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 AGENDA MINUETS
December 19, 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.
The full agenda packet can be found on the City’s website at www.ci.yreka.ca.us/AgendaCenter. Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to any item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection 72 hours before each regularly scheduled meeting at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall, located at 701 4th St, Yreka, California during normal business hours. Any writing that is subject to disclosure that relates to an agenda item for open session distributed less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office during normal business hours.
Materials distributed to a majority of councilmembers less than 72 hours before a meeting will be available for public inspection on the City’s website at www.ci.yreka.ca.us/AgendaCenter.
Please note the following change to the City’s public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted.
Public comment may be provided in-person or via email, as set forth below. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. to the City Clerk prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person." Written comments will be distributed to the Councilmembers but will not be read aloud at the meeting.
1. 6:30PM CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Meeting called to order at 6:30 pm.
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.
Yreka Volunteer Fire Department, “Availability of Responders”, continued - Fire Chief Jerry Lemos
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.
This meeting is being livestreamed and can be viewed on cable YCTV Channel 4 or internet Siskiyou Media Council home to YCTV4 and MCTV15 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzx2GSYFCrgE5przvnzitXQ
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 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 received from Lorenzo Love, Donna Bacigalupi, Louise Gliatto, Billy Durovchic, Henry Lancaster, Steve Radford, and Jan Osborn.
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 November 27, 2023, through December 10, 2023. b. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting held December 5, 2023. c. Approval of a $13,000 cash contribution from City of Yreka to Siskiyou Family YMCA for perimeter fencing at the Siskiyou Family YMCA facility, 350 N. Foothill, Yreka. d. Resolution 2023-55 Recognizing the City of Yreka’s 2024 Contribution to Employees’ Healthcare Costs Through the IRS Section 125 Cafeteria Plan.
e. Resolution 2023-56 Delegation of Authority to File and Make Decisions on Applications for Disability Retirement
f. Approval of contract with State of California, Department of Cannabis Control for $115,000 Retail Cannabis Licensing program grant.
g. Approval of Professional Services Agreement with SCI-CG for establishment of cannabis licensing program.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to Adopt the Consent Agenda of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented.
Motion to adopt Consent Agenda items 4.a, 4.b, 4.d, and 4.e only of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Middleton
SECOND: Councilmember Baker
AYES: Councilmember Kegg, Davis, Baker, Middleton
NO’s:
ABSENT: Councilmember McCoy
Motion to Adopt Consent Agenda Item 4.c. of the City Council of the City of Yreka as presented.
MOTIONED: Councilmember Baker
SECOND: Councilmember Davis
AYES: Councilmember, Davis, Baker, Middleton
NO’s:
ABSENT: Councilmember McCoy
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Kegg
Motion to table Consent Items 4.f and 4.g to the January 16, 2024, City Council Meeting MOTIONED: Councilmember Middleton
SECOND: Councilmember Kegg
AYES: Councilmember, Davis, Baker, Middleton Kegg
NO’s:
ABSENT: Councilmember McCoy
5. OLD BUSINESS: (none)
Finance Director
a. Agenda Title: Second Reading of Ordinance No. 876 Regarding Proposed Water and Wastewater Utility Rate Increase As Amended on December 5, 2023
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 876 An Uncodified Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Yreka, California Determining That There Was No Majority Protest Of The Proposed Water And Wastewater Rate Increase And Adopting Updated Water And Wastewater Service Rates And Superseding The Existing Rates Established By Resolution No. 2018-27 and Finding The Ordinance Exempt From CEQA”.
Recommended City Council Action: Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 876, As Amended on December 5, 2023.
Public comment was received by Lorenzo Love, Louise Gliatto, Jack Phillips Donna Bacigalupo, Steve Radford and Angel Dunn.
Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 876 As Amended on December 5, 2023 MOTIONED: Councilmember Kegg
SECOND: Councilmember Davis
AYES: Councilmember, Davis, Baker, Middleton Kegg
NO’s:
ABSENT: Councilmember McCoy
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.