City Council Meeting
Agenda
April 8, 2025
6:00 PM
City of Turlock Yosemite Room
156 S. Broadway, Turlock, California
Mayor
Amy Bublak
Council Members
Kevin Bixel
Cassandra Abram
Erika Phillips
Rebecka Monez
(Vice Mayor)
City Manager
Reagan M. Wilson
City Clerk
Nichole Fiez
City Attorney
George A. Petrulakis
SPEAKER CARDS: To accommodate those wishing to address the Council and allow for staff follow- up, speaker cards are available for any agendized topic or any other topic delivered under Public Comment. Please fill out and provide the Comment Card to the City Clerk or Police Officer.
NOTICE REGARDING NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS: The Turlock City Council meetings are conducted in English and translation to other languages is not provided. Please make arrangements for an interpreter if necessary.
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NOTICE: Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.3, any member of the public may directly address the City Council on any item appearing on the agenda, including Consent Calendar and Public Hearing items, before or during the City Council’s consideration of the item. Members of the public will be allowed three (3) minutes for comments.
AGENDA PACKETS: Prior to the City Council meeting, a complete Agenda Packet is available for review on the City’s website at www.cityofturlock.org and in the City Clerk’s Office at 156 S. Broadway, Suite 230, Turlock, during normal business hours. Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the Agenda Packet are also available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office. Such documents may be available on the City’s website subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
1. 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. PUBLIC RECEPTION FOR RETIREMENT OF REAGAN M. WILSON
2. CALL TO ORDER
3. SALUTE TO THE FLAG
4. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AS POSTED OR AMENDED
CITY OF TURLOCK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Next City Council Resolution: 2025-057 Next Ordinance: 1327-CS
This is the time for the City Council to remove items from the agenda or to change the order of the agenda. Matters may be taken up out of order of the established agenda by a four-fifths vote of the City Council.
6. PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS,
PRESENTATIONS, AND BRIEFINGS
A. Presentation: Turlock Police Department Animal Services - Adoptable Pets (Walthrop) B. Proclamation: Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week April 13-19, 2025 (Hedden) C. Proclamation: National Telecommunicators Week April 13-19, 2025 (Hedden) D. Presentation: Organized Retail Theft Efforts (Urban) E. Proclamation: Reagan M. Wilson Retirement (Bublak)
7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.3(a), this is the time set aside for members of the public to directly address the City Council on any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council and to address the Council on any item on tonight’s agenda, including Consent Calendar items. You will be allowed three (3) minutes for your comments. If you wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda, you may be asked to defer your remarks until the Council addresses the matter. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.2(a)(3), no action or discussion may be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda, except that the City Council, or its staff, may briefly respond to comments or questions from members of the public, provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, or direct staff to place the issue on a future agenda.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
Information concerning the consent items listed hereinbelow has been forwarded to each Councilmember prior to this meeting for study. Unless the Mayor, a Councilmember or member of the audience has questions concerning the Consent Calendar, the items are approved at one time by the Council. The action taken by the Council in approving the consent items is set forth in the explanation of the individual items.
A. Motion: Accepting the Weekly demands of March 14, 2025 through March 20, 2025 in the amount of $2,550,553.52, March 21, 2025 through March 27, 2025 in the amount of $3,335,668.17, and Payroll EFT January 1, 2025 through January 31, 2025 in the amount of $112,284.12
B. Motion: Accepting the Minutes of the March 25, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting C. Motion: Waiving Reading of All Ordinances on the Agenda, Except by Title D. Resolution 2025-XXX: Accepting the 2024 Annual Fire Inspections for the City of Turlock to determine compliance performed by Turlock Fire Department as required by California Code of Regulations Title 19 13146.4 (a), Sections 13146.2 and 13146 (Bickle)
CITY OF TURLOCK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Next City Council Resolution: 2025-057 Next Ordinance: 1327-CS
E. Resolution 2025-XXX: Determining the award of bid is exempt from the provisions of CEQA in accordance with section 15301 of the CEQA guidelines, awarding bid and approving an Agreement with DV Electric Co of San Jose, California in the amount of $70,000.00, and authorizing a construction contingency amount of $7,000.00 (10.0%) for the construction of City Project No. 24-033 "Transit Center EV Chargers" to be funded by Fund 426 "Transit" (Morris)
F. Resolution 2025-XXX: Approving Amendment No. 2 to City Contract 2023-57 with St. Francis Electric, LLC for Traffic Signal Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services to maintain the total not-to-exceed amount of $1,250,000 over the term of the Agreement but eliminate the annual not-to-exceed amount of $500,000 (Huff)
G. Resolution 2025-XXX: Approving Contract Change Order No. 2 (Final) with D.A. Wood Construction, Inc. for City Project No. 23-030 “RWQCF In-Plant Waste Line Repair” in the amount of $87,485.89, bringing the contract total to $1,156,218.08, to be funded by Fund 410 “Water Quality Control,” and accepting improvements for City Project No. 23-030 and authorizing the City Engineer to file a Notice of Completion (Morris) H. Resolution 2025-XXX: Authorizing the placement of insurance carrier policies and third-party administrative agreements between the City of Turlock and related benefit partners for employee healthcare, covering the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 (Dhami) I. Resolution 2025-XXX: Approving a Master Agreement with TRC Engineers, Inc. (Lathrop, California office) for Construction Management and Inspection Services for Roads Program Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Projects (City Contract No. 2025-173) (Pezeshk)
9. FINAL READINGS
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS
11. ACTION ITEMS
A. Continued from the 3/25/2025 Regular City Council Meeting - Approving the Issuance of A Letter of Support and a Financial Contribution of $1 for the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Grant Application Submitted by We Care Program (Borrego)
Recommended Action: Resolution 2025-XXX: Approving the Issuance of A Letter of Support and a Financial Contribution of $1 for the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Grant Application Submitted by We Care Program
12. CITY MANAGER REPORTS/UPDATES
City Manager reports/updates are provided for informational purposes only and no action or discussion may be undertaken. The City Manager may direct department heads to provide reports/updates at the City Manager’s request.
A. Monthly Department Reports
13. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUTURE ITEMS
14. CLOSED SESSION
CITY OF TURLOCK
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Next City Council Resolution: 2025-057 Next Ordinance: 1327-CS
A. Public Employee Appointment, Cal. Gov’t Code §54957(b)(1) “Subject to paragraph (2), this chapter shall not be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public session.” Title: Interim City Manager
B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation, Cal. Gov’t Code §54956.9(d)(2) “For the purposes of this section, litigation shall be considered pending when any of the following circumstances exist... A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency.” Potential Case(s): Two (2)
C. Conference with Labor Negotiators, Cal. Gov’t Code §54957.6(a) “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative body of a local agency may hold closed sessions with the local agency's designated representatives regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of its represented and unrepresented employees, and, for represented employees, any other matter within the statutorily provided scope of representation.”
Agency Designated Representative: City Manager, Reagan M. Wilson Employee Organization: Turlock Management Association-Public Safety Employee Organization: Turlock Associated Police Officers
15. REPORTS FROM CLOSED SESSION
16. ADJOURNMENT