City Council

CITY OF CORNING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 794 THIRD STREET A. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:00pm by Mayor Snow. B. ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present: Shelly Hargens Dave Demo Mayor- Robert Snow Absent: Jose “Chuy” Valerio, Lisa Lomeli Staff present: City Manager Brant Mesker City Attorney Collin Bogener City Clerk Rubi Ordaz Public Works Director Eli Stanley Fire Chief Tom Tomlinson Police Chief Craig Bassett Finance Assistant Director- Khrysite Shoemaker C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by the City Manager. D. INVOCATION: Led by Councilor Hargens. E. PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS, PRESENTATIONS: None F. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR: Tessa Borquez provided a 3rd and 4th quarter update on the Upstate California Film Commission. She also thanked Council for their support. Windy Van Dam- She brought up that according to the Brown Act meeting agendas need be posted publicly 72hrs in advance. Multiple staff confirmed that the agendas are posted in the adequate time. City Clerk, Rubi, clarified that the June 10th meeting agenda was posted on the website, but due to an error through the website it wasn’t posted under the normal meetings tab, but it was under general information. Also clarified that all meetings are posted by 5:00pm on the Friday before the upcoming Council meetings, and if there is any issues viewing the meetings they should call City Hall to get it addressed. Brant Mesker, introduced Ben Mierzwak the new Full time Building Official. He will be starting on June 16th. Closed: 5:38pm THE CITY OF CORNING IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER G. CONSENT AGENDA: It is recommended that items listed on the Consent Agenda be acted on simultaneously unless a Councilmember or members of the audience request separate discussion and/or action. 1. Waive reading, except by title, of any Ordinance under consideration at this meeting for either introduction or passage, per Government Code Section 36934. 2. Waive the reading and approve the Minutes of May 27, 2025, regular and closed session City Council meeting with any necessary corrections. 3. June 4, 2025, Claim Warrant in the amount of $ 95,630.34 4. June 4, 2025, Business License Report 5. May 2025 Treasurer’s Report 6. May 2025 Wages & Salaries: $697,449.17 7. May 2025 Building Permit Valuation Report in the amount of $535,129 8. May 2025 City of Corning Wastewater Operations Summary Report. 9. Adopt Ordinance No. 714 designating fire hazard severity zones in the City of Corning (2nd reading & adoption) 10. Adopt Ordinance No. 713 and Ordinance adopting a zoning code update in conjunction with the 7th Cycle Housing Element. (2nd reading & adoption) Councilor Hargens moved to approve consent items 1-10; Councilor Demo seconded the motion. Ayes: Snow, Demo, Hargens Absent: Lomeli, Valerio Abstain/Opposed: None Result: Motion was approved by a 3-0 vote with Lomeli and Valerio absent. H. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA: I. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 06-10-2025-01, a Resolution implementing Assembly Bill 2561- notice of job vacancies. Presented by Brant Mesker. As of January 1, 2025, AB2561 requires local government agencies to provide current employees with the notice of any job vacancies for which they may be qualified before the position is publicly advertised. This is to increase internal promotion opportunities as well as transparency in public employment. The city currently only has 1 vacancy, which is the Assistant Public Works director position. This position will be advertised internally soon. This will become a regular annual agenda item that will be brought to City Council. Opened public hearing: 5:41 pm Closed public hearing at 5:41 with no comments from the audience. Councilor Demo moved to adopt the required Notice of Job Vacancies Resolution No. 06-10-2025- 01; Councilor Hargens seconded the motion. Ayes: Snow, Demo, Hargens Absent: Lomeli, Valerio Abstain/Opposed: None Result: Motion was approved by a 3-0 vote with Lomeli and Valerio absent. J. REGULAR AGENDA: 1. Presentation of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Program of Service and Annual Budget Presented by Brant Mesker. Staff is presenting to City Council the “Annual Program of Service and Fiscal Year 2025/2026 City Budget” Ross Turner- He asked if the city of Corning had seen any of the grant money that was going to be given to the Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. To Brant’s knowledge this program THE CITY OF CORNING IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER wasn’t to directly provide funds to the Corning Chamber of Commerce but it was to be used to help promote businesses within Tehama County. Ross also followed up with a second question regarding the money that the city was awarded for the Recreation Plaza. He asked if we had that money in hand and if any of it was federal money. Brant clarified this is money from the state and it is reimbursement based, so it’s not money we have in hand but the city has submitted reimbursement requests in the beginning stages and was reimbursed for some expenses already. Demo-He stated moving forward he would like to get the budget sooner so it can be reviewed with more time. Mayor Snow seconded he would like to see it sooner as well, but they are thankful for the time put in to build the agenda. Hargens thanked staff as well. Windy Van Dam- She would like clarification for a school resource officer position that isn’t budgeted. Brant clarified that it is pending with a proposal. Chief Bassett and Tiffany Dietz will be working together to staff someone at the elementary. The city is waiting on the school to bring a proposal with funding before moving forward. Chief Bassett added they will be focusing on Maywood School to control ongoing issues. Julie Johnson- She asked if there is a deficit at the end of the fiscal year does it get absorbed in to the next year or does it get filled from the reserve. Brant clarified that yes it does get filled from whatever fund reserve it falls in. No motion was required, staff announced that the Budget Resolution would be presented at the June 24, 2025, City Council meeting for approval to complete the approval process. K. ITEMS PLACED ON THE AGENDA FROM THE FLOOR: None L. COMMUNICATIONS, CORRESPONDENCE, AND INFORMATION: None M. REPORTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS: Demo: Attended a Senior Center meeting. He will be attending a LAFCO meeting 6/18. Reminded the community of the Corning Around the World event on Saturday. Also, the Tuesday Night Market went really well, and thanked Christina for running the event. Hargens: Attended a Tehama County Landfill meeting. Will be attending the League of California Round Table meeting via zoom Snow: No meetings, but will be attending the Sunset Hill Cemetery building dedication. He didn’t attend the Tuesday Night Market but has received good feedback. He thanked all the staff involved in helping this event run smoothly. N. ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Snow adjourned the meeting at 6:25pm Attest: ______________________________ Rubi Ordaz, City Clerk THE CITY OF CORNING IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER