Pinole City Council meeting, 9-2-25

Tuesday, 9-2- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/997/files/agenda/926 .

There are three closed session items- first, conference with labor negotiators (agency representatives City Manager Kelcey Young, City Attorney Eric Casher, Human Resources Director Stacy Shell, and Finance Director Markisha Guillory) for employee organizations Pinole Police Employees Association (PPEA) and the Management Compensation Plan (MCP). I’m not entirely sure how negotiation over the management compensation plan works there. Second, conference with legal counsel on anticipated litigation with regards to National Prescription Opiate Litigation, No. 1:17-MD-2804. Finally, public employee performance evaluation for the city manager.

There are four proclamations, recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day and Week (page 6), Rosh Hashanah (page 7), Constitution Day (page 8), and Building Staff Appreciation Day (page 9). There is also one presentation on the Citizens Academy.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the July 15th city council meeting, a resolution to reclassify (promote) the existing Laboratory Analyst II as a Laboratory Supervisor following classification review (staff report pages 70-1, fiscal impact $44,153.42 to Sewer Enterprise Fund page 71, Resolution page 72), an amendment to the City Manager’s employment agreement to provide a 3% cost of living raise (staff report pages 73-4, fiscal impact already factored in budget page 74, resolution pages 75-6, amendment pages 77-8), an amendment to the City Clerk’s employment agreement to provide a 3% cost of living raise (staff report pages 79-80, fiscal impact $3078 page 80, resolution pages 81-2, amendment pages 83-4),

a resolution to reallocate the remaining funds for technical assistance with implementation of the single-use plastics ordinance (since it was assumed it would be done before this fiscal year, but ended up not being so) (staff report pages 85-8, fiscal impact $33,632 assigned from measure S 2014 fund (and which would have been budgeted ordinarily as part of the regular budgeting process) page 87, resolution pages 89-90, original staff report pages 91-3, original resolution pages 94-5, consulting services agreement pages 96-112, initial proposal pages 113-148),

a resolution to amend the master fee schedule to establish a new parking violation fine related to parking near intesections in violation of Assembly Bill (AB) 413 (daylighting) which will impose a fee of $40 in line with similar fees in the master fee schedule (staff report pages 149-50, fiscal impact assumed positive but unknown page 150, resolution page 151, master fee schedule pages 152-4),

a resolution to accept Subregional Transportation Mitigation Program (STMP) funds of $645,000 and One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) funds of #1,020,000 for Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) project RO1902 Pedestrian improvements at Tennent- Bay Trail and authorizing the City manager to execute the necessary agreement and documents to receive the grant funds (staff report pages 155-6, fiscal impact gain of $1,665,000 but with a funding shortfall of $735,000 page 156, resolution pages 157-8),

and finally, appointing Councilmembers Cameron Sasai and Anthony Tave as voting delegates to the League of California Cities 2025 Annual Conference General Assembly Meeting (as the mayor and mayor pro tem are typically appointed as delegate and alternate as here) (staff report page 159, League of California Cities procedure pages 160-3).

There is one public hearing item to confirm the assessments and order the levy for the Pinole Valley Road Landscape and Lighting Assessment District, which will be continued to 9-16-2025 by staff request. There is no information on this item in the agenda packet.

There will be no items under old or new business.

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