CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council will hold a public hearing to confirm assessment penalties on abatement cases and discuss a property purchase this week.

The council will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 14, for a closed session to discuss labor negotiations, anticipated and existing litigation, and a public performance evaluation of City Manager Greg Folsom before the public session of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

The council will hold a public hearing to confirm assessments for administrative penalties for failure to abate public nuisances.

Altogether, the council will consider taking action on 19 properties, for total administrative penalties totaling $55,000, according to the staff report from Code Enforcement Supervisor Lee Lambert.

Also on Thursday, Folsom will take to the council a request to appropriate $90,500 from Series A bond funds for the purchase of properties on Pearl Avenue, which are to be used for a Lake Transit bus stop and turnout at Highlands Park, according to Folsom's report.

In other business, the council will consider a rebuttal to an argument against Measure V, the sales tax measure for road improvements to go on the November ballot; a certificate of appreciation will be presented to the Lions Club; and the council will get annual updates from the senior and youth centers.

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