City Council Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingClearlake, CA · November 21, 2024
Minutes
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Clearlake City Hall Council Chambers
14050 Olympic Dr, Clearlake, CA
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Regular Meeting 6:00 PM
MINUTES
A. ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Mayor David Claffey
Vice Mayor Joyce Overton
Council Member Russ Cremer
Council Member Russ Perdock
Council Member Dirk Slooten
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE
D. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
City Manager Flora called for the removal Item 1.
Motion made by Council Member Perdock, Seconded by Vice Mayor Overton.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
E. PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to Trunk or Treat Volunteers and Donors
This item was removed.
F. PUBLIC COMMENT
Carolyn Jarrett spoke on the need for a college scholarship program for lower elementary grades.
Ralph Goldie commended the first responders in Clearlake to fires near his home. He spoke of
code enforcement issues near his property.
Patty Duke spoke regarding traffic issues in the area of Konocti Gardens.
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Margaret Garcia spoke about issues with traffic markings in the area of Konocti Gardens.
Greg Damron spoke in favor of the passing of the tobacco ordinance.
G. CONSENT AGENDA
Motion made by Council Member Cremer, Seconded by Council Member Slooten.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
2. Consideration of Amendments to the Council Norms & Procedures
Recommended Action: Adopt Amendments
3. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 272-2024, An Ordinance Establishing Article
6-10 of the Clearlake Municipal Code Regulating Tobacco Retailers
Recommended Action: Adopt Ordinance No. 272-2024
4. Minutes of the October 9, 2024 Lake County Vector Control District Board Meeting
Recommended Action: Receive and file
5. Warrants
Recommended Action: Receive and file
6. Continuation of Director of Emergency Services/City Manager Proclamation Declaring a Local
Emergency for Winter Storms
Recommended Action: Continue declaration of emergency
7. Minutes
Recommended Action: Receive and file
H. BUSINESS
8. Discussion and Consideration of Ordinance No. 276-2024, An Amendment to Chapter 3,
Section 5 of the Clearlake Municipal Code Regarding Fire Mitigation Fees
Recommended Action: Introduce the Ordinance and hold a first reading, read by title only,
and schedule second reading and adoption at as subsequent Council meeting.
City Manager Flora gave the staff report and asked for direction to staff to include
authorization to clear up administrative and clerical errors and also to ensure compliance with
the Mitigation Fee Act.
Motion made by Council Member Slooten, Seconded by Vice Mayor Overton.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
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9. Discussion and Consideration of Ordinance No. 275-2024, An Ordinance Adding Chapter 13-3
to the Clearlake Municipal Code Establishing Fire Hydrant Inspection and Testing
Requirements.
Recommended Action: Introduce the Ordinance and Hold a First Reading, and Schedule
Second Reading and Adoption at a Subsequent Council Meeting.
City Manager Flora gave the staff report.
Motion made by Council Member Slooten. Second by Council Member Cremer.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
10. Consideration of Ordinance No. 277-2024, An Ordinance of the City of Clearlake Amending
Chapter VIII, Section 8.5 to Add Subsection 8.5-7 to Establish Standards for Relocation of
Underground Utilities in the Public Right-of-Way
Recommended Action: Hold first reading, read by title only, waive further reading, and set
second reading and adoption for the next meeting
City Manager Flora gave the staff report.
Motion made by Council Member Slooten, Seconded by Vice Mayor Overton.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
11. Discussion and Consideration of Adoption of Tribal Consultation Guidelines
Recommended Action: Adopt Guidelines
City Manager Flora gave the staff report.
Motion made by Council Member Cremer, Seconded by Council Member Perdock.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
12. Consideration of Amendment to Employment Services Agreement with Timothy Hobbs as
Police Chief
Recommended Action: Approve Amendment and Authorize the City Manager to Sign.
City Manager Flora gave the staff report.
Motion made by Council Member Cremer, Seconded by Vice Mayor Overton.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
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13. Consideration of Updates to the FY 24-25 Salary Schedule
Recommended Action: Adopt Updated Salary Schedule
City Manager Flora gave the staff report.
Motion made by Council Member Slooten, Seconded by Council Member Perdock.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
I. CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
J. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
K. CLOSED SESSION
(14) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – LIABILITY CLAIMS - Claimant: Kathleen Sherlock; Agency
Claimed Against: City of Clearlake
Motion made by Council Member Slooten to deny the claim, Seconded by Vice Mayor
Overton.
Voting Yea: Mayor Claffey, Vice Mayor Overton, Council Member Cremer, Council Member
Perdock, Council Member Slooten
L. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION
M. ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk
Agenda
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Clearlake City Hall Council Chambers
14050 Olympic Dr, Clearlake, CA
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Regular Meeting 6:00 PM
The City Council meetings are viewable in person in the Council Chambers, via livestreaming on the
City’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyifT_nKS-3woxEu1ilBXA) or “Lake
County PEG TV Live Stream” at https://www.youtube.com/user/LakeCountyPegTV/featured and the
public may participate through Zoom at the link listed below. The public will not be allowed to provide
verbal comment during the meeting if attending via Zoom. The public can submit comments in writing
for City Council consideration by commenting via the Q&A function in the Zoom platform or by sending
comments to the Administrative Services Director/City Clerk at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us. To give
the City Council adequate time to review your comments, you must submit your written emailed
comments prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
AGENDA
MEETING PROCEDURES: All items on agenda will be open for public comments before final action is
taken. Citizens wishing to introduce written material into the record at the public meeting on any item
are requested to provide a copy of the written material to the Administrative Services Director/City Clerk
prior to the meeting date so that the material may be distributed to the City Council prior to the meeting.
Speakers must restrict comments to the item as it appears on the agenda and stay within a three minutes
time limit. The Mayor has the discretion of limiting the total discussion time for an item.
Pursuant to Senate Bill 1100 and the City Council Norms and Procedures, any member of the public
making personal, impertinent, and/or slanderous or profane remarks, or who becomes boisterous or
belligerent while addressing the City Council, staff or general public, or while attending the City Council
meeting and refuses to come to order at the direction of the Mayor/Presiding Officer, shall be removed
from the Council Chambers or the Zoom by the sergeant-at-arms or the City Clerk and may be barred
from further attendance before the Council during that meeting. Unauthorized remarks from the
audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells, and similar demonstrations shall not be permitted by the
Mayor/Presiding Officer. The Mayor/Presiding Officer may direct the sergeant-at-arms to remove such
offenders from the room.
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contact Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk at the Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic
Drive, Clearlake, California 95422, phone (707) 994-8201, ext 106, or via email at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us at
least 72 hours prior to the meeting, to allow time to provide for special accommodations.
AGENDA REPORTS
Staff reports for each agenda item are available for review at www.clearlake.ca.us. Any writings or documents
pertaining to an open session item provided to a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours prior to the
meeting, shall be made available for public inspection on the City’s website at www.clearlake.ca.us.
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A. ROLL CALL
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE: The City Council invites members of the clergy, as well as
interested members of the public in the City of Clearlake, to voluntarily offer an invocation before
the beginning of its meetings for the benefit and blessing of the City Council. This opportunity is
voluntary and invocations are to be less than three minutes, offered in a solemn and respectful tone,
and directed at the City Council. Invocational speakers who do not abide by these simple rules of
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respect and brevity shall be given a warning and/or not invited back to provide a subsequent
invocation for a reasonable period of time, as determined appropriate by the City. This policy is not
intended, and shall not be implemented or construed in any way, to affiliate the City Council with,
nor express the City Council's preference for, any faith or religious denomination. Rather, this policy
is intended to acknowledge and express the City Council's respect for the diversity of religious
denominations and faith represented and practiced among the citizens of Clearlake. If a scheduled
invocational speaker does not appear at the scheduled meeting, the Mayor will ask that the City
Council observe a moment of silence in lieu of the invocation. More information about the City's
invocation policy is available upon request by contacting the Administrative Services Director/City
Clerk at (707) 994-8201x106 or via email at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us.
D. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (This is the time for agenda modifications.)
E. PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to Trunk or Treat Volunteers and Donors
F. PUBLIC COMMENT: This is the time for any member of the public to address the City Council on any
matter not on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City. The Brown Act,
with limited exceptions, does not allow the Council or staff to discuss issues brought forth under
Public Comment. The Council cannot take action on non-agenda items. Concerns may be referred to
staff or placed on the next available agenda. Please note that comments from the public will also be
taken on each agenda item. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes per person.
G. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature
and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a
member of the Council requests otherwise, or if staff has requested a change under Adoption of the
Agenda, in which case the item will be removed for separate consideration. Any item so removed will
be taken up following the motion to approve the Consent Agenda.
2. Consideration of Amendments to the Council Norms & Procedures
Recommended Action: Adopt Amendments
3. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 272-2024, An Ordinance Establishing Article
6-10 of the Clearlake Municipal Code Regulating Tobacco Retailers
Recommended Action: Adopt Ordinance No. 272-2024
4. Minutes of the October 9, 2024 Lake County Vector Control District Board Meeting
Recommended Action: Receive and file
5. Warrants
Recommended Action: Receive and file
6. Continuation of Director of Emergency Services/City Manager Proclamation Declaring a Local
Emergency for Winter Storms
Recommended Action: Continue declaration of emergency
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7. Minutes
Recommended Action: Receive and file
H. BUSINESS
8. Discussion and Consideration of Ordinance No. 276-2024, An Amendment to Chapter 3,
Section 5 of the Clearlake Municipal Code Regarding Fire Mitigation Fees
Recommended Action: Introduce the Ordinance and hold a first reading, read by title only,
and schedule second reading and adoption at as subsequent Council meeting.
9. Discussion and Consideration of Ordinance No. 275-2024, An Ordinance Adding Chapter 13-3
to the Clearlake Municipal Code Establishing Fire Hydrant Inspection and Testing
Requirements.
Recommended Action: Introduce the Ordinance and Hold a First Reading, and Schedule
Second Reading and Adoption at a Subsequent Council Meeting.
10. Consideration of Ordinance No. 277-2024, An Ordinance of the City of Clearlake Amending
Chapter VIII, Section 8.5 to Add Subsection 8.5-7 to Establish Standards for Relocation of
Underground Utilities in the Public Right-of-Way
Recommended Action: Hold first reading, read by title only, waive further reading, and set
second reading and adoption for the next meeting
11. Discussion and Consideration of Adoption of Tribal Consultation Guidelines
Recommended Action: Adopt Guidelines
12. Consideration of Amendment to Employment Services Agreement with Timothy Hobbs as
Police Chief
Recommended Action: Approve Amendment and Authorize the City Manager to Sign.
13. Consideration of Updates to the FY 24-25 Salary Schedule
Recommended Action: Adopt Updated Salary Schedule
I. CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
J. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
K. CLOSED SESSION
(14) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – LIABILITY CLAIMS - Claimant: Kathleen Sherlock; Agency
Claimed Against: City of Clearlake
L. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION
M. ADJOURNMENT
POSTED: November 18, 2024
BY:
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Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk
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