CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council on Thursday evening will discuss putting another sales tax measure before voters in order to raise the funds to meet the city's road and code enforcement needs.
The council will meet on Thursday, July 25, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
Council members will gather at 5:30 p.m. to hold a closed session performance evaluation of City Manager Joan Phillipe before emerging for open session at 6 p.m.
At the Thursday night meeting the council will hold a public hearing to consider the introduction and first reading of Ordinance No. 162-2013.
If the council passes the ordinance's first reading on Thursday – as well as its second reading at the regularly scheduled council meeting on Thursday Aug. 8 – a sales tax measure would be placed on an upcoming ballot.
A specific election date, however, has not yet been set, as the council on Thursday must weigh whether it can place the measure on the November ballot as part of a consolidated election or if it will need to do a standalone election, which is estimated to cost nearly $28,000, according to Phillipe.
Phillipe's report to the council said this proposed new sales tax measure is identical to Measure G, a one-cent sales tax measure to improve roads and the city's code enforcement services that went before the voters in November 2012, narrowly missing the 66 percent majority it needed.
The new measure would raise an estimated $1.4 million annually, with 75 percent, or $1,050,000, dedicated to road and street improvements, and 25 percent, or $357,000, to go to code enforcement.
If approved by voters, the measure would raise Clearlake's sales tax rate from 8 percent to 9 percent.
In other business, Lake County Water Resources Coordinator Gary Hansen will make a presentation to the council on the aquatic plant management work on Clear Lake; Dr. Jamesina Scott, manager and research director of the Lake County Vector Control District, will report on the Integrated Vector Management Program; and there will be a presentation by Phil Down of the Lake County/City Area Planning Council on the proposal to make Pomo Road a one-way street.
Also on Thursday, the council will present a certificate of appreciation to the Lakeshore Lions for the July 6 festivities celebrating Independence Day, and Tatonka Trading Co. also will be honored.
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted on one vote – are minutes of the July 11 meeting; consideration of the sale of city-owned properties previously funded with Community Development Block Grant funds; the Clearlake Police Department quarterly report; Engineering/Public Works Department quarterly report; Finance Department quarterly report; City Clerk Department Quarterly Report; minutes of the June 12 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting; and consideration of rejection of a claim for damages from Kim Lorenzetti.
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