CITY OF SOUTH GATE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024
CALL TO ORDER Gil Hurtado, Mayor called a Regular City Council Meeting to order at 6:48 p.m.
INVOCATION Pastor Nick Garife, Gateway Assembly
PLEDGE OFALLEGIANCE Nellie Ruiz, Deputy Director of Human Resources ROLL CALL Yodit Glaze, City Clerk
PRESENT Mayor Gil Hurtado, Vice Mayor Maria Davila, Council Member Maria del Pilar Avalos, Council Member Joshua Barron and Council Member Al Rios; City Treasurer Jose De La Paz, City Manager Rob Houston, City Attorney Raul F. Salinas
COMMENTS FROM THE
AUDIENCE - NON-AGENDA
ITEMS Mario Dominguez, Resident is upset at the result of the recent elections.
Ruben Pichardo, Resident is reporting issues regarding employee Johanna making up violation codes to harass me since August 1, 2024. Requesting assistance to correct this issue.
Armando Velasquez, Kiwanis announces the Clean-up and brunch event at CasaAbuelita. Bingo Lottery Night. Food and Gift Card Drive.
Armando Velasquez, Resident is not happy that this year's election process did not include Q&A's, and independent interviews.
Ana, Chamber of Commerce announces future events for November and December.
Council MemberAvalos asked if parking will be allowed on the Northside of SouthernAvenue during the Christmas Parade.
Darren Arakawa, Police Chief states that parking will not be allowed during the parade.
EMAILS: Yodit Glaze, City Clerk explains that emails that received to be read at council meetings are summarized. If anyone is interested in having their full comments heard are welcomed to attend city council meetings in person.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2024 EMAILS: Amy Lu, Leeland Weave Library shares upcoming events at our local libraries.
Victor, Resident expresses issues with City Clerk actions within this recent election process.
Joseph Velasco requests an expedited permit review process for the Dominoes expansion.
REPORTS AND COMMENTS
FROMCITYOFFICIALS ArturoCervantes,DirectorofPublicWorksprovidesaCIPProject construction, renovation and resurfacing updates.
Steve Costley, Director of Parks & Recreation thanks residents and community for their attendance during Halloween Night & Special Olympics events.
Meredith Elguira, Director of Community Development responds to Mr.
Pichardo's comments. Currently, looking into his allegations. Also, looking into expediting the process for the Dominoe's expansion.
Wendy O'Kelly, Director ofAdministrative Services provides update that staff is currently working on the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
Nelly Cobos, Deputy Director of Human Resources urges the public to go to our city's website for job opportunities.
Darren Arakawa, Police Chief thanks community and council for their attendance at the Family Day at the Park. Received great feedback.
Rob Houston, City Manager was able to participate in the Halloween, Veterans Day, and Family Day at the Park events and appreciates the community participation.
Raul F. Salinas, City Attorney has nothing to report.
Jose De La Paz, City Treasurer has nothing to report.
Yodit Glaze, City Clerk has nothing to report.
Council Member Avalos thanks the community for their participation in this year's elections. Attended Family Day at the Park. Appreciated the hard work of the Police Dept. during the Trunk or Treat event.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2024
REPORTS AND COMMENTS
FROM CITY OFFICIALS
CONT'D Council Member Rios congratulations council members for this election and those who participated. Attended Family Day at the Park and enjoyed seeing all who attended. Thank you, Veterans and their families.
Would like to ask the Chief about the new administration and worries regarding our immigrant community.
Darren Arakawa, Chief of Police states that we do not enforce immigration laws. Not our jurisdiction. We do not ask immigration status. We will arrest those that commit crimes in our cornrnunity.
Council Member Barron honored to attend the Veteran's Day event.
Attended Family Day at the Park. Thank you to the organizations that participated in our events. Looking forward to Breakfast with Santa.
Vice Mayor Davila announces the Power Gateway $8,000 rebate meetings November 16, 2024, and November 19, 2024. Thank you to Steve Costley and his staff for amazing events. Thank you to detective Sarah Medrano and Tony Mendez on the Fentanyl Presentation for South Gate Middle School parents.
Mayor Gil Hurtado attended meeting with elected officials regarding issues with broadband.
Thank you to our South Gate employees for making sure our events are safe for our community.
Responds to Mr. Pichardo's comments. I try my best to bring back anyone's issues to our staff. We strive to do everything we can to assist our cornrnunity.
Elections are stressful but we offer our commitment to our community. We might have differences, but we will respect the vote of the people.
DEVIATE FROM
THE AGENDA At this time, there being no objections, Mayor Hurtado stated that item 11 would be considered out of its regular agenda order. 11 DATA PROCESSING
SERVICES The City Council unanimously received and filed the Technology Master Plan Council Update Presentation by motion of Mayor Hurtado and seconded by Council Member Rios.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Barron, yes., Council Member Rios, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2024 RECESS The City Council recessed at 8:29 p.m., and reconvened at 8:37 p.m., with all Members of Council present.
CONSENT CALENDAR Agenda Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were approved by motion of Council Member Avalos and seconded by Vice Mayor Davila. Items 8, 9 and 10 were pulled by Council Member Barron for separate discussion.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Council Member Rios, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes (recused from item 2).
Mayor Hurtado asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak on any of these items or if any emails were received.
Mario Dominguez, Jr., spoke on items 6 and 2.
Having no one else come forward nor emails received, Mayor Hurtado closed the audience portion.
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PERSONNEL BENEFITS/
RETIREMENT ADMIN The City Council unanimously waived the reading in full and adopted Ordinance No. 2024-04-CC entitled Ordinance of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City of South Gate ("City") and the Board of Administration of the CalPERS to implement a cost sharing program between the Division Managers' Association ("DMA") employees, the Police Management Association ("PMA") employees, and the Police Officers' Association ("POA") employees effective on December 15, 2024, during Consent Calendar.
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LANDSCAPING The City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-74-CC entitled A Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, State of California, declaring an end to the emergency situation at the Urban Orchard Park, City Project No. 539-PRK during Consent Calendar. 3 PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT
& SELECTION The City Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2024-75-CC entitled Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, to approve the creation of one, full-time Public Works Maintenance Coordinator position in the Public Works Department; to appropriate $109,331 in various funds to the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Public Works Operating Budget; and to direct staff to update the Consolidated Salary Schedule by adding the Public Works Maintenance Coordinator Title, Pay Grade, and Pay Range during Consent Calendar.
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& SELECTION The City Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2024-76-CC entitled Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, to approve the reclassification of one part-time Business License Inspector position in the Administrative Services Department to one part-time Code Enforcement Officer in the Community Development Department during Consent Calendar.
FINANCIAL MGMT The City Council unanimously approved items A & B during Consent Calendar:
a. Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. 3218, Professional Services Agreement with BMO Bank, extending the banking services contract through December 31, 2025, and
b. Authorized the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 3 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
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SERVICES The City Council unanimously approved items A & B during Consent Calendar:
a. Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2023-97-CC with ClientFirst Technology Consulting, retroactively effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, for continued project management services for the implementation of the Technology Master Plan in an amount not-to- exceed $189,830;
b. Authorized the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
WASTEWATER MGMT The City Council unanimously approved items A, B & C during Consent Calendar:
a. Agreement (Contract No. 2024-94-CC) with Hadronex, Inc., DBA SmartCover Systems, Inc., for monitoring, maintenance, and operation of the SmartCover System for a three-year term for a not-to-exceed amount of $184,249;
b. Appropriated $25,771 in Sewer Funds to fully fund services for Fiscal Year 2024/25; and
c. Authorized the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2024 8 SCHOOLS/EDUCATION The City Council unanimously approved the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") (Contract No. 2024-95-CC) between the City of South Gate Police Department and St. Helen Catholic School for the assignment of a School Resource Officer ("SRO") in accordance with the COPS Hiring Grant requirements during Consent Calendar. 9 INVESTMENTS The City Council unanimously received and filed the Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, during Consent Calendar.
10 INVESTMENTS The City Council unanimously receiving and filing the Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, during Consent Calendar.
12 LAW ENFORCEMENT The City Council unanimously received and filed a summary on the state of the South Gate Police Department Community Engagement events for the calendar year 2024, by motion of Mayor Hurtado and seconded by Council MemberAvalos.
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ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Council Member Rios, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes.
APPOINTMENTS The City Council unanimously ratified the motion by Council Member Maria del Pilar Avalos to remove Adolfo Varas as her representative from the Citizens' Advisory Committee by motion of Council Member Avalos and seconded by Council Member Barron.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Council Member Rios, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes.
14 WARRANTS The City Council unanimously approved the Warrant Register for November 12, 2024, by motion of Council Member Avalos and seconded by Mayor Hurtado.
Total of Checks:
Less: Voids
Less: Employee Payroll Deductions
Grand Total:
$3,767,725.25
$ (1,237.20)
$ (401,601.4J)
$3,364,886.62
Cancellations: 104327, 104738, 104740, 105165,105511, 107479, 107679, 10790
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 2024 WARRANTS CON'D ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Council Member Rios, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes.
ADJOURNMENT Council MemberAvalos unanimously adjourned the meeting in memory of several community members that passed away in the past couple of weeks due to illnesses at 9:47 p.m. and seconded by Vice Mayor Davila.
PASSED and APPROVED on this 28"1 day of January 2025.
ATTEST:
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Maria Davila, Mayor Yodit , City Clerk