CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023
THIS MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN-PERSON AT 33 CHURCH STREET, THE PUBLIC WAS ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FROM HOME:
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Meeting ID: 956 852 0224
1. CLOSED SESSION- None.
7:00 P.M. 2. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR REGULAR MEETING Council members Present:
Feist, Peters, Sierk (zoom), Swift and Gunselman
Vicky Runquist, City Treasurer
Staff Present:
Amy Gedney
Derek Cole
Karen Darrow
Jodi Steneck
Grant Reynolds
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
4. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION- None.
5. PUBLIC FORUM- None.
6. PRESENTATIONS- None
7. INFORMATION/CORRESPONDENCE
A. Monthly Police Report
B. Monthly Public Works Report
C. Monthly Building Report
D. Treasurer’s Reports
E. Monthly Administrative Services Report
F. Monthly Finance Department Report
G. Monthly Engineer’s Report
H. Monthly Planning Report
So Noted.
8. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Council member Peters reported that they will be pouring iron at the foundry this Saturday and that they have volunteered to manufacture anchor bolts for the Kennedy Mine Foundation which is inline with their mission to collaborate with other non-profit agencies.
Mayor Gunselman noted that Supervisor Frank Axe had asked her to sit on the ATCAA board and she accepted.
9. CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine and may be enacted in one motion. Any item may be removed for discussion at the request of Council or the Public.
A. City Council Minutes of January 3, 2023
Recommendation: By motion approve minutes as presented.
M/S Council member Swift/Sierk to approve the City Council Minutes of January 3, 2023, as amended.
AYES: Feist, Sierk, Swift and Gunselman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: Peters
ABSENT: None
MOTION CARRIED
B. Warrants
Recommendation: By motion approve warrants as presented.
M/S Council member Swift/Peters to approve the warrants, as presented.
AYES: Feist, Peters, Sierk, Swift and Gunselman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
MOTION CARRIED
C. Resolution 22-23-* Authorizing remote teleconference meetings of the legislative bodies of the City of Sutter Creek.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 22-23-* as presented.
D. Mayor’s 2023 Committee Appointments
E. Resolution 22-23-* accepting the work on the “37 Badger Street Storm Drain Repair Project” and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Notice of Completion and cause it to be filed with the Amador County Recorder.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 22-23-* as presented.
F. Regional Transportation Impact Fee Report
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 22-23-* Approving the Fiscal Year 2021/22 Amador County Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee Program Annual Report.
M/S Council member Peters/Sierk to Consent Agenda Items C, D E and F with a minor edit to Item C.
AYES: Feist, Peters, Sierk, Swift and Gunselman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
MOTION CARRIED
10. ORDINANCES & PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Introduce and Waive First Reading of Ordinance No. _____Amending Sections
15.04.10 and 15.04.030 of the Sutter Creek Municipal Code adopting and amending the 2022 California Building Standards Code and other Uniform Codes.
M/S Council member Peters/Swift to Introduce and Waive First Reading of Ordinance No. _____Amending Sections 15.04.10 and 15.04.030 of the Sutter Creek Municipal Code adopting and amending the 2022 California Building Standards Code and other Uniform Codes.
AYES: Feist, Peters, Sierk, Swift and Gunselman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
MOTION CARRIED
11. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA
A. Establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee to pursue an Interim City Manager appointment due to the resignation of City Manager Amy Gedney.
Recommendation: Appoint Ad Hoc Committee to pursue an Interim City Manager.
Mayor Gunselman thanked City Manager Gedney and suggested an Ad-Hoc committee be formed to begin the process of looking for an Interim City Manager.
M/S Council member Sierk/Peters to form an Ad-hoc committee comprised of Mayor Gunselman, Council member Swift, City Attorney Cole, and staff to begin the search for an Interim City Manager.
AYES: Feist, Peters, Sierk, Swift and Gunselman
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
MOTION CARRIED
B. Update regarding the Wastewater Treatment Plant Plan of Study.
Recommendation: For information and staff direction.
City Sewer Engineer Grant Reynold presented an over view and update of the Waste Water Treatment Plant. City Manager Gedney provided further explanation and status details.
Mike Kirkley of Sutter Creek commented that if Mule Creek does not have a permit they cannot be in violation and that the city has not held Ione to the agreement. He also noted that it was a bad decision to give up capacity before Gold Rush was developed and questioned spending capital improvement money on a system that does not have disposal rights until there is a legal binding solution.
Council member Peters noted that the three-party arrangement was created when the three parties had the same objective and now not all the partners are pulling in the same direction.
12. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Council member Sierk reiterated her request from the last meeting:
1- Set meeting schedule six months at a time to schedule agenda items. 2- Discuss use of Council stipends.
3- Status of Circulation Element
4- Status of Gopher Flat
13. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
City Attorney Cole clarified that for future agenda item requests to be put on an agenda they need to be voted on by the Council.
Mayor Gunselman suggested that they have a workshop to identify future agenda items.
Mayor Gunselman suggested forming an Ad-Hoc committee to look at possible solutions for pedestrian access on Gopher Flat.
14. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Gedney reported that the storm damage has been submitted to OES. She noted that the pre-emptive work done by the Public Works and Police Departments prevented more problems from occurring.
City Manager Gedney noted there is an ARSA meeting next week and that she is hoping to meet with Ione again next week as well and that City Engineer Matt Ospital is working to assess the sinkhole on Gold Strike.
15. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
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Claire Gunselman, Mayor
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Karen Darrow, City Clerk
Date Approved: February 6, 2023