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, May 6, 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. Public Employment - pursuant to Government Code §54957
1. Public Safety Chief Recruitment
2. City Manager Recruitment
3. Public Works Director Recruitment
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 April 15, 2026, regular meeting
6.B. Vendor and Payroll Warrants
6.C. Consider Resolution No. 26-6538, authorizing a 3.0% increase to the Public Works Bargaining Unit Salary Matrix effective July 1, 2026, through and including June 30, 2027
7. Public Hearings:
2 7.A. Consider Ordinance No. 26-1051, amending the City of Susanville zone map to zone the parcel Identified by APN 107-280-017 as General Commercial and Shopping Center (C-2) upon annexation to City of Susanville.
7.B. Public Hearing pursuant to Government Code Section 3502.3 to receive a report on the City of Susanville job vacancies and associated recruitment and retention efforts.
7.C. Consider Resolution No. 26-6536, approving a lien to be recorded for unpaid vehicle abatement costs incurred by the City at 2403 Riverside Drive (APN: 105-301-005-000)
7.D. Consider Resolution No. 26-6537, approving a lien to be recorded for unpaid vehicle abatement costs incurred by the City at 1101 Arnold Street (APN: 103-232-007-000).
8. Council Discussion/Announcements:
9. New Business:
9.A. Consider approval of Council Members' request to use civic contribution funds from their remaining discretionary allocation of $1,000.
10. Planning Commission:
10.A. Public Hearing - Loves Travel Stop
Consider PC Resolution No. 26-1203, recommending the City Council amend the zoning ordinance map to prezone APN# 107-280-017 as General Commercial Shopping Center.
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 - no business:
15. Future Council Items:
15.A. Future Council Items
16. Adjournment:
• The next regular meeting of the Susanville City Council will be held on May 20, 2026 at 4:30PM.
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 wheelchair- 3 accessible.
I, Heidi Whitlock, certify that I caused to be posted notice of the regular meeting scheduled for May 6, 2026 in the areas designated on May 1, 2026.