MINUTES OF THE
SPECIAL MEETING – CITY COUNCIL
March 28, 2022
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Mayor Michael Harris called a Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 6:30 PM via teleconference, complete proceedings of which were electronically recorded. The meeting agenda was posted on the outdoor bulletin board at the above address on March 24, 2022 by Deputy City Clerk Juanita Davalos.
1. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Michael G. G Harris Mayor Present
Timothy M. Flaherty Vice Mayor Present
Ken Carlson Councilmember Present
Sue Noack Councilmember Present
Matthew Rinn Councilmember Present
June Catalano, City Manager, introduced the Executive Team present at the meeting:
Ananthan Kanagasundaram, Acting City Engineer
Ann James, Maintenance Superintendent
Bryan Hill, Chief of Police
Danielle Habr, Principal Management Analyst/City Clerk
Erick Cheung, Finance Manager
Ericka Mitchell, Human Resources Manager
Ethan Bindernagel, Community Development Director/Assistant City Manager Geoff Gillette, Community Relations Manager/Public Information Officer Geoff Simmons, Chief Building Official
Janet Coleson, City Attorney
Ling King, Chief Technology Officer
Troy Fujimoto, City Planner; and
Zach Seal, Economic Development Director
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Harris opened public comment.
There was no public comment.
Mayor Harris closed public comment.
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3.1 Update on the Achievement of Fiscal Year 2021/22 City Council Goals and Discussion of City Council Goals, Objectives, and Activities for Fiscal Years 2022/23 and 2023/24
Ms. Catalano noted that the Update on the Achievements of FY 2021/22 City Council Goals was included in the agenda packet and described the proposed format of the Goals Workshop.
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Erick Cheung, Finance Manager, explained that goal setting is the first step in the FY 2022/23 and FY 2023/24 Biennial Budget Process.
Chief Bryan Hill; Ethan Bindernagel, Community Development Director/Assistant City Manager; Mr. Cheung; Ann James, Maintenance Superintendent; and Ms. Catalano provided a presentation on staff’s achievement of objectives and tasks related to the FY 2021/22 goals.
Councilmember Noack commented on the City Council having an opportunity to participate in disaster and emergency preparedness exercises and the local mayors and city managers meeting with the school district superintendent regarding traffic and transportation to schools.
Mayor Harris expressed his appreciation of staff.
Councilmember Noack noted that the environmentally friendly aspects of the new library should be highlighted as it will be net zero [energy] and net zero carbon. She also expressed her appreciation of staff and commented on meeting the U.S. Secretary of Energy as a result of the City being the first nationally to implement SolarAPP.
Chief Hill responded to questions from Councilmember Carlson regarding the benefits of the bimonthly meetings regarding homelessness held with the local city managers and bringing in nonprofit partners.
Councilmember Carlson commented that he would like staff to also address the barriers, deficiencies, and challenges in addition to the accomplishments to improve in the next year and set better goals. In response, Ms. Catalano and staff offered some lessons learned.
Councilmember Rinn commented on the need to communicate and highlight accomplishments throughout the year for the public.
Mayor Harris opened public comment on the item.
There was no public comment.
Mayor Harris closed public comment.
Councilmembers provided updates to the goals, objectives, and tasks for FY 2022/23 and FY 2023/24 with input from staff.
Mayor Harris thanked staff and complimented the Council on the goal setting process.
Vice Mayor Flaherty acknowledged Ericka Mitchell, Human Resources Manager, who commented on the successful continuation of services through the pandemic.
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4. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Harris adjourned the meeting at 8:44 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, April 4, 2022 beginning at 7:00 PM.
DANIELLE K. HABR, CITY CLERK