RAY PEARL
Mayor
NED E DAVIS
Mayor Pro Tem
KELLY HONIG
Councilmember
SUSAN McSWEENEY
Councilmember
BRAD HALPERN
Councilmember
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the City Council
CITY OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE
City Council Chambers
31200 Oak Crest Drive
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OPTIONS:
This meeting will be conducted in a hybrid model. The Public may join this meeting virtually or attend in-person in the Council Chambers.
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CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Halpern, McSweeney, Honig, Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Pearl
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of January 25, 2023 Study Session.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/CEREMONIAL MATTERS:
1. Presentation – Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2022 by City’s Auditing Firm - Moss, Levy & Hartzheim PUBLIC COMMENTS: Members of the public may address the City Council on items not on the printed agenda. Please observe the time limit of three minutes. Members of the public may offer comment telephonically or otherwise electronically by using Zoom teleconference service options as listed on Page 1 of this agenda. When attending in-person, complete a Speaker Card and submit it to the City Clerk prior to the meeting starting.
COUNCIL RESPONSE:
STAFF COMMENTS:
COUNCIL COMMENTS:
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS: None
Reports on City Council Committee meetings held.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None
CONSENT CALENDAR: Matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. Unless otherwise requested by a Councilmember, there will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately.
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS: Warrants effective February 1, 2023 in the amount of $ 672,720.59
GENERAL BUSINESS:
1. ASSEMBLY BILL 361 FINDINGS FOR SPECIAL BROWN ACT
REQUIREMENTS FOR TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS - make the following findings so that teleconference meetings of the City Council and the City’s committees can continue to be conducted pursuant to the AB 361 special Brown Act requirements: the City Council has reconsidered the circumstances of the COVID-19 state of emergency; and state and local officials continue to recommend measures to promote social distancing.
2. 2023 APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Appoint Abel Pomar, Kim Brockman, Marty Blumenthal, Christine Wong and Gladys Lopez, to the 2023 Community Service Grant Advisory Committee.
3. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 - Approve the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2022 as submitted.
4. RE-APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT BIERY AS CITY TREASURER;
RESOLUTION NO. 2283-23 - Adopt Resolution 2283-23.
RESOLUTION 2283-23: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE REAPPOINTING ROBERT BIERY AS CITY
TREASURER
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS:
1. APPROVAL OF THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS’ PENSION PREFUNDING
TRUST (CEPPT) PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZATION OF A ONE-TIME INVESTMENT OF $1,000,000; RESOLUTION NO. 2284-23 - Adopt Resolution No. 2284-23 approving the California Employers’ Pension Prefunding Trust (CEPPT) Participation Agreement with CalPERS, for the City to participate in the CEPPT, authorizing certain positions in the City to request disbursements from the CEPPT Trust; to file the necessary forms with CalPERS, and to make a one-time investment of $1,000,000 to open the CEPPT Section 115 Trust with CalPERS.
RESOLUTION 2284-34: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE ADOPTING AND APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS’ PENSION PREFUNDING TRUST PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRIBUTION OF $1 MILLION
2. REVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 MID-YEAR BUDGET – City Council to note and file the report.
ADJOURNMENT:
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