AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Ross Town Council
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Town Hall
31 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Ross, CA 94957
The meeting will be held in person. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may participate remotely and provide public comment via Zoom. Please be advised that those participating in the meeting remotely via Zoom do so at their own risk. Council meetings will not be canceled due to technical difficulties. If no members of the Town Council are attending the meeting via teleconference, and a technical error or outage occurs on the teleconference feed, the Town Council will continue the meeting in person in the Ross Town Hall, 31 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross, CA.
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1. Emailing [email protected] prior to 4:00 P.M. the day before the meeting.
2. Attend the meeting in person and provide public comment.
3. If participating remotely, during the public comment portion of the Open Session select the “Raise Hand” icon in the Zoom meeting or press *9 if calling into the meeting. _____________________________________________________________________________
1. 6:00 p.m. Call to Order.
2. Posting of agenda/changes to agenda.
3. Open Time for Public Expression.
Limited to three minutes per speaker on items not on the agenda.
4. Mayor’s Report.
5. Council Committee & Liaison Reports.
6. Staff & Community Reports.
a. Town Manager
b. Ross Property Owners Association
Full agenda packet available online by clicking here.
Council Meeting Agenda
August 8, 2024
7. Consent Agenda.
The following items will be considered in a single motion, unless removed from the consent agenda:
a. Minutes: Regular Meeting, July 11, 2024
b. Demands for July 2024. (Johnson)
c. Town Council to approve and authorize the Town Manager to execute the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority. (Johnson)
d. Town Council to approve the Town of Ross response to the Marin County Civil Grand Jury Report entitled “Cyber Preparedness: Are we there yet?” and authorize the Mayor to sign the response form. (Johnson)
e. Town Council to adopt Resolution No. 2432 approving the Town of Ross Annex for inclusion into the 2023 Marin County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. (Simonitch)
f. Town Council to accept the Investment Report for the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2024. (Johnson)
g. Town Council to:
1. Authorize the Town Manager, or her designee, to purchase one 2025 Ford Police Hybrid Interceptor utility vehicle from Folsom Lake Ford, for a cost not-to-exceed $60,000.
2. Authorize the Town Manager, or her designee, to purchase, install and cover labor costs related to emergency equipment necessary to convert the 2025 Ford Police Hybrid Interceptor utility vehicle from Priority 1, Public Safety Upfitting Company for a cost not to exceed $25,000. (Pata)
h. Town Council to authorize the Town Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Moe Engineering Inc. in the amount of $58,388 for Civil Engineering services related to the Allen Avenue widening project and provide a 10% contingency of $5,840 for unforeseen changes in scope. (Simonitch)
End of Consent Agenda.
There are no Public Hearings on Planning Projects – Part 1.
Council Meeting Agenda
August 8, 2024
Administrative Agenda.
8. Ross Recreation Update. (Borthwick)
End of Administrative Agenda.
There are no Public Hearings on Planning Projects – Part 2.
9. No Action Items: (Mayor)
a. Council correspondence
b. Future Council items
10. Adjournment.
If any of the matters discussed above are challenged in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at any public hearing described on this notice or in written correspondence delivered at, or prior to, the Council meeting at which this matter will be heard. (Government Code Section 65009). In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Town Clerk at (415) 453-1453, extension 105 or email at [email protected].
Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the town to make reasonable accommodation to help insure accessibility to this meeting.