Pinole City Council meeting, 10-21-25

Tuesday, 10-21- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1023/files/agenda/982.

There are two closed session items- Public Employee Performance Evaluation- City Manager (under government code section 54957), and Conference with Labor Negotiators, with the agency designated representatives being the City Manager Kelcey Young (who is absent), Human Resources Director Stacy Shell, Finance Director Markisha Guillory, and Gregory Ramirez from IDEA, and the employee organization being the Pinole Police Employees Association (PPEA) (under government code section 54957.6. Note- item 4A (the city manager evaluation) will be taken out of order at the end of open session per the mayor.

There are two items under mayoral and council appointments- creating a city council procedures subcommittee (staff report pages 7-8) and creating an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) subcommittee.

There are seven proclamations, recognizing Code Enforcement Officer Appreciation Week (page 9), National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (page 10), LGBTQ+ History Month (page 11), Breast Cancer Awareness Month (page 12), Indigenous People’s Day (page 13), Filipino American History Month (page 14), and Larry Itliong Day (page 15). There are also three presentations- the first being Community Development Department ADU Outreach & Implementation Intern Estrella Silva’s Presentation on Summer Internship, the second being a presentation from the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California by Chris Lodgson, and the third being a presentation on a flood forecasting tool and flood control by Mark Boucher, PE.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the September 16th city council meeting, a set of resolutions updating (a 5% increase) and fixing the employer’s contribution for employees and annuitants in the following categories- elected officials, management employees, confidential employees, ASFCME Local 1 employees, ASFCME Local 512 employees, and IAFF Annuitants noting that the PPE is not included in this due to negotiations being ongoing (staff report pages 68-70, fiscal impact of payments $3,721,524 already budgeted for page 70, resolutions pages 71-82),

a resolution to approve master salary schedule updates implementing prior resolutions that actually updated the salaries (2025-49, 50, 57, 58, and 67 as noted on page 84) (staff report pages  83-4, no fiscal impact page 84, resolution page 85, redlined salary schedule pages 86-9), Placing liens for delinquent unpaid waste collection charges falling delinquent between September and December of 2025, considered at an administrative hearing on October 2nd 2025 (staff report pages 90-1, fiscal impact a lien of $28,811.04 in total page 90, resolution page 92),

a determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for Quick Mart located at 1477 FITZGERALD DRIVE, SUITE 107 for the grant of a type 20 alcohol sales permit (beer and wine) (staff report pages 93-96, resolution pages 97-8), a resolution to authorize the receipt and expenditure of a grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (BSCC- Byrne SCIP) of $187,253 to inform the public about Extreme Risk Protection Orders and update the Police department’s firearms storage (staff report pages 99-100, fiscal impact gain of $187,253 page 100, resolution pages 101-2, grant application pages 103-179),

a determination of Public Convenience or Necessity for Yo Sushi at 2432 San Pablo Ave for the grant of a type 20 alcohol sales permit (beer and wine) (staff report pages 180-82, resolution pages 183-4), an update of the city’s conflict of interest policy to reflect the new job classifications of communications director and IT manager (staff report pages 185-6, resolution pages 187-8, updated code pages 189-92),

and finally an amendment to Cityzen Solutions Inc.’s contract for public engagement software extending its term for 3 years and appropriating $648 from the general fund for this fiscal year’s cost (staff report pages 193-4, fiscal impact $51,143 over next 3 years, $648 this year page 194, resolution pages 195-6, amendment pages 197-203, original agreement pages 204-222).

There are two public hearing items – the first being an introduction and first reading of an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code and update the City’s Building and Fire Code (staff report pages 223-6, resolution pages 227-236, the ordinance pages 237-9, relevant code sections pages 240-290, informational letter pages 291-294), and the second being conducting a public hearing and adopting a resolution ordering The Levy And Collection Of The
Annual Assessments For The Pinole Valley Road Landscape And Lighting Assessment District Of Fiscal Year 2025/26 (staff report pages 295-7, fiscal impact total revenue of $60751.51 an increase of 2% page 296, resolution pages 298-9, engineer’s report pages 300-319).

There are no old or new business items.

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