LAKEPORT – The City Council will discuss appointing an interim city manager and review new increases in city fees at its Tuesday meeting.

The regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St. A council and staff budget workshop will begin at 4 p.m.

The discussion regarding an interim city manager will take place in closed session at the end of the regular meeting.

Last week, City Manager Jerry Gillham – an Army National Guard member – announced he was being redeployed to Iraq late next month. This will be Gillham's second, year-long deployment to that country.

He has proposed to the council that they appoint Police Chief Kevin Burke to fill in while he's away, saying it will save the city $110,000 in wages and benefits and allow them to put off cuts to the police force.

In open session, the council also will look at a lengthy list of city service fee increases for the 2008-09 fiscal year.

This is the second year of a three-year phase in for many of the fees, including those for Community Development Department services such as encroachments and subdivisions, final maps, banners and architectural design review. Also included are police citations and concealed weapons permits, code enforcement, building services and permit issuance.

Other agenda items for Tuesday include:

• City Engineer Scott Harter will ask the council to provide direction to staff regarding funding from the Channel Cats swim team per the Westshore Pool Grant.

• An intertie agreement with County Service Area No. 21 to allow for sale of potable water for emergency purposes will be up for consideration.

• Council members will consider possible nuisance abatement or continued dialogue with owner of property at 525 Esplanade, where cleanup and property improvements have stopped and the city permit has expired.

• The council will meeting jointly as the Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors in order to approve pass through payments to affected local tax agencies.

• Convening as the City of Lakeport Municipal Sewer District, members will consider approving a sewer system management plan as required by state law.

• Burke will take to the council an ordinance involving wrong way parking, which would require parallel parking to be in the direction that traffic normally moves on city roadways that are undeveloped and have no adjacent curb.

• Under the consent agenda, the council will consider rescinding an ordinance for a quagga mussel inspection program. The ordinance was “hastily drafted and adopted,” and has since been cleaned up but never published. The Quagga Mussel Task Force has proposed the city instead adopt a resolution in support of the county's existing ordinance, which would then be used by the city of Clearlake as a template for its adoption.

• The council will consider a request for an application to have cardboard boat races at the First Street ramp and swimming area on July 4.

• Use of volunteers at Westside Community Park also will be up for discussion at the request of Councilman Ron Bertsch.

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