City Council Meeting

CITY OF GALT MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers, 380 Civic Drive, Galt, California Tuesday, March 20, 2018 The Mayor called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. Council Members present: Crews, Malson, Campion, Lampson and Heuer. Staff members present: City Manager Palazzo, City Clerk Settles, Interim City Attorney Hood and Human Resources Director Hall. ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION: 1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to and under the authority of Government Code Section 54957.6 AGENCY NEGOTIATORS: Gene Palazzo, Cora Hall, Charley Howard EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS: Galt Police Officers Association (GPOA) Galt Police Civilians Association (GPCA) Galt Public Service Unit (GPSU) Unrepresented Employees RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION: The Council reconvened to open session at 6:00 pm at which time the City Attorney announced no reportable action. The meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm by the Mayor. Council Members present: Crews, Malson, Campion, Lampson and Heuer. Staff members present: City Manager Palazzo, City Clerk Settles, Interim City Attorney Hood, Community Development Director Erias, Finance Director Boyd, Human Resources Director Hall, and Public Works Director Winkler. Absent: Parks & Recreation Director Solis and Police Chief Sockman. OPENING CEREMONIES - Silent prayer was observed, the flag salute was recited and the City Clerk read the video statement. AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS – Heuer pulled Item J5 for discussion. PRESENTATIONS: 1. SUBJECT: New Employee Introductions – Carlos Solorio, Administrative Analyst II and Laura Anne St. Claire, Senior Accounting Assistant. Winkler introduced Solorio and Boyd introduced St. Claire. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 20, 2018 PAGE 2 2. SUBJECT: Operation Earth: Project Green Art Exhibit – Galt Youth Commission. Cristian Gonzalez and Celio Gonzalez made the presentation. 3. SUJBECT: Sacramento –Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District Annual Report – Gary Goodman, General Manager. Gary Goodman gave the presentation. PUBLIC COMMENTS - The Clerk announced that members of the audience could address City Council on any matter which was not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction. She advised the location of the speaker sheets, asked that speaker sheets be presented to the Clerk prior to addressing City Council and advised that each person would have a five-minute time limit to speak. REPORTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON REGIONAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES Malson attended Coffee with a Cop and the State of the City Event. Crews enjoyed Coffee with a Cop and attended the Sacramento Area Council of Government (SACOG) meeting. Lampson participated with Campion at the California Waste Recovery subcommittee meeting. Heuer joined Palazzo at the Greater Sacramento Economic Council event. CONSENT CALENDAR 5. SUBJECT: Agreement with Sacramento Municipal Utilities District for participation in the Commercial Solarshares Program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2018-11 authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD) for participation in the Commercial Solarshares Program. Winkler gave the agenda report. ACTION: Upon a motion by Crews, seconded by Malson, adopting Resolution No. 2018-11 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. CONSENT CALENDAR - Consisting of Items 1 through 7, excluding Item No. 5 which was pulled for discussion. 1. SUBJECT: Minutes of the regular meeting of March 6, 2018 and the special meeting of March 13, 2018. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the minutes as submitted. 2. SUBJECT: Receive and File Warrants for period ending March 8, 2018. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file warrants for the period ending March 8, 2018. 3. SUBJECT: City Council Meetings of April 3, 2018 and July 3, 2018. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Cancel the City Council Meetings of April 3, 2018 and July 3, 2018. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 20, 2018 PAGE 3 4. SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Lance, Soll & Lunghard to provide independent auditing services. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2018-12 authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Lance, Soll and Lunghard to provide independent auditing services for an initial term of three years with two subsequent one-year options to renew. 6. SUBJECT: Treasurer's Report for period ending January 2018. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the Treasurer's Report as submitted. 7. SUBJECT: Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for consulting services with Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc., for the Wastewater Cost of Service Study and Update to Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Connection Fees. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2018-13 authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for consulting services with Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. for the Wastewater Cost of Service Study and Updates to Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Connection Fees, in the amount of $18,472.91. ACTION: Upon a motion by Campion, seconded by Lampson, the consent calendar was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. SCHEDULED MATTERS - PUBLIC HEARING: None. REGULAR CALENDAR CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE: 1. SUBJECT: 2018 State of the City Address. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive the report. Palazzo gave the report. COMMUNICATIONS: None. CITY CLERK'S REPORT: 1. SUBJECT: 1) Amend Section 2.70.040 of Chapter 2.70, Planning Commission, Qualifications, of the Galt Municipal Code removing two members of the commission residing outside the city limits but within the boundaries of the Galt High School District and within Sacramento County and; 2) Amend Section 2.75.040 of Chapter 2.75, Parks and Recreation Commission, Qualifications, of the Galt Municipal Code removing two members of the commission residing outside the city limits but within the boundaries of the Galt High School District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce an ordinance: 1) Amending Section 2.70.040, Planning Commission, Qualifications, of the Galt Municipal Code eliminating Paragraph C wherein two members of the Commission may reside outside the City limits but within the boundaries of the Galt High School District and within Sacramento County; and 2) Amending Section 2.75.040, Parks and Recreation Commission, Qualifications, of the Galt Municipal Code eliminating Paragraph C wherein two members of the Commission may reside outside the City limits but within the boundaries of the Galt High School District; waive full reading, and continue to the next regular meeting for adoption. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 20, 2018 PAGE 4 Settles introduced Tina Hubert, Executive Assistant, who gave the agenda report. Dan Denier opposed the proposed amendment. Shawn Farmer opposed the proposed amendment. James Pellandini opposed the proposed amendment. Leo Van Warmerdam opposed the proposed amendment. Julie Clark opposed the proposed amendment. No action taken. 2. SUBJECT: Community Benefit Funding Grant Policy – Applicant Qualification. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and take possible action regarding the Community Benefit Funding Grant Policy as it relates to the type of organization that may apply for grant funding. Settles gave the agenda report. Barbara Payne, Galt Community of Character Coalition, asked City Council to include the 501 (c) 4 nonprofit category in the policy. Sue Roberts encouraged City Council to include the 501 (c) 4 category. Campion asked to include language in the policy excluding any grant funding for political activities and allowing a time extension for expenditure of funds with prior City Council approval. Hood said staff would bring back a revised policy for consideration at a future meeting. ACTION: Upon a motion by Lampson, seconded by Malson, expanding the tax-exempt categories to include 501 (c) 4, 6, and 7 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. COMMENTS BY STAFF: Winkler gave a South Galt Safe Route to School Project update. Lampson asked that the updates include posting on social media. COMMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS VICE-MAYOR CREWS: asked to place on the agenda for the next meeting a discussion on Proposition 69. Crews updated City Council on the Water Tax and Campion suggested having a letter drafted and brought back for approval at the next meeting. City Council agreed to both requests. COUNCIL MEMBER MALSON: Nothing. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMPION: Nothing COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPSON: Nothing. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 20, 2018 PAGE 5 MAYOR HEUER: invited the community to the Eggstravaganza Event on Saturday, March 31, 2018. There being no further business to come before City Council, the Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:54 pm. Respectfully submitted, Donna Settles City Clerk