Ward’s replacement on City Council to be considered
Tonight's City Council meeting will feature one public hearing, one second reading, four scheduled matters and a lengthy 14 item consent calendar.
The final scheduled matter for the evening is set to discuss the appointment of an individual to fill the unexpired term of Vice Mayor Brian Ward's City Council seat as the representative for District 5. Three candidates, Joshua Sulier, Jerry Hall, and Virginia Gurolla were interviewed at a special City Council meeting last week. At that meeting on June 25, the Council decided they didn't need to conduct a second round of interviews, and would be appointing a new Council representative at tonight's meeting. Ward's letter of resignation stated he will hold the seat until July 17.
The meeting will begin with Council member Milt Stowe leading the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence. The Council will then move straight into their AB1234 reports. These reports are given to brief the public and other Council members on any board, committee or commission meetings that have been attended by the Council over the last two weeks.
A report on the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will come first, and the Council representative on the board is Monte Reyes. The second report to come from Council will be information on the Tulare County Economic Development Corporation. City manager, John Lollis, will provide the Council with staff informational reports at the conclusion of the AB1234 reports.
Oral communications will be opened to the public following the Council and staff's routine reports. This is the time in which the public is encouraged to address the Council on any matters under their jurisdiction, excluding any items that are scheduled for a public hearing, in which there is one. Each speaker will receive three minutes at the podium, unless a time extension is agreed upon by the Council.
Tonight's consent calendar sits at 14 items looking for Council approval. Among the items listed on the calendar is the authorization of the purchase and upfit of 14 police vehicles in the amount of $644,478, the authorization to purchase water shares or surface water during the 2019/2020 Fiscal Year up to $500,000, and the approval of a resolution in support of the Program Supplement to the Cooperative Agreement which will allow the City of Porterville Transit Program to continue receiving operating funds from Measure R to be utilized towards expansion routes. All items on the calendar may be approved in one motion, unless a Council member requests to pull an item for further discussion. A list of the remaining consent calendar items can be found near the end of this article.
The only scheduled public hearing for the night will open to the public, and Porterville citizens are encouraged to share their thoughts on the matter, whether in support or otherwise, with the Council during this time. The public hearing is set to receive comments about the city's Public Health Goal report, which was established by the CAL-EPA'S Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) with the intent to inform the public of drinking water contaminants that exceed the Public Health Goal set by CAL-EPA. The full Public Health Goal report can be found in the agenda packet on the city's website at www. ci.porterville.ca.us/ govt/ city council/ council agendas. h tm.
The Council will commence the second reading of Ordinance No. 1858 to amend the Hillside zone overlay district, to clarify the applicability of the Hillside overlay regulations on parcels six percent or greater in average slope.
The Council has four scheduled matters slated for tonight. The first concerns the approval of a draft resolution to adopt the appropriation limit of $74,449.31 for the 2019/2020 Fiscal Year. The second is to consider the scheduling of a public hearing for phase one of Transit service modifications. The third is to consider the approval of the Porterville Arts Festival event to be held on September 28, and the allocation of $1,000 to the Art Commission from the Community Promotions operating budget.
The following is a list of the remaining items up for approval on tonight's consent calendar:
Authorization to purchase new meters, replacement meters and/ or meter registers during the 2019/2020 Fiscal Year, up to but not exceeding $480,000
Authorization to award the purchase of a waste activated sludge pump to Liberty Process Equipment Inc. in an amount not to exceed $15,263
Authorization for additional funding of $1,141.03 for a total amount of $10,692.77 for the outfitting of a police K-9 vehicle
Renewal of the subscription of Microsoft Office 365 G1 at a cost of $23,805 annually
Award of contract for the five year consolidated plan update to The Ramsay Group in the amount of $21,755
Acceptance of the final subdivision map for Windsor Court, a residential housing project located on the north side of Henderson Avenue approximately an eighth of a mile west of Westwood Street
Authorization to award an annual service contract to TESCO Controls Incorporated for a do not exceed amount of $6,000
Approval of the Household Water Tank Replacement Project with Self-help Enterprises, and to authorize an agreement with SHE and CSET for services to connect households as part of the project, and authorize progress payments of up to $356,900
Approval of the assignment of the airport lease for Lot 34B between the City of Porterville and Orville Allen Ennis and Susan Eva Ennis, trustees of the Ennis Family Revocable Trust dated July 8, 2005 to Ray Swiney
Approval of a draft resolution to authorize the finance director to sign and submit the 2018/2019 Fiscal Year RTSP Exchange Program fund claim to the Tulare County Association of Governments in the amount of $670,040
Approval of the continuance of the Declaration of Local Emergency
This City Council meeting is scheduled for tonight, July 2, beginning at 6:30 p.m. inside the Council Chambers at City Hall located at 291 N. Main Street.