Pinole City Council meeting, 6-3-25

Tuesday, 6-3- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/994/files/agenda/870.

There are three closed session items- a performance evaluation for the
City Clerk, a conference with labor negotiators for the city clerk-
agency representative city attorney Eric Casher, and a conference with
labor negotiators for AFSCME Locals 1 and 512 and the Pinole Police
Employees Assocation (PPEA)- agency representatives City Manager, Kelcey
Young, City Attorney, Eric Casher, and Human Resources Director, Stacy
Shell, Gregory Ramirez, IEDA. I expect that to take at least an hour if
not several.

There are three proclamations, honoring Juneteenth (page 6), LGBTQ+
pride month (page 7), and Philippine Independence Day (page 8), and no
presentations.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the May 20th city council meeting (which is
actually in a separate document this week at
https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/994/files/agenda/872), an
amendment to a consulting services agreement for employee benefits
broker of record services (staff report pages 27-8 fiscal impact
$25000/year over 3 years page 28, resolution page 29, amendment pages
30-32, prior amendments and agreement pages 33-53), the Financial Year
(FY) 2024/25 3rd quarter financial report (staff report pages 54-55,
report itself pages 56-86, financial summary by fund pages 87-94), FY
2024/25 3rd quarter investment report (staff report pages 95-7, report
pages 98-100),

the amended reserve policy to reduce the city’s reserve amount from 50%
of general fund revenue to 25% (staff report pages 101-2 fiscal impact
if adopted one-time gain of $2.4 million to section 115 trust page 102,
resolution pages 103-4, amended reserve policy redline page 105, amended
policy not red-line page 106), update on capital projects progress
(staff report pages 107-10), and approval of an agreement between the
city of Pinole and West Valley Construction Company Inc, roble avenue
storm drain improvements project SW 2001 (staff report pages 111-12,
fiscal impact between $175,520 and $282,834 depending on services page
112,  resolution pages 113-4, agreement pages 115-27, associated
documents pages 128-81).

There will be two public hearings, with the first on the first read of
AB481 military use equipment for the city of Pinole’s Police Department
(staff report pages 182-187, public hearing notice page 188, Pinole
Police Department Annual Military Equipment Report pages 189-203,
ordinance pages 204-7, certificate of compliance with AB481 page 208,
police department policy 707 on military equipment funding, acquisition
and use pages 209-12, police department policy on unmanned aerial
systems (drones) operations #608 pages 213-17, presentation pages 218-231).

The second is the approval of increase to waste collection rates as
required by Proposition 218 (staff report pages 232-5 fiscal impact $1.2
million per year gain from vehicle impact fee offset by $200,000 per
year for first 5 years of agreement from Solid Waste Fund to stabilize
rates page 235, presentation pages 236-247, of note slides showing
Pinole rates for various residential and commercial uses on pages 243-5,
resolution pages 248-9, rates pages 250-1, fee study pages 252-274 (of
note is chart 1 on page 266 showing the increased pavement impact as you
move *slower* on city streets)).

There will be 2 items under old business- the first being the FY 2025/26
revised proposed operating and capital budget (staff report pages
275-88, budget pages 289-506, budget presentation pages 507-27), and the
second being the draft FY 2025/26 baseline budget and 5 year capital
improvement plan (staff report pages 528-9, funding summaries pages
530-32, projects pages 533-82, general plan elements pages 583-4,
presentation pages 585-599).

Finally, there will be one item under new business (assuming the public
hearing does not block the agreement), adopting a resolution authorizing
the city manager to execute the new solid waste franchise agreement with
Richmond Sanitary Service Inc DBA Republic Services and execute a side
letter agreement regarding use of city stabilization funds to offset
maximum service rates (staff report pages 600-2, fiscal impact gain of
$1,200,000 per year offset by expenditure of $200,000 per year for first
5 years from solid waste fund page 602, resolution pages 603-4, side
letter agreement page 606, rates page 607, solid waste franchise fee
study pages 608-30 (same as the one presented for the public hearing),
draft agreement pages 631-764).

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