Pinole City Council meeting, 11-18-25

Tuesday, 11-18- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at  https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1024/files/agenda/998.

There are two closed session items- Conference with labor negotiators between the city manager Kelcey Young, Human Resources Director Stacy Shell, Finance Director Markisha Guillory, and Gregory Ramirez with IDEA negotiating with the Pinole Police Employees Associations (PPEA) under government code section 54957.6. The second is a public employee appointment under government code section 54957 to appoint an interim city manager. The mayor pro tem estimates the council will return from closed session at 7 PM.

There is one item under mayoral and council appointments- reappointing George Pursley to the Contra Costa County Library Commission (staff report page 6).

There is one proclamation, recognizing Family Court Awareness Month (page 7).

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the November 4th city council meeting, the Financial Year 2025/26 (FY 25/26) 1st quarter Financial Report (staff report pages 58-9, financial report pages 60-97), the FY 25/26 Q1 investment report (staff report pages 98-100, investment report pages 101-3), the FY 25/26 Q1 strategic plan status report (staff report pages 104-5, strategic plan pages 106-12), and an update on capital projects, inspection and permitting, and maintenance (staff report pages 113-118).

There are no public hearing items.

There is one old business item, an update on implementation of the residential health and safety rental inspection ordinance (Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 8.30) and Adoption of Administrative Regulations, which would shift to an annual fee and registration cycle (while maintaining a 3-year inspection cycle), create an online database and enrollment process, and hire a full time inspector and set appropriate fees to fund that position (page 124) (staff report pages 119-26, fiscal impact none at present, cost of new employee to be offset by fee adjustments page 126, resolution pages 127-8, regulations pages 129-31, presentation pages 132-55).

There are two new business items- the first being review of a Republic Services Credit Memorandum of Understanding (staff report pages 156-7, memorandum pages 158-60),

the second being Approve a Memorial Renaming Bayfront Park and Sign Installation in Honor of
Ohlone (Rename Bayfront Park to “Rookoš Park”) (staff report pages 161-5, fiscal impact $11,000-17,000 depending on sign type from parks budget in measure S 2014 page 164, resolution pages 166-7, application pages 168-74, vendor proposal pages 175-8). There is also a presentation at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1024/files/agenda/1000 on pages 321-34.

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. or at 2500 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 for this meeting only.