1 City of Susanville
66 N. Lassen Street • Susanville CA
Mendy Schuster, Mayor
Russ Brown, Mayor pro tem
Curtis Bortle • Patrick Parrish • Dawn Miller
Susanville City Council
Regular Council Meeting • City Council Chambers
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 – 4:30 PM
Call to Order
Roll Call
1. Approval of Agenda: (Additions and/or Deletions)
2. Public Comment Regarding Closed Session Items (if any): Any person may address the City Council at this time upon any subject for discussion during Closed Session.
A. A. Public Employment - pursuant to Government Code §54957
1. Public Safety Chief
4. Return to Open Session: (recess if necessary)
• Reconvene in open session at 5:00 PM
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Invocation
• Report any changes to agenda
• Report any action out of Closed Session
• Awards or Presentations by the City Council
5. Business from the Floor: Any person may address the City Council at this time upon any subject on the agenda or not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the City Council. However, comments on items on the agenda may be reserved until the item is discussed and any matter not on the agenda that requires action will be referred to staff for a report and action at a subsequent meeting.
Presentations are subject to a three-minute limit.
6. Consent Calendar: All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council. There will be no separate discussion on these items. Any member of the public or the City Council may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar to be considered separately.
6.A. Minutes of the City Council March 18, 2026 regular meeting
6.B. Vendor and Payroll Warrants
7. Public Hearings:
8. Council Discussion/Announcements:
9. New Business:
9.A. Consider Resolution No. 26-6521, approving the temporary closure of River Street from 2 South Fairfield Drive to the entrance to Pat Murphy Little League Park, and South Fairfield Drive from River Street to the Midtown South Alley, in Support of the Susanville Little League Opening Day Parade on April 18, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
9.B. Consider Resolution No. 26-6522, authorizing the Finance Director to increase various fund budgets to facilitate airport, street, park, and water system improvements and operational needs
9.C. Discussion regarding sign regulations (SMC Chapter 17.128)
9.D. Consider Resolution No. 26-6523, approving the Acting Public Works Director to submit a request to the Lassen County Transportation Commission for allocation of Transportation Development Act (TDA) Local Transportation Fund (LTF) monies in the amount of $131,715 for local streets and roads purposes.
9.E. Consider Resolution No. 26-6524, Approving and authorizing the mayor to execute Addendum #2 to the Agreement for Professional Auditing Services with Van Lant & Fankhanel, LLP
10. Planning Commission -no business:
11. Susanville Community Redevelopment Agency - no business:
12. Susanville Municipal Energy Corporation - no business:
13. Continuing Business:
13.A. Discussion regarding Memorial Ball Park Grandstand Fire Emergency Operations
14. City Manager's Reports:
14.A. Department Reports - Fire Department
15. Future Council Items:
15.A. Future Council Items
16. Adjournment:
• The next regular meeting of the Susanville City Council will be held on April 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM.
Reports and documents relating to each agenda item are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection during normal business hours and at the meeting. These reports and documents are also available at the City’s website www.cityofsusanville.gov, unless there were systems problems posting to the website.
Accessibility: An interpreter for the hearing-impaired may be made available upon request to the City Clerk seventy-two hours prior to a meeting. A reader for the vision-impaired for purposes of reviewing the agenda may be made available upon request to the City Clerk. The location of this meeting is wheelchairaccessible. 3 I, Heidi Whitlock, certify that I caused to be posted notice of the regular meeting scheduled for April 1, 2026 in the areas designated on March 26, 2026.