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, July 15, 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
2. City Manager Recruitment
3. Acting City Manager - Evaluation
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 June 26th and July 1st special meetings and the July 1, 2026 regular meeting.
6.B. Vendor and Payroll Warrants
6.C. Consider Resolution No. 26-6556, approving and authorizing the fourth modification to the Position Classification Schedule of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Administrative Bargaining Unit
2 7. Public Hearings:
8. Council Discussion/Announcements:
9. New Business:
9.A. Consider Resolution No. 26-6557, amending the Susanville City Council Committee List
9.B. Consider Resolution No. 26-6558, accepting the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) award in the amount of $220,595.39 and authorize the Acting City Manager to execute all necessary grant documents and administer the grant in accordance with program requirements.
9.C. Consider Resolution No. 26-6559, Approving a budget amendment for the replacement of the Diamond Mountain Golf Course Irrigation Well Pump
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 Emergency Work Associated with the Failure of the Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) at Well 3 on Johnstonville Road
14. City Manager's Reports:
15. Future Council Items:
15.A. Future Council Items
16. Adjournment:
• The next regular meeting of the Susanville City Council will be held on August 5, 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 wheelchairaccessible.
I, Heidi Whitlock, certify that I caused to be posted notice of the regular meeting scheduled for July 15, 2026 in the areas designated on July 10, 2026.