LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council will consider adopting the upcoming fiscal year budget and discuss the Lakeport Planning Commission's status report on the update of the city's general plan on Tuesday.
The council will meet in closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lakeport Employees Association and Lakeport Police Officers Association at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Open session will convene at 6 p.m.
During public presentations, the city will honor Mauro Lopez for his help in apprehending a convicted felony.
New Lakeport Fire Chief Doug Hutchison also will be introduced to the council.
Richard Knoll, the city's special projects coordinator, will present a status report on the 2014 amendment review, update, and amendment of the Lakeport General Plan.
The council also will consider the Lakeport Planning Commission's recommendation to hire De Novo Planning to prepare a supplemental environmental impact report. The proposed contract is not to exceed $29,265.
The other major item of business for the council will be the adoption of the 2014-15 fiscal year budget.
During a special workshop held June 3, city Finance Director Dan Buffalo presented a proposed budget, which has city revenues in all funds totaling $15.73 million, with total expenditures at $18.78 million, as Lake County News has reported.
The council also plans to hold public hearings as a prelude to adopting an ordinance establishing speed zones on Parallel Drive and a proposed resolution establishing an after-hours/on-call fee for user-requested water and sewer services.
Also on the agenda is a purchase order not to exceed $14,000 for an emergency generator that will be located at the city's tank site facility; nominations for the voting delegate and alternates for the League of California Cities annual conference, which will be held Sept. 3 to 5 in Los Angeles; adoption of the proposed resolution supporting the renewal of the Sonoma/Mendocino/Lake Recycling Market Development Zone; and authorization for City Manager Margaret Silveira to execute a park grant deed restriction.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; the warrant register for June 9; minutes from the June 3 council meeting; resolution adoption the compensation and benefits program for the city of Lakeport Unrepresented Employees for the period of July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2016; and approval and authorization of the transfer of $96,190.38 from special deposit fund 7092 to the general fund.
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