City Council Meeting

CITY OF GALT MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers, 380 Civic Drive, Galt, California Tuesday, June 18, 2019 The Mayor called the meeting to order at 4:30 pm. Council Members present: Farmer, Sandhu, Campion, Lozano and Lampson. Staff members present: Interim City Manager Haglund, Acting City Clerk Hubert, and Interim City Attorney Hood. ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION: 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNCIL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2). Significant exposure to litigation: One potential case. 2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-LIABILITY CLAIM pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.95. Claimant: Andrew Duncan Agency: City of Galt RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION: The Council reconvened to open session at 6:14 pm at which time the City Attorney announced there was no reportable action. The meeting was called to order at 6:15 pm by the Mayor. Council Members present: Farmer, Sandhu, Campion, Lozano and Lampson. Staff members present: Interim City Manager Haglund, Acting City Clerk Hubert, Interim City Attorney Hood, Finance Director Tyson, Interim Human Resources Director Narloch, Parks & Recreation Director Solis, Police Chief Sockman and Public Works Director Selling. Absent: Community Development Director Erias. OPENING CEREMONIES - Silent prayer was observed, the flag salute was recited and the Acting City Clerk read the replay statement. Mayor Lampson introduced Interim Human Resources Director, Joanne Narloch. AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS: None. PRESENTATIONS: 1. SUBJECT: Galt Youth Commission – Student Member Appointments and Administering the Oath of Office. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2019 PAGE 2 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the student member appointments selected by the Galt Youth Commission Adult Mentors. Hubert gave the agenda report. ACTION: Upon a motion by Lozano, seconded by Campion, approving the appointment of Betsy Robles, Jamie Mejia, Elena Neuburger, Gabriel Kunze, Genevieve Akers and Riley Hemenover as student members to the Galt Youth Commission was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. Hubert gave the oath of office to Robles, Mejia, Neuburger, Kunze, Akers and Hemenover. 2. SUBJECT: Galt Youth Commission Annual Report to City Council. Ashely Rivas and Kailah Ramos, gave the report. 3. SUBJECT: Purrfectly Pawsible of Galt - Annual Report to City Council for the Community Benefit Funding Grant Fiscal Year 2018-19. Lampson tabled to a future meeting. 4. SUBJECT: Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District Annual Report to City Council. Gary Goodman, gave the presentation. PUBLIC COMMENTS: The City Clerk announced that members of the public could address the City Council on non-agenda items. She stated no discussion or action could be taken on any item that was not listed on the agenda. The Clerk advised the location of the speaker cards, asked that speaker cards be presented to the Clerk prior to addressing City Council and that each person would have a five-minute time limit to speak. She said those who wished to speak on any item scheduled on the agenda would be given an opportunity to do so at the time that item was being considered. Mike Guttridge expressed his displeasure with the solid waste commercial rates and distributed to City Council the most recent invoice from CalWaste for Galt Village. REPORTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON REGIONAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES: Campion reported on the South Sacramento County Habitat Preservation Plan. Lozano attended the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and SACOG Innovation Committee Meetings. Lampson attended the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the California Municipal Fleet Academy with Selling. CONSENT CALENDAR - Consisting of Items 1 through 3. 1. SUBJECT: Minutes of the special meeting of May 15, 2019 and regular meetings of May 21, 2019 and June 4, 2019. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the minutes as submitted. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2019 PAGE 3 2. SUBJECT: Receive and File Warrants for period ending June 5, 2019. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file warrants for the period ending June 5, 2019. 3. SUBJECT: Treasurer's Report for period ending April 2019. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the Treasurer’s Report as submitted. ACTION: Upon a motion by Lozano, seconded by Sandhu, the consent calendar was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. SCHEDULED MATTERS - PUBLIC HEARING: None. REGULAR CALENDAR: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE: 1. SUBJECT: Appointment of City Council Member to Shop Local Committee. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Consider appointment of a member or members of the City Council as representatives to the Galt Shop Local Committee and designate appointment(s) if desired Haglund gave the agenda report. ACTION: Upon a motion by Campion, seconded by Lozano, appointing Farmer as a member to the Shop Local Committee and Sandhu as the alternate member was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT: 2. SUBJECT: Award of Landscape Maintenance Services Contract. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2019-43 authorizing the City Manager to execute a two-year agreement for Option 2C (with the option to extend the agreement for up to three additional one-year periods) with Crossroads Facility Services, Inc. for landscape maintenance services of City parks and properties, for $299,400 for Fiscal Year 2019-20 and $301,196.40 for Fiscal Year 2020-21. Solis gave the agenda report. City Council directed staff to inform the public concerning the landscape maintenance service levels using social media accounts, City quarterly newsletter and the City Manager biweekly update. ACTION: Upon a motion by Farmer, seconded by Sandhu, adopting Resolution No. 2019-43 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT: 3. SUBJECT: City Manager Executive Recruitment. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2019-44 authorizing the Interim City Manager to enter into an agreement with the firm Peckham & McKenney, Inc. to facilitate the executive recruitment for the position of City Manager for the City of Galt. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2019 PAGE 4 Haglund gave an update. Loren Thompson asked how the last city manager was hired. ACTION: Upon a motion by Campion, seconded by Lampson, adopting Resolution No. 2019-44 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: 4. SUBJECT: Galt Landscaping and Lighting Districts Engineer’s Reports, Intention to Levy and Collect Assessments for Fiscal year 2019-20, and Set Public Hearings. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Adopt Resolutions 2019-45, 2019-46, 2019-47 declaring the City’s intention to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal year 2019-20 for the Westside Galt Lighting, Landscaping, and Maintenance District 1990-02, the Northeast Galt Landscaping and Lighting District, and the Galt Landscaping and Lighting District No. 3, respectively; and 2) Authorize publication of public hearing notices and posting of the Engineer’s Reports for the three City of Galt Landscaping and Lighting Districts; and 3) Set July 16, 2019, at 6:00 pm as the date and time for public hearings for all three districts. Bill Forrest, Senior Civil Engineer, gave the presentation. ACTION: Upon a motion by Campion, seconded by Lozano, adopting Resolution No. 2019-45, 2019-46 and 2019-47 was approved by a unanimous roll call vote. COMMUNICATIONS: None. CITY CLERK'S REPORT: None. COMMENTS BY STAFF: Tyson said the Information Technology (IT) Department implemented a new IT Network that will increase network speeds and security. Narloch announced she was currently recruiting for the Human Resources Director position. Solis said Sunday, June 23 was the Sacramento County dog and cat wellness clinic at Harvey Park. He added June 23 was the Meadowview neighborhood watch at Meadowview Park. Sockman said Saturday, June 22, was the first Safety Expo at the Galt Market and encouraged the community to attend. Haglund spoke concerning commercial solid waste rates and let the community know representatives from CalWaste and the City met today and would continue to meet. COMMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS VICE MAYOR FARMER: thanked Haglund for the CalWaste update. He attended Coffee with a Cop, the library reopening and the WWTP tour. He also attended the Galt High stadium grand reopening. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDHU: attended the Galt District Chamber of Commerce special meeting regarding commercial trash rates as a chamber member. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMPION: Nothing. COUNCIL MEMBER LOZANO: thanked Selling for the WWTP tour. He attended the WWTP tour, Taste of the Market and Coffee with a Cop. GALT CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2019 PAGE 5 MAYOR LAMPSON: attended Galt Beautification Committee Clean-up Event, Coffee with a Cop and spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Galt High stadium grand reopening. She attended the WWTP tour and brought the director from the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the director from the Sacramento Transportation Authority. She also attended the library reopening and Taste of the Market. She thanked Haglund for CalWaste statement. There being no further business to come before City Council, the Mayor adjourned the meeting at 8:13 pm. Respectfully submitted, Tina Hubert Acting City Clerk