City Council and Concurrent Authorities
City of Stockton
Meeting Agenda - Final
City Council and
Concurrent Authorities
Christina Fugazi, Mayor/Chair (At Large)
Jason Lee, Vice Mayor (District 6)
Michele Padilla (District 1)
Mariela Ponce (District 2)
Michael Blower (District 3)
Mario Enríquez (District 4)
Brando Villapudua (District 5)
Council Chamber, City Hall, 501 W. Weber Ave,
Building 1, Stockton CA
1:00 PMTuesday, September 15, 2026
Regular Session 1:00 PM :: Closed Session To Follow
Note: Councilmember Enriquez will participate in the meeting via teleconference from the following location: Courtyard by Marriott Washington Downtown, 901 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 - Business Center
Note: Vice Mayor Lee will participate in the meeting via teleconference from the following location: 6390 de Longpre Ave, Los Angeles Ca 90028
1. REGULAR SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
2. INVOCATION/PLEDGE TO FLAG
3. ADDITIONS TO REGULAR SESSION AGENDA***
4. RECOGNITIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR REPORTS
4.1 26-0907 PROCLAMATION: NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE APPRECIATION WEEK - September 20-26, 2026
Department: Office of the Mayor
4.2 26-1016 PROCLAMATION: SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH
Department: Office of the Mayor
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS* – MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
6. CONSENT AGENDA
6.1 26-0961 APPROVE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE,
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REPAIRS, AND OPERATING SUPPLIES (MRO), INDUSTRIAL
SUPPLIES, AND RELATED PRODUCTS FOR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to:
Approve findings pursuant to Stockton Municipal Code Section 3.68.070 in support of an exception to the competitive bidding process.
Authorize the City Manager to execute Standard Agreement Amendment No. 1, in the amount of $175,000, with Sid Tool Co., Inc. doing business as MSC Industrial Supply Co for facilities maintenance, repairs, operating supplies, industrial supplies, and related products for various departments.
It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.
Department: Administrative Services
Attachment A - Initial Agreement - MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO Attachment B - Vendor Master agreement Renewal
Attachment C - Standard Agreement Amend No. 1
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6.2 26-0988 APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM CITY CLERK
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a resolution appointing Bonnie Paige as the Interim City Clerk for the City of Stockton and authorize the Mayor, on behalf of the City Council, to execute an employment contract with Bonnie Paige setting forth the conditions of employment (Exhibit 1 to the Resolution).
Department: City Attorney
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - Interim Clerk Employment Agreement
Attachments:
6.3 26-0922 AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE FOR
LINDEN LIBRARY WITH MAGNASCO INVESTMENTS
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a motion authorizing the execution of a three-year lease with Magnasco Investments for the Linden Library facility, with a mutual option for an additional three-year term, and authorize the City Manager to take all appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.
Department: Community Services
Attachment A - 2026 Commercial Lease Agreement for Linden LibraryAttachments:
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6.4 26-0900 APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE
BROWNFIELDS COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSESSMENT GRANT
FUNDING FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a resolution to:
Authorize the City Manager to accept and appropriate grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the amount of $500,000 for the FY 2026 Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment Grant Program; and
Authorize the City Manager to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution including executing, on behalf of the City of Stockton, all required contracts or agreements with the granting agency, provide additional information and furnish such documents as may be required, execute all documents and amendments or extensions pertaining to the grant project, and make all required appropriations in compliance with and for the purposes stated in the Project Agreement.
Department: Economic Development
Attachment A - Target Areas
Proposed Resolution - 2026 EPA Grant
Attachments:
6.5 26-0958 APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
INCENTIVE AND SIDE LETTER AGREEMENTS FOR POLICE
TELECOMMUNICATION CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE STOCKTON
CITY EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION AND THE STOCKTON
MID-MANAGEMENT / SUPERVISORY UNITS
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt by resolution the attached Side Letter Agreements between the City of Stockton (City) and the Stockton City Employees’ Association (SCEA) and the Stockton Mid-Management/Supervisory Level (B&C) Unit. The side letters establish a temporary recruitment and retention incentive for eligible employees in the Police Telecommunication classifications through June 30, 2029.
It is further recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take any appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the resolution, including implementation and funding of the side letter agreements.
Department: Human Resources
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Attachment A - B&C Police Telecommunications Side Letter Agreement Attachment B - SCEA Police Telecommunicator Side Letter Agreement Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - B&C Police Telecommunications Side Letter Agreement Exhibit 2 - SCEA Police Telecommunicator Side Letter Agreement Attachments:
6.6 26-0959 APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY PROMOTIONAL INCENTIVE AND
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT FOR FIREFIGHTER ENGINEERS IN
THE STOCKTON FIREFIGHTERS’ LOCAL 456 UNIT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
To encourage current employees in the Fire Department to promote into the Firefighter Engineer classification, it is recommended that the City Council adopt by resolution the attached side letter agreement between the City of Stockton and the Stockton Firefighters’ Local 456 unit, effective July 1, 2026. The side letter establishes a temporary promotional incentive of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for eligible employees promoted to a Firefighter Engineer classification.
It is further recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take any appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the resolution, including implementation and funding of the Side Letter Agreement.
Department: Human Resources
Attachment A - Side Letter Agreement - Firefighter Engineer Promotion.pdf Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1- Side Letter Agreement - Firefighter Engineer Promotion.pdf Attachments:
6.7 26-0976 APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE CITY OF STOCKTON AND THE OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE UNIT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt by resolution the attached successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Operations and Maintenance Unit effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.
It is further recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take any appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the resolution, including implementation and funding of the successor MOU.
Department: Human Resources
Attachment A - Operations and Maintenance Unit MOU - Redline Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - Operations and Maintenance Unit MOU
Attachments:
6.8 26-0977 APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
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THE CITY OF STOCKTON AND THE TRADES AND MAINTENANCE
UNIT
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt by resolution the attached successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Trades and Maintenance Unit effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.
It is further recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take any appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the resolution, including implementation and funding of the successor MOU.
Department: Human Resources
Attachment A – Trades and Maintenance Unit MOU – Redline Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 – Trades and Maintenance Unit MOU
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6.9 26-0882 ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A PUMP FROM G3 ENGINEERING, INC. FOR THE WASTEWATER
RECOVERY CENTER NITRIFYING BIOTOWERS (CITYWIDE)
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the purchase of a spare pump for the nitrifying biotowers from G3 Engineering, Inc., of Granite Bay, CA, in an amount not to exceed $186,319.15.
It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution.
Department: Municipal Utilities
Attachment A - Quote from G3 Engineering
Propposed Resolution
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6.10 26-0820 APPROVE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 6 FOR CITY OF STOCKTON CUSTODIAL SERVICES
(CITYWIDE)
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve a motion to authorize Contract Change Order No. 6, in the amount of $1,078,975.13, with Imperial Maintenance Services, Inc. of Stockton, CA, for City of Stockton Custodial Services, Project No. OM-22-005.
It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this motion.
Department: Public Works
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Attachment A - CCO No. 6
Attachment B - Department Financial Breakdown
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6.11 26-0853 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ADA CURB RAMP INSTALLATION PROJECT (DISTRICTS 3, 4, 5, AND 6)
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution to:
Approve Notice of Exemption No. NOE24-26 under the California Environmental Quality Act for the ADA Curb Ramp Installation, Project No.
WD26004.
Approve the plans and specifications for the ADA Curb Ramp Installation, Project No. WD26004.
Award a Construction Contract in the amount of $545,000 to Modernscapes Innovations of Oakley, CA, for the ADA Curb Ramp Installation, Project No. WD26004.
It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution.
Department: Public Works
Attachment A - Vicinity Map
Attachment B - Location List
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit 1 - Notice of Exemption
Exhibit 2 - Construction Contract
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7. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
9. HEARINGS**
10. NEW BUSINESS
11. CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE
12. COUNCIL COMMENTS
13. ADDITIONS TO CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
14. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION
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14.1 26-0813 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Number of Cases: One
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) to discuss matters pertaining to the threat of litigation.
Department: City Attorney
15. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
16. REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
17. ADJOURNMENT
1. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
1.1 26-1019 COUNCIL COMMITTEE/BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Information item only. No action required.
Department: City Clerk
CICP 2026-01-28.pdf
CICP 2026-02-26.pdf
CICP 2026-05-27.pdf
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CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am employed by the City of Stockton and that I caused this agenda to be posted in the City Hall notice case on September 11, 2026 in compliance with the Brown Act.
Katherine Roland, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk
By: ________________________________
Deputy
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
*Citizens may comment on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Public Finance Authority/Parking Authority, including items on the Agenda. The time limit for public comment is four (4) minutes and remains at the discretion of the presiding officer and changes shall be set at the start of the meeting. Speakers must submit “Request to Speak” cards to the City Clerk, and be prepared to speak when called. No speaker cards will be received after the close of the Citizen’s Comments portion of the meeting.
**Speakers should hold comments on items listed as a Hearing until the Hearing is opened.
The City of Stockton invites public comments in multiple forms. You provide your comments by using one of these methods:
1. Email - you may email your comments to [email protected]
2. Voicemail - you can leave a voice message by dialing (209) 937-8459.
3. In-Person Comments - a) Speakers must submit "request to speak cards" to the Clerk prior to the Public Comment portion of the agenda. No speaker cards will be accepted after the close of Public Comment. b) Address only issues over which the meeting body has jurisdiction. c) The time limit for public comment is at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall be set at the start of the meeting. Donating time is not authorized. d) Your time will be displayed on the speaker podium for convenience. *All written and voicemail public comments received by the Clerk's Office 90 minutes prior to the meeting start time will be forwarded to the meeting body members as correspondence and attached to the minutes. All comments received after that time will be forwarded as correspondence the following business day. Written and voicemail comments will not be read into the record.
In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and California Law, it is the policy of the City of Stockton to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. If you are disabled and require a copy of a public hearing notice, or an agenda and/or agenda packet in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require other accommodation, please contact the Office of the City Clerk located at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202 during normal business hours or by calling (209) 937-8458, at least 5 days in advance of the hearing/meeting. Advance notification within this guideline will enable the City/Agency to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.
Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202, during normal business hours. Such documents are also available on the City's website at www.stocktongov.com subject to staff's ability to post the documents before the meeting.
CHALLENGING CITY DECISIONS: The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge, which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Stockton, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.
Council Policy Manual Chapter 4.07 DECORUM
§ 4.07.010 Policy.
1) COUNCILMEMBERS
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The City Council will practice civility and decorum in their discussions and debate. Councilmembers will value each other's time and will preserve order and decorum. A member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings of the Council, use personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks, nor disturb any other member while that member is speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer or the Council, except as otherwise provided herein.
A) All Councilmembers have the opportunity to speak and agree to disagree but no Councilmember shall speak twice on any given subject unless all other Councilmembers have been given the opportunity to speak.
B) The Mayor has the affirmative duty to maintain order. The City Council will honor the role of the Mayor in maintaining order. If a Councilmember believes the Mayor is not maintaining order, the Councilmember may move that the Vice-Mayor enforce the rules of decorum and otherwise maintain order. If that motion receives a second and is approved by a Council majority, the Vice-Mayor shall enforce the rules of decorum and maintain order.
C) Any Councilmember who violates the rules repeatedly shall be sanctioned by the City Council, including, but not limited to, barring the Councilmember from further participation (other than voting) on the subject. 2) PERSONS ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL
Persons addressing the Council shall not make personal, impertinent, unduly repetitive, slanderous or profane remarks to the Council, any member of the Council, City staff or the general public, nor utter loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, nor engage in any other conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of the Council meeting. Any person who makes such remarks, who utters loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, who is unduly repetitious or engages in extended discussion of irrelevancies, or who engages in any disorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of any Council meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the Council, be barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting. 3) ENFORCEMENT
The rules of decorum set forth above shall be enforced in the following manner:
Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the Council meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at the meeting to remove that person from the Council Chambers.
4) RULES PERTAINING TO SIGNS, OBJECTS, SYMBOLIC MATERIALS, AND FIRE SAFETY WITHIN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS
A) Objects and symbolic materials such as signs which do not have sticks attached or otherwise create any fire or safety hazards will be allowed within the Council Chamber during Council meetings provided that they are not so large as to infringe upon the space of those in adjacent areas, and are no wider on their longest side than the audience chairs.
B) Persons with objects and symbolic materials such as signs must remain seated when displaying them except when making an oral presentation to the Council and must not raise them above shoulder level or otherwise use them to obstruct vision or passage or disturb the conduct of the Council meeting. Such materials may not be placed on or against the walls, doors or furniture or in the aisles.
C) Exits shall not be obstructed in any manner. Obstructions, including storage, shall not be placed in aisles or other exit ways. Hand carried items must be stored so that such items do not inhibit passage in aisles or other exit ways.
D) Exit ways shall not be used in any way that will present a hazardous condition.
E) Overcrowding and admittance of persons beyond the approved capacity of a place of assembly are prohibited.
F) The Fire Marshal may establish designated areas for media equipment. 5) PERSONS AUTHORIZED WITHIN RAIL
No person except City officials and City staff shall be permitted within the rail in front of the City Council dais without the express consent of the presiding officer.
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