Pinole City Council meeting, 2-4-25

Tuesday, 2-4- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1002/files/agenda/779 .

There are no closed session items- so you should expect the meeting to
start at 5.

There is one proclamation, honoring Black History Month (page 6) and one
presentation, from the Contra Costa County Community Awareness Emergency
Response Organization  (pages 7-18).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the January 21st city council meeting, a resolution
to approve a side letter amending the memorandum of understanding
between the city and AFSCME Local 1 to create and set a salary schedule
for a new entry level Public Works Maintenance Assistant role (staff
report pages 57-58, side letter 59-60, resolution 61), a resolution
formally designating HINDERLITER DE LLAMAS & ASSOCIATES as the
consultant entitled to review tax records for the city (staff report
pages 62-4, resolution 65-6), and lastly approving the Council Committee
assignment list (staff report page 67, resolution page 68, assignments
on pages 69-71).

Finally, there will be one item under new business- increasing the
Council’s travel and training budget by $38,750 to permit travel to the
National League of Cities and Civic Well conferences. This would roughly
triple each council member’s travel allowance, from a current $4250 to
the new $12,000. The fiscal impact would be $38,750 annually to the
general fund, most likely appropriated from unassigned general fund
balance (staff report page 72, resolution page 73).

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89335000272>, 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.