Colleen Baker, Mayor William Ibershof, City Manager
James Clair, Mayor Pro Tempore CITT Juliara Lucchesi, Asst. City Manager Emily Aldrich, Finance Director
Corey Middleton, Councilmember Matthew Bray, Public Works Director Drake Davis, Councilmember John Elsab, Human Resources Director Paul McCoy, Councilmember Cyndy Prohaska, City Clerk
LIFORNVE Patrick Dirksen, Interim Police Chief
Jerry Lemos, Fire Chief
Julia Homaechevarria, City Attorney
YREKA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
August 4, 2026
Open Session: 5:30 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 1s and 3d Tuesday of every month.
This meeting is being livestreamed and can be viewed on Siskiyou Media Council's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzx2GSYFCrgE5przvnzitXQ 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 busiress 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. 5:30 PM CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL SESSION:
Special session as was called to order at 5:30pm
2. PUBLIC COMMENT:
No public comment received
3. CITY BUSINESS:
City Manager
a. Agenda Title : Work Session on the 2026 Work Plan
Recommended City Council Action: (1) Receive and file the 2026 Annual Work Plan and Accompanying Master Project List (2) Confirm the priority framework (Priority 1-4 and 2026 Work Plan Designations) or provide direction on additions, deletions, or resequencing and (3) Direct staff to return with quarterly work plan status reports beginning in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2026-27.
Council will review the 2026 work plans and bring any suggestions to the City Manager prior to the August 18, 2026, city council meeting.
4. ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 6:08 pm.
Minutes approved by City Council
Motion on August 18, 2026
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Cyndy Prohaska, City Clerk