CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council's agenda this week includes the process for appointing two members of on the city's planning commission and a midyear review of the city's budget.

The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

City Manager Joan Phillipe's report to the council explains that terms for two of the planning commission's five seats expired on Wednesday. She said three applications have been received.

In the past, applicants have been interviewed by the council during meetings. However, Phillipe said staff is proposing an alternative method of selection this time.

Her report suggests that Mayor Denise Loustalot appoint an ad hoc committee of two council members, the planning commission's chair and a city staffer – to be appointed by Phillipe – to conduct interviews and make a recommendation to the council at its March 26 meeting.

Also on the agenda, Finance Manager Chris Becnel will present the midyear budget review.

Becnel's report highlights $173,000 in savings due to spending decreases and lower-than-anticipated costs.

He said total adjustments for revenue and expenditures before the midyear adjustments total $428,000 to the positive, and is proposing $302,541 in reallocated spending as well as $125,459 that he suggests be set aside for unanticipated expenses for the rest of the fiscal year.

Also on the agenda is the biannual presentation by Highlands Senior service Center Executive Director Linda Burton on the center's operations; Clearlake Waste Solutions' annual report, required under its franchise agreement with the city; and a resolution approving the city's associate membership in the California Enterprise Development Authority, authorizing the city to join the Figtree Pace Program and authorizing the authority to conduct contractual assessment proceedings and levy contractual assessments in the city.

On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers and minutes from the Jan. 14 Lake County Vector Control meeting, a report for the determination to terminate the declaration of local emergency in response to the Dec. 11 storm and approval of a request for reclassification of the secretary/permit technician to assistant planner.

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