CITY OF
TEHACHAPI POTICE DEPARTMENT
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
TEHACHAPI 220 WEST C STREET
CALIFORNIA
MINUTES
TEHACHAP! CITY COUNC!L SPECIAL MEETING,
TEHACHAPI REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY SPECIAL MEETtNG, TEHACHAPI PUBLIC FINANC!NG AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEET!NG, AND TEHACHAPI CITY F!NANCING CORPORATION SPECIAT MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 2,2026-6:00 P.M.
NOTE: Ch, Sm, Po, Pa and Gu are abbreviations for Council Members Chung, Smith, Pogon-Cord, Pauer and Gutierrez, respectively. For example, Ch/Sm denotes Council Member Chung made the motion and Council Member Smith seconded it. The abbreviation Ab means absent, Abd abstained, Ns noes, and NAT no action taken.
ACTION TAKEN
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order by Mayor Pogon-Cord at 6:00pm
ROLL CAtt
Roll call by City Clerk Tori Marsh
Present: Mayor Pogon-Cord, Mayor Pro Tem Pauer, Councilmember Chung, and Councilmember Smith
Absent: None
INVOCATION
Led by Pastor Nick Smith, Christian Life Assembly
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
Led by Councilmember Smith
CITY CLERK REPORTS
1. City Council Appointment - District 3 - APPOINTED MARIANNA GUTIERREZ TO
THE TEHACHAPI CITY COUNCIL TO COMPLETE A TERM TO EXPIRE FOIIOWING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE NOVEMBER 2026 ELECTION
Councilmember Chung nominated Marianna Gutierrez
CONSENT AGENDA
Appointed Marianna Gutierrez
To The Tehachapi City Council To
Complete A Term To Expire
Following the Certification Of
The November 2026 Election
Nom Ch
Ayes All
Approved
Sm/Ch Ayes All
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Tehachapi City Council Meeting - Tuesday, March 2,2026
Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency Special Meeting Tehachapi Public Financing Authority Special Meeting And Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Special Meeting
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AUDIENCE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
2. Public Comment
CITY CLERK REPORTS
3. Minutes for the Tehachapi City Council, Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority, and the Tehachapi City Financing Corporation regular meeting held on February 77,2026- APPROVED AND FItED
FINANCE REPORTS
4. Disbursements and bills for February t2, 2026, through February 25, 2026 -
AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS
5. Fiscal Year End 2025 Financial Reports - INFORMATION ONLY
6. Committed Fund Balance for fiscal year 2025-2026 - ADOPTED RESOLUTION 02- 26 ESTABLISHING THE COMMITTED FUND BALANCE AT s2,169,353 FOR FISCAI YEAR 2025-2026 AND REPEATED RESOLUTION NO. 31-25
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORTS
7. Notice of Completion - Pressure reducing stations at Applewood, Pinon, and Hickory project - INFORMATION ONLY
POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
8. AB 481 City of Tehachapi Police Department Military Equipment Policy and Annual Report for 2025 - APPROVED THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE TEHACHAPI POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY 805 - MILITARY EQUIPMENT, WHICH
IS TO SERVE AS THE ANNUAL REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE 7072(a), AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SCHEDUTE A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE TEHACHAPI POIICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF SAID APPROVAL
CITY REPORTS
9. Report to Council regarding current activities and programs - VERBAL REPORT Approved and Filed
Sm/Ch Ayes All
Approved and Filed
Sm/Ch Ayes All
Adopted Resolution 02-26
Establishing The Committed
Fund Balance At $2,159,353 For
Fiscal Year 2025-2025 And
Repealed Resolution No. 31-25
Sm/Ch Ayes All
Approved The Executive
Summary Of The Tehachapi
Police Department Policy 806 -
Military Equipmen! Which ls To
Serve As The Annual Report ln
Accordance With Government
Code 7072(a), And Authorized
StaffTo Schedule A Public
Meeting At The Tehachapi Police
Department Within 30 Oays Of
Said Approval
Sm/Ch Ayes All
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
ACTION TAKEN
Tehachapi City Council Meeting - Tuesdan March 2,2026
Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agenry Special Meeting Tehachapi Public Financing Authority Special Meeting And Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Special Meeting ACTION TAKEN cLosEp sEssroN
1. Closed Session Minutes for February 2,2026 -APPROVED AND FIIED
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING IITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): (4 cases) a. City of Tehachapi v. Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District, et al. Kern County Superior Court Case No. BCV-23-104734
b. City of Tehachapi v. Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District, et al. Kern County Superior Court Case No. BCV-24-LO7512
c. Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District v. City of Tehachapi, et al.
Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2O22-80003892-CU-WMGDS d. Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District v. City of Tehachapi, et al. Kern County Superior Court case No. BCV-25-103013
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/Boards adjourned at 6:30 p.m. to a City Council, Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority and Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting to be held on Monday, March 16,2026 at 6:00 pm.
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TORIMARSH, CMC
City Clerk, City of Tehachapi, California
Approved this 16th day
of March 2025.
POGON-CORD
Mayor, City of Tehachapi, California
Approved and Filed
PalSm Ayes All
Adjourned At 5:30 pm
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