Corey Middleton, Mayor
Paul McCoy, Mayor Pro tempore
Colleen Baker, Councilmember
Drake Davis, Councilmember
Duane Kegg, Councilmember
Jason Ledbetter, City Manager
Rhetta Hogan, Asst. City Manager
Emily Aldrich, Finance Director
Matthew Bray, Public Works Director
John Elsnab, Human Resources Director
Mark Gilman, Police Chief
Andrew Jared, City Attorney
Jerry Lemos, Fire Chief
Juliana Lucchesi, Community Dev. Director
Cyndy Prohaska, City Clerk
YREKA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
November 7, 2023
Regular Session: 6:30 PM
Yreka City Council Chamber, 701 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA Phone 530-841-2386, Facsimile 530-842-4836, email: [email protected] Regular Meetings of the Yreka City Council are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
1. 6:30PM CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The meeting was called to order at 6:30PM. Councilmember Drake Davis was absent.
2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND/OR ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This time slot is for informational presentations, appointments, or awards to be presented by the City Council or to the City Council.
a. Oath of Office Swearing-in Ceremony for City Clerk, Ms. Cyndy Prohaska by Assistant City Manager and Acting City Clerk, Hogan.
b. 16th Annual Read Across Siskiyou Event, First 5 Siskiyou c. Highway 3 - Yreka Pavement Rehabilitation Project Update, Ms. Catherine Low, D2 PPM
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Public participation is welcomed and invited at all City Council meetings. This time is set aside for residents to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Regular Agenda. If your comments concern an item noted on the Regular Agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment.
The City requests that persons addressing the City Council refrain from making personal, slanderous, profane, or disruptive remarks.
Councilmembers, when recognized by the Mayor, may ask clarifying questions of presenter but no action may be taken by the City Council during the public comment section of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda.
This time is set aside for residents to address the City Council on matters listed on the Consent Agenda as well as other items not included on the Agenda. If your comments concern an item listed under the Public Hearing or New Business sections of the Agenda, please address the Council when that item is open for public comment.
• Please speak into the microphone from the podium. The podium electronically adjusts up and down to accommodate the speaker.
• Please state your name for the record prior to providing your comments. • Please address the Council as a whole.
• If you have documents to present, please provide a minimum of seven (7) copies. These become a public record.
• Please limit your remarks to five (5) minutes.
• Since Council is unable to take action on issues not on the agenda, your matter may be referred to staff for follow up or be placed on a future agenda.
The public comment period is not intended to be a “Question and Answer” period or conversations with the Council or City staff.
Public comment was heard from Mike Grifantini, Melissa Cummins, Carolyn Anderson, Jay Martin, Molly Amack, and Anna Johnson.
4. CONSENT AGENDA:
All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered routine and non-controversial and will be enacted by one motion unless any member of the Council wishes to remove an item for discussion, a. Approval/ratification of payments issued from October 08, 2023, through October 27, 2023. b. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting held October 17, 2023. c. Adopt Resolution 2023-47 Declaring City-Owned Property (APN 062-031-190) as Surplus Land. d. Resolution 2023-52 Purchase Sale Agreement of Carnegie Library. e. Approval of the Proclamation of the 16th Annual Read Across Siskiyou event. f. Motion to Approve Letter of Support for Siskiyou County Gold Display. g. Motion to Approve the Restructure of Police Sergeant position to a Police Lieutenant position.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt the Consent Agenda of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented.
Motion to Adopt the Consent Agenda of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented. Councilmember Kegg noticed that he is recusing himself from items 4.a. and 4.c. due to financial conflict and Councilmember Baker requested that item 4.g. be pulled from the consent agenda items for discussion.
Motion to approve consent agenda items 4.a. and 4.c. where Councilmember Kegg has recused himself due to conflict.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Baker
SECONDED: Councilmember McCoy
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: -0-
ABSENT: Councilmember Davis
RECUSAL: Councilmember Kegg
Motion to approve consent agenda items 4.b., 4.d., 4.e., and 4.f.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECONDED: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: -0-
ABSENT: Councilmember Davis
After discussion, a motion was made to approve consent agenda item 4.g.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Baker
SECONDED: Councilmember Middleton
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: -0-
ABSENT: Councilmember Davis
5. OLD BUSINESS: (none)
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (none)
Public Hearing Protocol:
i. Mayor will describe the purpose of the Public Hearing. ii. City Staff will provide the Staff Report.
iii. City Staff will respond to questions from the City Council. iv. Mayor will open the Public Hearing.
v. Public wanting to comment will come to the podium, provide the City Clerk with their name and address, and provide their comments.
vi. Mayor will close the Public Hearing.
vii. City Council will deliberate and act on the item.
7. NEW BUSINESS:
City Manager
a. Title: CDBG Main Street Construction Mitigation Small Business Grant Program Guidelines Quintin Gaddy, Program Director for Business Development is here to discuss the Yreka CDBG Main Street Construction Mitigation Small Business Grant Program Guidelines. This program is made possible with funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Approve the City of Yreka’s CDBG Main Street Construction Mitigation Small Business Grant Program Guidelines.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Kegg
SECONDED: Councilmember McCoy
AYES: Councilmembers Baker, Kegg, McCoy, and Middleton
NOES: -0-
ABSENT: Councilmember Davis
b. Title: Review of Yreka Municipal Code 1.24.170 Addressing the Council Manner of Addressing Council. Each person desiring to address the council shall step up to the microphone in front of the rail, state his name and address for the record, state the subject he wishes to discuss, state whom he is representing if he represents an organization or other persons, and, unless further time is granted by majority vote of the council, shall limit his remarks to five minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a whole and not to any member thereof. No question shall be asked a councilman or a member of the city staff without the permission of the presiding officer.
Recommended City Council Action: Direction to staff to bring back changes, if any, to YMC
1.24.170 Addressing the Council at a future City Council meeting for consideration.
Public comment was heard from Daniel Simon, Lorenzo Love, and Dawnmarie Autrey.
City Manager Ledbetter summarized comments from the City Council (1) to retain the five-minute public comment, (2) to eliminate remote participation via Zoom for public comment, (3) to return to in person meeting for attendance by Council and Committee members, and (4) to update the code to gender neutral language. It is expected that revisions to the municipal code will be presented sometime after the first of the new year.
8. CITY MANAGER/STAFF REPORTS:
City Manager and Staff may make brief announcements or reports at this time.
City Manager Ledbetter brought forward information where SCORE, our insurance risk consortium for Councilmember training, dates available 12/6, 12/8, 12/14 and 12/18. Staff will be bringing forward the calendar for 2024 and advocating for the cancellation the January 2, 2024. City Manager Ledbetter attended the Continuum of Care, where he shared feedback at the last cleanup on Campus Drive, and logistics with the encampment site with major equipment. In communicating with our County partners for options for relocating the population, the response was to fence county property by the Behavioral Health within a week of that conversation. Once the no barriers shelter opens, there will be a focused effort on cleaning the encampment site. Councilmember gave City Manager Ledbetter direction to cancel the January 2, 2024, City Council meeting.
Chief Gilman gave an update on the SunRidge CADS (computer aided dispatching system), the department went live on the new software last week, and migration was successful.
9. MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS, STATEMENTS AND REQUESTS:
AB 1234* Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any) *(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilmembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any meeting/event/conference attended at City expense.) Members of the Council may make brief announcements, reports, or request staff to report to Council on any matter at a subsequent meeting.
Councilmember Baker attended on 10/24 the Collier Interpretive Information Center JPA meeting in Mt.
Shasta. Councilmember Baker attended the Finance Committee meeting held on 11/1. Councilmember Baker brought forward how to have ongoing discussions for legislative updates, quarterly or biannually, with our legislative representatives, like Megan Dahle. Councilmember Baker has received inquiries on the Proposition 218 processes for the proposed rate increase.
Councilmember Kegg is receiving concern from residents on the utility rate increase. Councilmember Kegg also attended the Continuum of Care meeting on November 1, and expressed his disappointment with County on their collaboration with relocating temporarily the unhoused living on the hill beside Behavioral Health.
Mayor Pro Tempore McCoy thanked the First 5 Siskiyou Children and Families Commission and for the 16th Annual Read Across Siskiyou event. Mayor Pro Tempore McCoy thanked Yreka Police and Public Works for managing the parade routes, with coordination and last-minute route changes. Mayor Pro Tempore McCoy supported Councilmember Baker’s request for legislative information. Mayor Pro Tempore McCoy requested information and statistics on code enforcement activities.
City Attorney Andrew Jared outlined and clarified the 218 processes for November 21, 2023, scheduled utility rate hearing.