Pinole City Council Meeting, 12-5-23

Tomorrow, 12-5- Regular City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the agenda packet here– note that the city is shifting to a new agenda website.

To start, there are 2 closed session items- conference with labor negotiators on Pinole Police Employee’s Association (PPEA) and ASFCME Local 1, and the same for the Management Compensation Plan. As a result, I would expect the open meeting to start at 5:30 at the earliest, and probably 6 PM or later.

For proclamations, there’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. For Presentations, there are a reading from “Imaginative Short Stories, Volume 2” by Isabella Tucker, a writing contest winner, and a recognition of Roxane Stone for achieving her Certified Municipal Clerk Designation.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There’s the normal minutes and warrants, an update on the status of Parklets and an extension of temporary use permits for existing ones until June 30th 2024, a report on development impact fees, a resolution to increase minimum wage pay rates and update the master salary schedule (net impact estimated $2205 (page 195)), a resolution authorizing the city manager to buy 2 trucks, a hybrid-plug in car, and an electric car for Public Works (total estimated cost $199,287.01, not to exceed amount $229,000 adjusting for taxes and fees (page 203), budgeted for in current FY), a resolution to award a construction contract for the first phase of Sanitary Sewer repair (total cost $1,186,237.8 including contingency, requires a shift forward of $61,237.8 from FY24/25 to the current financial year (page 233)), a resolution to adopt the changes to city council meeting procedures discussed earlier in the year, and finally a resolution to authorize the mayor to execute the employment agreement making Neil Gang the interim city manager (net cost to city $43,783 (page 307)).

Then, there’s a new subcategory- Council Reorganization. There are presentations to Mayor Murphy, Remarks by Mayor Murphy, Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem by resolution, administration of oaths to the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, and transfer of Gavel and comments by the new Mayor. There will then be a recess for a reception.

Finally, there is one new business item- nominating council members to serve on various boards and commissions.

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here, entering the webinar ID 893 3500 0272 into zoom directly, or calling +1 (669) 900-6833 or +1 (253) 215-8782 or +1 (346) 248-7799, then entering the meeting ID 893 3500 0272#. Once in the meeting by phone, you can raise your hand by pressing *9, and unmute by pressing *6 once called on. You can also attend the meeting in person at Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear St.