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SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
MAYOR STEGURA called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
2. SALUTE TO THE FLAG
Led by Evelyn Calip, Breast Oncology Nurse & Founder of Non-Profit Evelyn’s Breast Friends Forever (BFF).
3. ROLL CALL
City Council Members Present: Brown Schachter, Huff, Schmitz, Stegura, Zerunyan City Council Members Absent: None
City Staff Present: City Manager Greg Grammer
City Attorney Don Davis
Assistant City Manager Alexa Davis
Community Development/Public Works Director Naughton
Assistant to the City Manager Jessica Slawson
Administrative Aide Gabrielle Swain
4. CEREMONIAL ITEMS
A. PROCLAMATION: DECLARING OCTOBER 2025 "BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH"
MAYOR STEGURA declared October 2025 as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” and presented the proclamation to Evelyn Calip, Breast Oncology Nurse & Founder of Non-Profit Evelyn’s BFFs.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
The following routine matters will be acted upon by one vote to approve with the majority consent of the City Council. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown by a member prior to the roll call vote. (Items removed will be considered under New Business.) COUNCIL MEMBER SCHMITZ moved, seconded by MAYOR PRO TEM ZERUNYAN, TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 5A-E AS FOLLOWS BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: Brown Schachter, Huff, Schmitz, Stegura, Zerunyan ABSENT: None
A. READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
APPROVED.
B. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS REPORT OF AUGUST 2025
RECEIVED AND FILED.
C. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT OF AUGUST 2025
RECEIVED AND FILED.
D. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
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E. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
RECEIVED AND FILED.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
None.
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2608 UPDATING THE POLICY REGARDING THE
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT, GOODS, AND SERVICES
Recommendation: That City Council adopt Resolution No. 2608 updating the policy for the procurement of equipment, goods, and services.
Assistant City Manager Davis and City Attorney Davis provided a staff report (as per the agenda material).
Public comment was invited in-person in the Council Chamber, via email and via eComment.
No public testimony was received.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHACHTER moved, seconded by MAYOR PRO TEM
ZERUNYAN, TO APPROVE AS FOLLOWS BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2608 UPDATING THE POLICY FOR THE
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT, GOODS, AND SERVICES.
AYES: Brown Schachter, Huff, Schmitz, Stegura, Zerunyan ABSENT: None
Administrative Aide Swain read Resolution 2608 by title.
B. ADOPTION OF FY 2025-26 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Fiscal Year 2025-26 California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) “Publicly Available Pay Schedule.” Assistant City Manager Davis provided a staff report (as per the agenda material).
Public comment was invited in-person in the Council Chamber, via email and via eComment.
No public testimony was received.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHMITZ moved, seconded by COUNCIL MEMBER
SCHACHTER, TO APPROVE AS FOLLOWS BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (CALPERS) “PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY
SCHEDULE.”
AYES: Brown Schachter, Huff, Schmitz, Stegura, Zerunyan ABSENT: None
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9. OLD BUSINESS
A. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 754 REPEALING CHAPTER 8.08 OF THE ROLLING HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
ALARM SYSTEMS
Recommendation: That the City Council conduct the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 754.
Community Development & Public Works Director Naughton provided a staff report (as per the agenda material).
MAYOR STEGURA noted her concerns about this Ordinance leading to false alarms burdening the Sheriff’s Department.
Community Development & Public Works Director Naughton explained that there would be no change in the level of service provided by the Sheriff’s Department and would be no additional costs; that this change would remove the administrative burden on staff to administer the program without being able to recoup the costs, in response to MAYOR PRO TEM ZERUNYAN. City Manager Grammer further explained that residents would no longer need to apply for home alarm system permits, and the City would no longer have a mechanism to fine for false alarm permits.
Public comment was invited in-person in the Council Chamber, via email and via eComment.
No public testimony was received.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHMITZ moved, seconded by MAYOR PRO TEM
ZERUNYAN, TO APPROVE AS FOLLOWS BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
CONDUCT SECOND READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 754.
AYES: Brown Schachter, Huff, Schmitz, Zerunyan
NOES: Stegura
ABSENT: None
Administrative Aide Swain read Ordinance No. 754 by title.
B. QUARTERLY WORK PLAN UPDATE
Recommendation: Receive and file.
City Manager Grammer provided a staff report (as per the agenda material), including an update on the George F Canyon Nature Center project, Palos Verdes Drive North & Dapplegray School Improvement project, the Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, upgrades to the Council Chamber, Street Resurfacing project, updated Procurement Policy, Film Ordinance, and Ernie Howlett Tennis Club pilot program.
Public comment was invited in-person in the Council Chamber, via email and via eComment.
No public testimony was received.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHMITZ moved, seconded by COUNCIL MEMBER SCHACHTER, TO APPROVE AS FOLLOWS:
RECEIVE AND FILE.
MAYOR STEGURA so ordered.
10. CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS
None.
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11. CITY COUNCIL/REGIONAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHMITZ thanked Congregation Ner Tamid for the invitation to Rosh Hashanah services today, which she and MAYOR PRO TEM ZERUNYAN attended, and wished all those who celebrate a Happy New Year.
12. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS
MAYOR STEGURA announced that the City won the annual volleyball match against the Lomita Sheriff’s Station at the Annual City Celebration on September 13.
MAYOR PRO TEM ZERUNYAN explained that he has recently been diagnosed with throat and tongue cancer and would be undergoing treatment in the coming months.
13. CLOSED SESSION
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
Significant exposure to litigation: one potential case
NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 7:26 p.m. MAYOR STEGURA adjourned the meeting in memory of Palos Verdes Peninsula Library District Trustee, Robert Parke and Evelyn Whitehead. The meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of a regular meeting.
Submitted by, Approved by,
Lauren Pettit, City Clerk Debby Stegura, Mayor