MINUTES
Special Meeting
TULELAKE CITY COUNCIL
February 22, 2022
5:30 PM
Mayor Henry Ebinger called the meeting to order at 5:31 PM. Council Members Gary Fensler and Bryan Hendricks were present and Mayor Pro Tem Penny Velador was present by conference call. City Hall Administrator, Jenny Coelho and Director of Public Works, Jose Perez were also present. Council Member Teresa Williams; City Finance Director, Will Sargent; Chief of Police, Tony Ross; City Administrative Clerk, Heidi Cureton; City Clerk, Raul Figueroa and City Treasurer, Sara Luscombe were all absent.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
No public comments were made.
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 22-04 APPROVING REALLOCATION AND EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FUNDING AND THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT FOR GRANT AGREEMENT 17-CDBG-12030 AND/OR ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO FROM THE 2017 FUNDING YEAR OF THE STATE CDBG
PROGRAM
City Hall Administrator, Jenny Coelho, presented to Council, Resolution 22-04, which has been reviewed by the public and City Council three times prior. Resolution 22-04 contains wording changes required by the CDBG Legal Department as well as a $30,000 increase in Program Income Use funding and a $30,000 decrease in General Fund funding. After discussion and reading of the resolution title, Mayor Ebinger made a motion to approve Resolution 22-04 approving reallocation and extension of time for funding and the execution of an amendment for Grant Agreement 17-CDBG-12030 and/or any amendments thereto from the 2017 funding year of the state CDBG program. Council Member Fensler seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all Council Members present voting Aye. Motion carried. (Motion 22-27)
APPROVAL TO SEND OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO CONSULTANTS TO COMPLETE THE CITY OF
TULELAKE HOUSING ELEMENT
City Hall Administrator, Jenny Coelho, presented the Request for Proposal and explained to Council that our on-call City Planner is currently over booked with other City planning projects and will not have time to do the City's 2022-2023 Housing Element. City staff would like to send out the RFP to consultants who specialize in housing element work for municipalities on February 23, 2022 with the goal of contracting a consultant by April 5, 2022. Council Member Fensler moved to have the RFP presented sent out to housing element consultants. Council Member Hendricks seconded. A roll call vote was taken with all Council Members present voting Aye. Motion carried. (Motion 22-28)
APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A USED STREET SWEEPER FROM KLAMATH COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
Director of Public Works, Jose Perez, presented to Council information regarding a used street sweeper from the Klamath County Public Works Department that is for sale for a price of $15,000. It is in decent shape and has the California emissions requirements and it would be beneficial to the City to have a street sweeper. After discussion and reviewing the specifications, Mayor Pro Tem Velador moved to approve purchasing the street sweeper from Klamath County Public Works. Council Member Fensler seconded. A roll call vote was taken with all Council Members present voting Aye. Motion carried. (Motion 22-29)
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 22-05 OPTING IN TO THE SISKIYOU COUNTY INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT REGIONAL AGENCY'S EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY ORDINANCE City Hall Administrator, Jenny Coelho, presented to Council Resolution 22-05 and explained that the state of California has passed a law SB1383 that became effective January 1, 2022 where the counties and cities would have to put an edible food recovery plan into place to reduce organic landfill waste.
Siskiyou County would oversee this program for all the jurisdictions in the County and need a resolution Minutes of February 22, 2022 - Special
to opt-in to the County ordinance to allow the County to apply for grants on the City's behalf for this new program. The smaller rural cities will be exempt from this program for the next few years but eventually will have to put a program into place by 2027. Mayor Ebinger moved to approve Resolution 22-05 opting in to the Siskiyou County Integrated Solid Waste Management Regional Agency's Edible Food Recovery Ordinance. Council Member Hendricks seconded. A roll call vote was taken with all Council Members present voting Aye. Motion carried. (Motion 22-30)
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Ebinger made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:59 PM. The motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Velador. All votes were Ayes. Motion carried. (Motion 22-31) Henry A Ebinger, Mayor
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