Pinole City Council meeting, 7-16-24

Tuesday, 7-16- Regular City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/71/files/agenda/629 –
note that the city is shifting to a new agenda website.

There is one closed session item on anticipated litigation.

There are 3 proclamations- Independence Day, Bastille Day, and a recognition of the Community Development Department Intern, Luke Shalz. There are 2 presentations- a department update from human resources, and a presentation of the new permitting and licensing system.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal minutes and warrants, a resolution to amend the master salary schedule to reflect various changes over the past several months (pages 93-6), disposal of electronic waste (fiscal impact $850, page 98), fourth quarter report on status of Capital Improvement Plan projects (descriptions pages 104-9, progress charts pages 110-11), a 4% cost of living adjustment for the City Clerk as per her employment agreement (already accounted for in budget, page 202), a resolution declaring intent for levy and collection of annual assessments for the landscape and lighting district, setting public hearing date of August 6th, and approving annual engineers report, and lastly Second read and adoption of the revised EV charging ordinance to permit the city charging for use of its EV chargers ($.35 cents/KWh during non-peak hours, $.40 cents/KWh from 3-9 PM. Flat fee of $1.50 per session, overstay fee of $1 per minute up to 30 minutes after 4 hours 15 minutes of charging, cap on rate increases of PG&E rate increase once yearly – page 234).

There is 1 public hearing- review and adoption of sewer rates for 2024/25-2028/29. This will increase annual rates from $883.44 for a single family residence currently to $1860.61 by 2029 (page 237). This is necessary because operations and maintenance costs increase from $7,273,000 to $9,175,00 by 2029, and capital projects (listed in more detail on page 249) will cost $27,255,000 over the 2025-29 time period, and an additional $40,000,000 outside of it (see table 7, page 252). Based on various factors (flow rate, raw quantity, difficulty to treat), the cost of service to single family households is $5,150,679 in the sample year 2025, out of $6,869,896 in total (table 12 (and 10 and 11 for context), page 256). There will also be rate increases for other uses (multi-family and non-residential), which you can see in the table on page 237 or the one on page 264, but I think most people care about the single family rates particularly. If you just want to see a chart of the single family rate increases, figure 2 is on page 265. If you want more detail on the exact calculation of revenue and rate requirements, there are appendixes on pages 272-281.

Finally, for old business there is a resolution to place a 1/2 cent sales tax measure on the November 5th, 2024 ballot- a general tax, so it would require 50%+1 of the public vote and can be used for any purpose. The city expects it would raise $2.5 million annually (page 287).

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.