1 City of Susanville
66 N. Lassen Street • Susanville CA
Mendy Schuster, Mayor
Dawn Miller, Mayor pro tem
Curtis Bortle • Patrick Parrish • Gerry Hibbitts
Susanville City Council
Regular Council Meeting • City Council Chambers
Wednesday, October 7, 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. Conference with Legal Counsel — Anticipated Litigation — pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(e)(1)
1. One case
B. Public Employment - pursuant to Government Code §54957
1. City Manager Recruitment
2. 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 September 16, 2026 regular meeting
6.B. Vendor and Payroll Warrants
6.C. Monthly Financial Reports February 2026 - August 2026 2 7. Public Hearings:
8. Council Discussion/Announcements:
9. New Business:
9.A. Consider Resolution No. 26-6572, approving employee agreement for the position of Public Safety Chief
9.B. Consider Resolution No. 26-6573, authorizing the Finance Director to amend the FY 26/27 budget with an increase to the Streets RMRA Fund 2005 in the amount of $230,000 for the purchase of two dump trucks with snowplows.
9.C. Consider Resoution No. 26-6574, supporting the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce Annual Magical Country Christmas Celebration on December 5, 2026, supporting the closure of Main Street, and authorizing the closure of South Gay Street, Nevada Street, North Lassen Street, North Gay Street, and North Union Street.
9.D. Consider Resolution No. 26-6575, supporting the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot on November 26, 2026, and authorizing the closure of Riverside Drive.
9.E. Consider Resolution No. 26-6576, authorizing the Acting City Manager to execute standard agreement with the State of California Office of Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) and accepting $43,750.00 in grant funding.
9.F. Discussion regarding agreements approved by the City Manager and Department Heads.
9.G. Consider Resolution No. 26-6578, awarding bid to Mattingly Construction for the 2026 Pat Murphy Little League Field Bathroom Project, Project No. 26-03 and amending the project budget.
10. Planning Commission :
10.A. *PUBLIC HEARING* Consider PC Resolution No. 26-1205, Approving Use Permit 25-008 to allow a Type 47 On-Sale General Eating Place liquor license and operation of an event center in the Uptown Business District at 400 Main St.
11. Susanville Community Redevelopment Agency - No business:
12. Susanville Municipal Energy Corporation - No business:
13. Continuing Business:
13.A. Consider Resolution No. 26-6577, Authorizing the Purchase of Greenhouse Gas Allowances, As Required by California Air Resources Board Cap & Invest Program
14. City Manager's Reports:
14.A. Department Reports - Finance Department Update
15. Future Council Items:
15.A. Future Council Items
3 16. Adjournment:
• The next regular meeting of the Susanville City Council will be held on October 21, 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 seventytwo 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-accessible.
I, Heidi Whitlock, certify that I caused to be posted notice of the regular meeting scheduled for October 7, 2026 in the areas designated on October 1, 2026.