Pinole City Council meeting, 12-16-25

Tuesday, 12-16- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1025/files/agenda/1028 .

There is one closed session item- appointing an interim city manager under government code section 54957. This will go until 7 PM according to the agenda packet.

There are no proclamations or presentations this week.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the December 2nd city council meeting, adopting a resolution to increase minimum wage rates to align with state law (staff report pages 59-60, fiscal impact cost of $2685 page 60, resolution pages 61-2, salary schedule and redlined version pages 63-6),

a resolution to enroll all city accounts in MCE’s Deep Green electricity program (staff report pages 67-69, fiscal impact annual cost of $53,000 one-time gain of $4000 page 68, resolution pages 70-1, deep green cost analysis pages 72-4), adopting a resolution accepting $309,910 in grant funding from the California Department of Justice tobacco grant program for FY 2025-26 (staff report pages 75-6, fiscal impact nil because already accounted for in budget page 76, resolution pages 77-8, grant application pages 79-88, award letter pages 89-90, summary of award pages 91-4, budget detail pages 95-7),

second reading and adoption of an ordinance adding Chapter 2.68 to Title 2 of the Pinole Municipal Code restricting the use of city owned or controlled property for federal civil immigration enforcement activities (creating an “Ice-free zone” page 101) (staff report pages 98-9, resolution pages 100-103), and finally approval of a second amendment to the consulting services agreement between the city and West Yost for additional service associated with the development of the storm drain master plan (staff report pages 104-5, fiscal impact $102,756 funded from Measure S 2014 page 105, resolution pages 106-7, amendment pages 108-9, scope of work letter page 110-17).

There are no public hearing items.

There is a new segment unique to this meeting- Council Reorganization. It will have presentations to Mayor Cameron Sasai, Remarks by Mayor Sasai, Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, Administer Oaths to Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, and Transfer of Gavel and Comments by the New Mayor. As per the staff report and established procedure, Anthony Tave will become Mayor and Devin Murphy will become Mayor Pro Tem (staff report page 118, resolution pages 119-20, rotation list page 121, resolution governing the mayoral selection process pages 122-4).

There are no old business items.

There is one new business item- nominating council members to serve on  regional boards and city subcommittees (staff report pages 125-6, draft council assignments pages 127-9, current assignments pages 131-3).

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.