City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingPlacerville, CA · September 23, 2025
Agenda
AGENDA
PLACERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
CAKE RECEPTION 4:30 P.M.
NO CLOSED SESSION SCHEDULED
OPEN SESSION: 5:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – TOWN HALL
549 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION
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taken (3 minutes maximum) on items listed on the agenda when they are called.
Comments on items not on the agenda will be taken under Item 8. Comments must
not be slanderous, and must relate to business within the jurisdiction of the City
Council.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
JOHN CLERICI, MAYOR
NICOLE GOTBERG, VICE-MAYOR
RYAN CARTER
JACKIE NEAU
DAVID YARBROUGH
M. CLEVE MORRIS MONA EBRAHIMI REGINA O’CONNELL
CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
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NO CLOSED SESSION SCHEDULED
4:30 P.M. CAKE RECEPTION
Join us for a cake reception in honor of our outgoing City Manager, Cleve Morris, as
we celebrate his retirement and thank him for his years of dedicated service.
5:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
2. ROLL CALL: Carter, Clerici, Gotberg, Neau, Yarbrough
3. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
3.1 A Proclamation of the City Council Commending M. Cleve Morris for
Fourteen Plus Years of Distinct and Faithful Service to the City of
Placerville (Mayor Clerici)
3.2 Welcome and Acknowledgment of Leah Zimmerman, New Recreation
and Parks Youth Commissioner (Mr. Nishihara)
4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney Ebrahimi
5. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
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6.1 Brief Comments by the City Council
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
NOTE: All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be
enacted by one motion by roll call vote unless any member of the Council wishes to remove
an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of all Resolutions and Ordinances will
be waived unless a Councilmember requests otherwise.
7.1 Approve the Minutes of the Regularly Scheduled City Council
Meeting of September 9, 2025 (Ms. O’Connell)
7.2 Approve the Accounts Payable Register (Mr. Warren)
7.3 Approve the Payroll Register (Mr. Warren)
7.4 Receive and File Public Records Requests (Ms. O’Connell)
7.5 Consider Ratifying Construction Contract Change Orders No. 1
through No. 6 in the Total Aggregate amount of $75,734 with C.E.
Cox General Engineering, Inc. for the Thompson Way Repaving
Project (CIP #42206) (Ms. Savage)
Att. A: Resolution
7.6 Consider Approving Construction Contract Change Order (CCO) No.
9 and Ratifying Construction CCOs No. 1 Through No. 3 in the Total
Aggregate Amount of $109,775 with Doug Veerkamp General
Engineering, Inc. for the Smith Flat Road Storm Drain and Paving
Project (CIP #42213) and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute
the Same (Ms. Savage)
Att. A: Resolution
7.7 Consider Approving Amendment No. 11 and Notice to Proceed No. 8
Both in the Amount of $36,060.00 to the Consulting Services
Agreement with Dewberry Engineers Inc. for the Placerville Drive at
Hangtown Creek Bridge Replacement Project (CIP #41410) and
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Same (Ms. Savage)
Att. A: Resolution
7.8 Consider Approving the City’s Investment Policy for Fiscal Year
2025/2026 as Presented (Mr. Warren)
Att. A: Resolution and Investment Policy
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8. PUBLIC COMMENT – NON-AGENDA ITEMS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any
matter not on the Agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
State law prohibits the Council from acting on items not listed on the Agenda except by
special action of the City Council under specified circumstances.
The Mayor reserves the right to limit the speaker’s time to three minutes. You are not
allowed to make personal attacks on individuals or make comments which are slanderous
or which may invade an individual’s personal privacy.
8.1 Oral Communication
8.2 Written Communication
9. ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
10. ORDINANCES
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
11.1 Resolution to Ratify Building Code Amendments to the 2025
California Fire Code as Adopted by the El Dorado County Fire
Protection District (Ms. Kendrick)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: El Dorado County Fire District Ordinance No. 2025-01
Att. C: El Dorado County Fire District Resolution No. 2025-10
Att. D: El Dorado County Fire District Findings of Facts
Att. E: El Dorado County Fire District Explanation Sheet
Att. F: Proof of Publication
11.2 Hold a Public Hearing and Consider Approving New Encroachment
Permit Fees Effective November 24, 2025 (Mr. Warren)
Att. 1: Resolution
Att. 2: Fee Schedule (A)
Att. 3: Fee Survey Results (B)
12. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS
12.1 Consider Approval Authority for Planning Commission Bylaws (Ms.
Kendrick)
Att. A: Planning Commission Bylaws (April 20, 2021)
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Att. B: Committee, Commission and Board Policy Manual (Adopted
December 11, 2007)
12.2 Consider Approval of an Employment Agreement with David R.
Warren, City Manager (Mr. Morris)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Draft Agreement
12.3 Consider Approving a Construction Contract with Doug Veerkamp
General Engineering, Inc. in the Amount of $59,516 for Repairs to
the Slope Above the Southeast Corner of the Pickleball Court at
Lions Park (CIP #42611), Authorizing the City Manager or Designee
to Execute the Same, and Approving a $62,000 Budget
Appropriation from the Park Development Fund for the Said Project
(Mr. Nishihara)
Att. A: Resolution
Att. B: Quote
13. COUNCIL REPORTS FROM OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS
• El Dorado County Transit Authority
(Neau, Yarbrough)
• El Dorado County Transportation Commission
(Clerici, Neau, Yarbrough)
• LAFCO (El Dorado Local Agency Formation Commission)
(Carter)
• SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments)
(Clerici)
• Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors
(Carter)
• Placerville Fire Safe Council
(Gotberg)
• Opportunity Knocks/Continuum of Care
(Carter)
14. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS – (Requests for Future Agenda
Items Requires a Majority Concurrence of the Council)
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15. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS
15.1 Receive and File August 2025 Police Reports - Stats (Chief Wren)
Att. A: Stats – August 2025
15.2 Receive and File August Fire Station 25 Run Report (Chief Cordero)
Att. A: August Fire District Report
16. UPCOMING ITEMS
Items tentatively scheduled for the next City Council meeting include: NBS
Agreement CAD Formation Services; Old City Hall Stabilization Agreement
Amendment; Water Reclamation Facility - Certificate of Appreciation; Canal
Street Phase 1A, Phase 1B, and Phase 2 Environmental Approval, Budget
Appropriations, Dokken Amendment, and Notices to Proceed; Offer of Dedication
for 7533 Green Valley Road; and Development Services’ August Stats.
17. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held on October 14,
2025, 4:30 P.M. Closed Session, 5:00 P.M. Regular Meeting.
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CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING
I, Regina O’Connell, City Clerk of the City of Placerville, declare that the
foregoing Agenda for the September 23, 2025, Regular Meeting of the Placerville
City Council was posted and available for review on September 18, 2025, at City Hall,
3101 Center Street, Placerville, CA 95667 and at Town Hall, 549 Main Street,
Placerville, CA 95667.
The Agenda, including all staff reports and attachments, is available
on the City website at www.cityofplacerville.org
Attest: ______________________________________
Regina O’Connell, CPMC, City Clerk
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