
1. Authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract with Main Line Engineering Construction, Inc. for the Cliff Avenue/Ocean Boulevard Utility Undergrounding Project in the amount of $122,700; and
2. Appropriating related budget adjustments in Fiscal Year 2026.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-017 adopted.
Item 9.J: California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Additional Discretionary Payment of $1.0 Million to Reduce the City’s Unfunded Pension Liability (Feeser)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution appropriating $1.0 million from the General Fund unassigned fund balance to provide additional discretionary payments of $500,000 to each of the City’s CalPERS Miscellaneous and Safety Police plans to reduce the City’s unfunded pension liability in Fiscal Year 2026.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-018 adopted.
Item 9.K: Updated Caltrans Freeway Maintenance Agreement (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to enter into a Freeway Maintenance Agreement with the State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-019 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
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11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Amendment #1 to City Manager Employment Agreement (Pucci) Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the mayor to execute Amendment #1 to the employment agreement between the City of Pismo Beach and City Manager Jorge E. Garcia and approving revised combined salary schedules.
Presenting staff:
Dean Pucci, City Attorney
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the mayor to execute Amendment #1 to the employment agreement between the City of Pismo Beach and City Manager Jorge E. Garcia and approving revised combined salary schedules.
Motion: Newton
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 4 Newton, Guthrie, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Inman
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-020 adopted.
Item 12.B: Police Department Semi-Annual Update (Smith) Recommendation:
Receive the Police Department Semi-Annual Update.
Presenting staff:
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
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Approved April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-04-07 Closed and Regular Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
No action.
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:17 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Mayor Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Chair Erica Inderlied, Secretary