Corey Middleton, Mayor Jason Ledbetter, City Manager
OF Juliana Lucchesi, Asst. City Manager
Paul McCoy, Mayor Pro tempore
Cyndy Prohaska, City Clerk
Mark Gilman, Police Chief
/FOR Jerry Lemos, Fire Chief
Andrew Jared, City Attorney
YREKA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Yreka City Council Chamber, 701 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA 96097 Phone 530-841-2386, Facsimile 530-842-4836, email: citvelerk@ vrekaca.gov Regular Meetings of the Yreka City Council are held the 1s 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, and 24 hours before each special 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 Government Code section 54953(f), 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. 5:00 PM CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The meeting was called to order at 5:02 pm.
2. ROLL CALL:
Councilmembers Middleton, McCoy. Davis. Baker & Clair are present.
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
Motion to Approve Agenda.
MOTIONED: Councilmember McCoy
SECOND: Councilmember Davis
AYES: Councilmembers Clair. Davis. Baker. McCoy & Middleton The motion passes.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS:
Public participation is limited to those items listed on the agenda.
If your comments do not concern an item listed on this Agenda, please address the City Council at the next regular meeting.
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 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. • 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.
Public comment period is not intended to be a "Question and Answer" period or conversations with the Council or City staff.
No public comment was received.
5. CLOSED SESSION:
The City Council will recess to Closed Session to discuss the following items). At the conclusion of the Closed Session, Open Session will reconvene and reportable action, if any, will be announced:
a. Conference with real property negotiator (Govt C §54956.8) - Property APN's:
041-020-130
041-030-200
004-370-030
004-370-020
004-370-010
414E2400
414E2401
- Agency Negotiator: City Manager, Jason Ledbetter
Negotiating Parties: PacifiCorp
6. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
Announcement of any action taken by the City Council in Closed Session required by the Ralph M. Brown Act. (Government Code § 54950 et. seq.)
Open reconvened at 5:45 pm. There was no reportable action.
7. ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 pm.
Mayor Valley.
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Minutes approved by Cily Council
Motion on March 4, 2025
ndy Prohaska, City Clerk