Agenda
Regular Meeting
Redding City Council
Council Chambers (Doors open 30 minutes prior)
777 Cypress Avenue,
Redding, CA
January 6, 2026
6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR MIKE LITTAU
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation - Lori Moretti, Redding Police and Fire Departments' Chaplain C. Roll Call
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - for non-agendized matters within the city’s jurisdiction.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar contains items considered routine and/or which have been individually scrutinized by City Council Members and are anticipated to require no further deliberation. If a member of the public wishes to address an item on the Conse nt Calendar, please enter your name in the electronic kiosk located in the lobby before the Consent Calendar is considered . It shall be the prerogative of any Council Member, before the Consent Calendar is acted upon, to: (1) comment on an item; (2) respond to any public comment on an item; (3) request the record reflect an abstention or nay vote on an item; or (4) remove an item and place it on the Regular portion of the agenda for delivery of a staff report and/or an extended discussion or deliberation.
PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON PUBLIC
COMMENT ITEMS
The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker for 30 minutes total, at the beginning of the meeting for Public Comment for non -agendized matters within the City’s jurisdiction.
The Mayor will determine the order of the speakers. If 30 minutes is not adequat e to accommodate all of the individuals who have submitted their name through the electronic kiosk , the Council will trail this item to the end of the open session agenda. The remaining speakers will address the City Council at that time.
If anyone wishes to address the Cit y Council on any item considered at this meeting before or during Council’s consideration of that item, please enter your name in the electronic kiosk located in the lobby. The City Council will allocate up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker for eac h agenda item. Staff reports are available on -line at the City’s web site at www.cityofredding.gov and in the Public View binder located on the podium at the north side of the Chambers.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU.
Redding City Council January 6, 2026
4(a). Approve City Council Minutes: Regular Meeting of November 18, 2025; Special Meeting - Closed Session of December 2, 2025; Regular Meeting of December 2, 2025; Special Meeting - Closed Session of December 3, 2025,(City Manager Recruitment); Continued Special Meeting – Closed Session from December 3, 2025, held on December 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m.; Special Meeting of December 4, 2025, (The Peaks Subdivision Appeal); Special Meeting – Closed Session of December 11, 2025; Special Meeting - Closed Session of December 16, 2025; Regular Meeting of December 16, 2025; and Special Meeting – of December 26, 2025.
4.1(a). Accept update regarding the proclamation declaring a local emergency due to flooding and, pursuant to Public Contract Code 20168 and 22050(c)(1) , make a determination by a four -fifths vote that there is a need to continue the emergency.
4.15(a). Authorize and approve side letter agreement with the Redding Police Officers Association – Miscellaneous Unit (RPOA – Misc) which: (1) revises the Community Service Officer (CSO) classification specification to allow for the performance of Red-Light Camera Ticket (RedFlex) duties; and (2) amends Section 8.12 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide a five percent (5%) specialty assignment pay to CSOs when assigned to perform those duties, effective during the term of the MOU.
RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE, ADOPT, APPROVE,
AND/OR AUTHORIZE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
9. REGULAR CALENDAR: REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
City Council
9A. Appoint William Tarbox City Manager and Consider Approval of Employment Agreement
Recommendation:
Appoint William Tarbox as the City of Redding City Manager and authorize the Mayor to execute the Employment Agreement at an annual salary of $295,000.
9B. City Council updated list of Departmental, Commission, Committee, and Agency liaison assignments for Calendar Year 2026.
Recommendation:
Information only.
Redding City Council January 6, 2026
City Manager
9.1(b). Accept oral report from Ad Hoc Committee regarding funding for the Civic Auditorium.
Recommendation:
Accept oral report from the ad hoc committee members, Mayor Pro Tempore Erin Resner, and Council Member Tenessa Audette, regarding funding for the Civic Auditorium, and provide direction to staff.
11. COUNCIL TRAVEL REPORT(S)
City Council Member attendance at conference/meetings reimbursed at City expense. {Requirement of Assembly Bill 1234}
[A-050-060]
Information Only
12. SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL TOPICS
FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
13. ADJOURNMENT
Redding City Council January 6, 2026
Pursuant to the Brown Act, non -confidential materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for inspection during normal business hours at the Office of the City Clerk, 3 rd Floor, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California.
City Council Meetings will be televised live on Shasta Communit y Access Channels via Charter/Spectrum Cable channel 181, and will be rerun on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. during the week in which the meeting is held. Additionally, the meeting can be viewed online at the following: https://www.shastaartscouncil.org/scactv; and the City’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/cityofredding. Video of the City Council meetings can also be viewed on the City’s web site at https://www.cityofredding.gov/. Open the Services tab, and select City Council Videos.
In compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Redding will make available to persons with disabilities modifications or accommodations including auxiliary aids or services necessary to participate in pu blic meetings. A person needing assistance should contact the Redding City Clerk by telephone at (530) 225 -4447 or in person, or by mail at 777 Cypress Avenue, 3 rd Floor, Redding, California 96001 at least three (3) working days in advance.
The City of Redding will ensure that no person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of its projects, activities, services, or business opportunities on the basis of race, color, nationa l origin, age, sex, or disability, as afforded by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes as amended. All persons, regardless of their citizenship status, are covered under this regulation. Questions, complaints, or requests for acco mmodations or additional information may be forwarded to the ADA & Title VI Coordinator at 777 Cypress Avenue, Attn:
Personnel Dept., Redding, California 96001, Phone (530) 225-4065.