GOOD EVENING. [00:00:01] I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M.. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? MAYOR MARTINEZ. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA. COUNCILMEMBER REYNA. I'M HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SALDANA. HERE. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE. SALUTE. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I DON'T SEE MR. HERNANDEZ HERE. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN INVOCATION? WE'LL OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE BE SEATED. WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. ITEM NUMBER SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ACTING AS A GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ON ANY MATTER, NOT ON THIS AGENDA, AT OVER WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAVE JURISDICTION. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES. A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ONE SUBJECT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION. BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT ALLOW ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA SUBJECT TO NARROW EXCEPTIONS. THIS WILL LIMIT A COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS MADE DURING THIS COMMENT PERIOD. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS FOR ALL THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAVE NO SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER 8 WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM NUMBER 9 CONSENT CALENDAR. [9) CONSENT CALENDAR ] THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT IN STAFF'S OPINION ARE ROUTINE AND NONCONTROVERSIAL. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUEST TO REMOVE EXCUSE ME, REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM. THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS 9A THROUGH 9M. HONORABLE MAYOR. IF I COULD STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM F TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON A PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA? NO. MEMBER MEDINA? NO. MEMBER REYNA? I HAVE NO CONFLICT. MEMBER SALDANA. NONE. AND I HAVE NONE. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? SEEING NO ONE. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. NONE. MEMBER MEDINA. NONE. MAYOR REYNA. NONE. MEMBER SALDANA. NONE. AND I HAVE NONE. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR F, FRANK. MOVE TO APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AN SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? MAYOR MARTINEZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER REYNA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALDANA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER REYNA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS ON ITEM 9F. MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MAYOR, COULD I MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE CONSENT CALENDAR IN GENERAL? YES, SIR. IN THE PAST WE WERE PROVIDED WITH A MAP AS TO WHAT OUR CONFLICT WOULD BE IF WE VOTED ON ANY PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WOULD AFFECT US. SO COULD WE BRING THAT BACK IT WOULD BE USEFUL? SURE. FOR ME AND FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW IF WE ARE IN CONFLICT OF ANY ONE ITEM WITHIN THE AGENDA. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT JUST PRINTED OUT HERE OR WOULD YOU LIKE THAT EMAILED. RIGHT HERE IT WAS HELPFUL ON THE DESK. YEAH, I THINK SINCE WE VOTE HERE, IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR US. JUST ON THE DAIS. NOT NECESSARILY YOU CAN EMAIL IT TOO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY I CAN HAVE IT AS REFERENCE AS I READ THE AGENDA. BUT HAVING IT HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S USEFUL, I THINK. SURE. SO IN PREPARATION OF THAT, WE WOULD UPDATE THAT IN OUR GIS SYSTEM IS TYPICALLY HOW WE WOULD MAP THAT. SO IF I COULD ASK A FAVOR OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BE SURE THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS NOT ONLY YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, BUT ANY PROPERTY THAT YOU OWN IN TOWN, RENTAL PROPERTIES OR EVEN VACANT LAND. THOSE WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED WHEN LOOKING AT A MAP FOR CONFLICTS. GOT IT. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. SURE. MR. MAYOR. [00:05:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [9) f. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Amended Salary Schedule for the Fiscal Year 2022– 2023. and Find this Action as defined under Section 15378 of the State CEQA guidelines because the proposed activity consists of a governmental fiscal/administrative activity which does not result in a physical change in the environment; therefore, pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the activity is not subject to CEQA, no environmental review is required. ] MR. HURLBERT, DID YOU WANT TO DO ITEM F OR. YES, IF I COULD. OKAY. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS ITEM CONCERNS THE STANDARD SALARY RANGE SCHEDULE THAT MIGHT LOOK FAMILIAR. THERE WAS ONE INCLUDED WITH THIS PACKET. AFTER THE AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED, WE DISCOVERED THAT AN ITEM FROM AN EARLIER AGENDA WAS APPROVED. THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR POSITION AT RANGE 44. THE POLICE ITEM WAS CORRECTED. THE OTHER ITEM FELL OFF OF THE VERSION OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE ONE WITH THE MISSING ERROR. THERE IS A NEW ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW. THESE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE AFFECTED. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE POLICE RECORDS ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH WAS APPROVED WITH THE INITIAL FORMATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL BACK IN OCTOBER. THAT ONE HAS BEEN CORRECTED WITH THIS SCHEDULE. AND THEN THE NEXT TO LAST ITEM, ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR, AS I SAID, WAS APPROVED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND SIMPLY DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE SCHEDULE. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS FOR THE MOTION TO INCLUDE AS WRITTEN IN THERE, BUT ALSO INCLUDING CORRECTIONS MADE BY STAFF WHEN A MOTION IS MADE. THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CORRECT THE RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE THAT. DO WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THAT? YES. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM F, FRANK? NONE. NO EMAIL COMMENTS EITHER. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. NONE. MEMBER SALDANA. NONE. MEMBER MEDINA. NO COMMENTS. MEMBER REYNA. JUST A QUESTION. THERE IS A CORRECTION ON THE POLICE RECORDS ADMINISTRATOR THAT'S HOW YOU EXPRESS THE RIGHT OF CORRECTION. WHAT THE [INAUDIBLE] CORRECTION THAT WE'RE MAKING IS THE SALARY LARGER THAN WE ORIGINALLY APPROVED. WHAT IS IT? NO, THE TITLE AND THE RANGE ARE CORRECT AS THEY WERE APPROVED IN OCTOBER FOR THERE WAS A HOLDOVER FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS SCHEDULE THAT LISTED IT AS A RECORDS CLERK AT A DIFFERENT RANGE. IT'S NOT A POSITION THAT EXISTS. IT'S NOT A POSITION THAT'S BEEN APPROVED SOMEHOW IT JUST MADE ITS WAY ONTO THE SCHEDULE AND WAS APPROVED THAT WAY, SO IT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED. SO AT THE TIME THAT WE APPROVED IT IN OCTOBER, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT THAT WAS ALREADY IN THERE. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CORRECTING TODAY? IT WAS ACTUALLY A SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL OF THE SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDED THAT WRONG TITLE, AND NOW WE'RE UNDOING THAT MISTAKE. SO WE'RE REMOVING A PARTICULAR TITLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS CASE. YES. VERY CLEAR NOW. SALARY SCHEDULES, AS YOU CAN TELL, GIVE US FITS FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE LAST CORRECTION WE HAVE TO MAKE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. MOVE TO APPROVE MAYOR, UNLESS THERE ARE FURTHER COMMENTS. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. MADAM CLERK. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. CAN WE CALL A VOTE BY ROLL CALL. MAYOR MARTINEZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER REYNA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALDANA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA, SECONDED BY MAYOR MARTINEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 9F WITH THE CORRECTIONS MADE BY STAFF. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER 10 PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM NUMBER 11 DEFERRED BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM NUMBER 12, NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MINUTE ACTION TO APPLY AS A SMALL CITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR KERN COUNTY AS A BOARD MEMBER OF [12) a. Discussion and Possible Minute action to apply as a small city representative from Kern County as a board member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Governing Board for a three-year term and Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15060(c) (3), no environmental review is required. (Hurlbert) ] SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM AND FIND THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT AS DEFINED UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT STATE GUIDELINES. THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO STATE GUIDELINES. 15060C3 NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED. MR. HURLBERT. YES. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS WAS STATED IN THE THE SUBJECT OF THIS ITEM, THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HAS A VACANCY, AND THAT VACANCY IS REQUIRED TO BE FILLED FROM A SMALL CITY. THE CITY OF WASCO MAY NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT OPENING. THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO. THE COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS TO SET ASIDE TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AMONGST THEMSELVES IF SOMEONE HAS AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON THIS BOARD. IT IS A THREE YEAR TERM AND IF SO, IF THERE'S A SINGLE PERSON INTERESTED. IF WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL, WE WOULD PUT FORTH THAT NAME TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE INTERESTED IN BEING NOMINATED, THEN I THINK WE WOULD PROPOSE HAVING A VOTE TO CHOOSE OUR CANDIDATE TO THE [00:10:09] BOARD. ARE THERE ANY. I'M SORRY. IS THAT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION? THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. BUT I'M HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? WELL, ACTUALLY, I'LL START THIS OFF BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION REAL QUICK. I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS. SO IT'S JUST OUR COUNCIL DOES THE VOTE I THOUGHT IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SOME BALLOTS OR SOMETHING IN THERE. RIGHT. SO IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS. ONE IS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST AMONGST THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. IF SO, THEN GET THE CONSENSUS OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT FORTH THAT NAME TO BE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH OTHER NOMINEES FROM OTHER SMALL CITIES THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN SITTING ON THE BOARD. THEN THERE WOULD BE A BALLOTING PROCESS THAT WE WOULD NOT CONTROL THE BOARD, THE AIR BOARD WOULD CONTROL THAT PROCESS. OKAY. WELL, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY ON THERE, GIVEN IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM AND I ONLY GOT TWO YEARS LEFT ON MINE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D BE THE BEST PERSON FOR IT. SO WE'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. HAVEN'T WE HAD A SEAT BEFORE IN THE PAST? I BELIEVE WE HAVE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN BEFORE MY TIME HERE. I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHO. I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. IT'S A BOARD THAT MEETS INFREQUENTLY, AND THEN WHEN THEY MEET, WE'RE THERE JUST TO RUBBER STAMP WHATEVER SOMEBODY ELSE HAS PUT TOGETHER. AND IT'S JUST A VOTE TAKEN. YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY WE GO TO BAKERSFIELD TO A PARTICULAR PLACE, AND THEN THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE HEAD OF THIS BOARD ARE COMING IN THE REMOTE MEDIA. AND SO IT'S JUST A VOTE TO SAY YES OR NO TO WHATEVER IS BEING VOTED ON. SO IT YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, I SERVED THERE BEFORE AND I WAS APPOINTED TO IT AT THE TIME. SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN IF NOBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED IN DOING IT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT MUCH TO DO THERE. OKAY. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, DO THEY GIVE YOU GUYS LUNCH? [LAUGHTER] I BELIEVE THEY DO SERVE. IMPORTANT QUESTION. I MIGHT BE INTERESTED. LET ME RECONSIDER. I'M SORRY, ALEX, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I DO BELIEVE I SERVED AS WELL. I CAN'T I CAN'T RECALL. IT'S BEEN A FEW DIFFERENT BOARDS, BUT THE SERVING US WELL. THERE WAS I HAVE NO COMMENTS. AND MEMBER MEDINA. I DO HAVE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE BOARD. HOW BIG IS THE BOARD? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMPOSED. ARE THEY LOOKING FOR ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM KERN COUNTY? NO THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES FROM KERN COUNTY LOOKING? I DON'T KNOW. I SEE. I SEE IT HERE. YEAH. SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE SUPERVISOR. THERE'S A SUPERVISOR SEAT TO REPRESENT KERN. THE QUESTION, THOUGH, I THINK WILL LEAD TO WOULD OUR NOMINATION BE COMPETING WITH. ANOTHER AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIST. I'M THINKING PROBABLY SO. THE TIME MR. REYNA WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED, YOU WENT UNOPPOSED, I'M ASSUMING, OR. YEAH, I SERVED ON THE BOARD. AND AS I SAID, I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER HOW LONG A TERM I WAS SERVING FOR, BUT I DID GO TO AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND THAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, GO TO BAKERSFIELD, SIT AT A LARGE ROOM WITH OTHER PEOPLE THERE WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LEAD THIS ORGANIZE TO BRING THE BOAT VOTE UP. AND THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF IT. SO BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. RIGHT? RIGHT. IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE ON THE MENU, THEY SAY. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY. OKAY. [LAUGHTER]. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. SO NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR BOTH OF OUR NEW MEMBERS. ARE YOU GUYS EITHER ONE OF YOU INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS? I ONLY HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO. WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN STILL DO IT. I MEAN, WE JUST DEPENDING ON RE ELECTIONS, WE MAY HAVE TO REAPPOINT SOMEBODY ELSE. I SAID THAT FACETIOUSLY, THAT I COULDN'T DO IT. BUT I COULD TECHNICALLY SO. BUT SO YOU COULD. I JUST WANT TO GAUGE YOUR GUYS INTEREST IN IT AS WELL. LIKE, IS IT SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OR ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MAYBE SERVING IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BOARD. DIFFERENT TYPE OF BOARD, DIFFERENT TYPE OF BOARD. HOW ABOUT YOU? I THINK WITH WHAT'S ON MY PLATE JUST OUTSIDE OF HERE, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMITMENT IS. BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS INVOLVED, BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WE HAVE MORE BOARDS [00:15:04] AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I DON'T WANT TO SEND YOU GUYS OFF TO THE OUTSKIRTS. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS AREN'T PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND SINCE WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IS IT A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE TONIGHT? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SELECT SOMEBODY. WE NEED TO SEND OUR NOMINATION, IF ANY, UP TO THE BOARD BY THE THIRD. AND AGAIN, I GUESS THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT ANY OF OUR MEMBERS WILL BE IN THE BOARD. SO ALEX AND GILBERT HAVE BOTH EXPRESSED INTEREST, YOU GUYS ONE ARM WRESTLE FOR IT. FLIP A COIN. WITH THAT SIMPLE I REALLY I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH FOR IT. DO YOU HAVE ONE? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. WE GOT IT DONE. WELL, I CALL IT HEADS. HEADS. WHOOPS. THAT DIDN'T WORK. THAT DIDN'T WORK. CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE THE CAMERA POINT TO THE IT'S HEADS. SO IT'LL BE MR. REYNA. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S HOW THEY PICK A MAYOR IN SOME CITIES IN ALASKA. [LAUGHTER] OKAY, SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THE NOMINATED COUNCILMEMBER REYNA TO BE PUT FORTH AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE SMALL CITY'S VACANCY ON THE BOARD. WE WILL STILL NEED THE APPLICATION FILLED OUT BY MR. REYNA. OKAY. AND WITH THE MINUTE ACTION DO WE NEED A VOTE? MADAM CLERK. YES, LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON THAT. WHAT DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR IT OR JUST A VOTE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. A MOTION TOO. MOTION AND I'LL SECOND IT. AND THEN WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. OKAY. AND THEN MAYOR MARTINEZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER REYNA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALDANA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. SECONDED BY MAYOR MARTINEZ TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER REYNA TO APPLY FOR THE SJVA POLLUTION DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 B, ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MID-YEAR OPERATING BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS TOTALING [12) b. Adopt a Resolution approving the mid-year operating budget adjustments totaling $75,987.54 in the General Fund and $502,127.66 in other funds and Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15060(c) (3), no environmental review is required. (Perez-Hernandez) ] $75,987.54 IN THE GENERAL FUND AND $502, 127.66 IN OTHER FUNDS, AND FIND THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT AS DEFINED UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT STATE GUIDELINES. THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO STATE GUIDELINES, SECTION 15O60C3 NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED. MR. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ SIR. I LIKE THE SOCKS. ALL RIGHT. NO, THEY LOOK GOOD. I MEANT THAT AS A SINCERE COMPLIMENT. OH, HERE IT IS. YEAH. MID-YEAR BUDGET. YOU COULD TELL WHO ALL THE STAR WARS NERDS IN THE ROOM WERE. WE ALL SMILED AND EVERYBODY ELSE WAS LIKE WHAT'S HE DOING. SO. THAT'S MILD. CAN WE STILL GET PASTOR PAUL TO PAY FOR US? IT'S BUDGET TIME. SO HERE. YEAH. THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH SNACKS, SO. OH, SHE GAVE US EXTRA SNACKS TODAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF SNACKS. WATER. WOW. IT'S ABOUT 67 SLIDES. OH, I'M KIDDING. HE IS KIDDING. OK. GOTCHA. YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN NEVER TELL IF HE'S SERIOUS. YOU KNOW. EVEN IF HE'S NOT, HE IS. HE IS NOW. [LAUGHTER] YEAH. I ACTUALLY READ MY BUDGET STAFF REPORT THIS YEAR, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER EVERYTHING. THEY ALREADY HAVE A KILL SWITCH. AT ONE POINT THE LIGHTS WILL GO OFF. AND YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB, SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW. LOOK OVER THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL FUND, ALSO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS OR WATER OR WASTEWATER AND OUR SANITATION. AGAIN, AT THE MIDYEAR POINT. THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO END, WHERE WE PROJECT TO END AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. AND LASTLY, START PREPARING FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE MILESTONES THAT NOT ONLY HAS THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED OR WE ARE ON THAT ROADMAP [00:20:03] TO ACHIEVE, THOUGH. JUST TO BRING EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO CURRENTLY WE ARE ON THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, SO WE ARE REVIEWING AGAIN THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START PIVOTING OVER TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. AND SHORTLY AFTER THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, THEN WE'LL START CRAFTING AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE COUNCIL'S VISION, THE COUNCIL'S GOAL FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND LASTLY, THE BUDGET ADOPTION IN JUNE 2023. SO ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN INITIALLY PROJECTED. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN, THE ECONOMY AND OUR INFLATION IS QUITE HIGH AND WITH OUR REVENUE, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTIONS, WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THEM TO BE AS HIGH AS AS THEY'RE REFLECTING ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. SO AS THE SUBJECT OF THE STAFF REPORT. SO THERE'S A $502,000 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT OUT OF THAT IT'S $75,000 COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND FROM ALL OTHER FUNDS, $426,000. AND AS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, IT WAS BROKEN OUT BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR $5,000, NON-DEPARTMENTAL, ANIMAL CONTROL, COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, SEWER LIFT STATION, WASTEWATER, WATER, SANITATION, CNG FUELING STATION. I DO WANT TO POINT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE THIRD TO THE LAST ROW, WHICH IS A CNG FUELING STATION WHICH IS 198,000, AND THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE GAS AN FUEL. JUST REMINDING THE COUNCIL, THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME IN FROM SOCAL GAS, REMINDING US THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE INCREASING BY 300%. SO THAT IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO WHY THAT BIG NUMBER, IN CASE THE COUNCIL IS HERE, IS WHY SUCH A, WE ARE REQUESTING AN INCREASE OF 198 BECAUSE OF THAT. NOW, BEFORE WE TAKE THAT DEEP DIVE INTO THE INTO THE GENERAL FUND, I JUST WANT TO GET THE COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC AND ZOOM ATTENDEES JUST IN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE. WHAT ARE OUR BIGGEST OR REVENUE GENERATORS FOR THE CITY? AND STARTING FROM BOTTOM TO TOP, WE CAN SEE THAT MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEE IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES, FOLLOWED BY OUR MEASURE X, WHICH IS THE YELLOW. THEN WE HAVE OUR SALES TAX, WHICH IS OUR GRAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THE 22-23 ACTUAL, WE'RE AT THE MIDYEAR POINT. SO IT'S LOOKING PRETTY HEALTHY. IT'S QUITE ON TARGET. SO NO SURPRISES THERE. AND PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IF WE CAN JUST FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE OVAL SHAPE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S VERY FEW ADJUSTMENTS ON THE REVENUE SIDE. MOST OF THEM ARE UNTOUCHED. AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE THE PROJECTION AND THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY. HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO PROJECT TO THE END OF THE YEAR? AND ALL SIGNS ARE POINTING THAT WE ARE ON TARGET ON MOST OF THESE ITEMS. ONE OF THE ONES I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE PERMITS, PERMITS, SERVICES AND CHARGES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THAT INCREASE OF 115, THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO BUILDING PERMITS. AND SO THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN BUILDING PERMITS. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PIECE. AND NOW AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PRIOR BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND BUDGET REVIEWS, SO THE CITY HAS A POLICY OF NOT HAVING ANY LESS THAN 35% OF OUR FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. SO WE HAVE 13 MILLION IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES. AND IF IT'S DIVIDED BY THE 7 MILLION, WE HAVE 51%. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING ENDING THE YEAR IN JUNE 30TH AT 51%, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. WE HAVE THE THE GFOA, GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS TWO MONTHS WORTH OF SAVINGS TO COVER OUR OPERATING COSTS. THAT MEANS WE WILL STOP ALL PROJECTS AND WE WOULD ONLY JUST TAKE CARE OF OPERATION FOR TWO MONTHS. [00:25:04] BUT THE CITY HAS A STRONG TRADITION OF MAINTAINING, AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM, THREE MONTHS OR 35% OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES. SO THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE CITY IS ON PACE. MAY I BRING. I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT TRADITIONALLY OUR CITY HAS MAINTAINED THIS HEALTHY RESERVE OF 51 POINT SOMETHING PERCENT. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY THAT WE CHANGED IT TO 35%. WHEN WE APPLY FOR A LOAN THAT REQUIRED US TO ACTUALLY BRING IT DOWN TO 35%. SO I'VE SEEN THAT 51%. IT'S A GOOD THING. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO BALANCE IT WITH THE FACT THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE, FOR BUSINESS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 9.3 AT THE LABOR CAMP. SO WHEN THAT IS RELEASED, WHEN THE LABOR CAMP IS COMPLETE AND THERE IS NO MORE LIABILITY HANGING THERE, THAT WILL TAKE US WELL OVER 100%. SO NOW WE'LL HAVE SOME DRAWS AGAINST THAT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY, BUT NONETHELESS, WE'LL BE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY CONDITION WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AND I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING ELSE UP. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE CORRECT TIME OR NOT. I DID READ YOUR REPORT, AND IT DOES SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE NOT A 50% EXPENDITURE LIMIT, WHICH IS WHERE NORMALLY WOULD BE A TOUGH YEAR, IS BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE SOME VACANCIES CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. RIGHT. WHICH IS ARE THE COST SAVINGS. EXACTLY. COST SAVINGS. AND I'M WONDERING AT THIS POINT, YOU DID MENTION ALREADY THAT WE WILL BE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT ARE YOU INCLUDING IN THAT PROJECTION ACTUALLY FILLING UP THIS VACANCIES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST OR ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD? AND I GUESS THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER THAN IT WOULD BE FOR YOU. BUT I KNOW WHOEVER HAS THE ANSWER. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. SO UP TO THIS POINT, THIS VIEWPOINT, IT'S LOOKING AT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND SO THAT ALREADY PAST THOSE ARE SAVINGS THAT THE CITY HAS. BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE TAKING A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH THAT, YES, THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE FILLED BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEN WE WOULD HAVE A REALLY HEALTHY GENERAL FUND, BUT THEN COME INTO NEXT YEAR. WELL, WHY ARE YOUR EXPENDITURES SO SMALL? WELL, THERE'S THE EXPLANATION WOULD BE BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES AND FILLING POSITIONS, WHICH THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR HR MANAGER IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON ON THE RECRUITMENT OF POSITIONS AND FILLING POSITIONS. SO I HOPE. YEAH, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING IT. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY IT CAME UP BECAUSE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE THAT YOU AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. AND NOW IN DECEMBER, OUR AUDITORS PRESENTED OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THIS IS JUST A GRAPH SHOWING HOW HAVE WE DONE OVERALL YEAR OVER YEAR ON OUR FUND BALANCE. OUR FUND BALANCE IS JUST HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THE CITY HAVE AS A WHOLE FOR THE GENERAL FUND? AND AS WE CAN SEE YEAR OVER YEAR FROM 2018 TO 2019, 11 MILLION, 14 MILLION 17 AND 21 MILLION. AND AS CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER, REYNA MENTIONED THOSE $9.3 MILLION DOLLARS, IF THEY WERE TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ASSIGNED. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WOULD BE. AND SO NOW WE'LL BE MOVING OVER INTO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND THIS WILL BE FOR THE WASTEWATER FUND. SO IN THE WASTEWATER FUND WE HAVE OUR REVENUES AND WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES. NOW HERE BACK IN JANUARY 17TH, THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WE HAD THE RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW RATES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR THE WASTEWATER SINCE 2007. AND HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS JUST NOT INCLUDING ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE ARE DIPPING INTO OUR SAVINGS FOR $294,000. [00:30:05] SO WE'RE OUR REVENUES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES. SO WE'RE HAVING TO ROB FROM OUR SAVINGS TO PAY FOR OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS. IF WE WERE NOT TO GO IN AND DO ANY EXPANSION OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND JUST KEEPING OUR PROJECT STATUS QUO ON CHANGES. AND HERE IS A YEAR OVER YEAR OF OUR WORKING CAPITAL. HOW IS THE CITY DOING CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR ITS SERVICES? AND AS WE CAN SEE, WE'VE GROWN FROM A 4.8 TO 5, 5.9, 5.9 AN 6.1 MILLION. AND THESE ARE AUDITED FIGURES. SO, YES, THE WASTEWATER FUND IS DOES HAVE THE WORKING CAPITAL. BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION OR DOES THE CITY IN THE FUTURE CHOOSE TO EXPAND ITS FOOTPRINT ON THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES OR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES? AND THAT WOULD MEAN GOING REVIEWING OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ITS CAPACITY. AND THAT WOULD BE AN UNDERTAKING AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE IMPACTING OUR WORKING CAPITAL. MAY I ASK A QUESTION PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. WE DO HAVE OVER $40 MILLION DOLLARS FOR I TAKE THAT BACK. THIS IS NOT FOR WASTEWATER. THIS IS WASTEWATER. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE RATE STUDY PLAN, IF YOU RECALL. WE KNEW THAT WE WERE ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE GROUND. I REMEMBER THE LITTLE TRAIN BUT THE TRAJECTORY WAS SHALLOWED BY OUR RATE ADJUSTMENT. AND WE WILL DIP JUST BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND BASED ON OUR PLAN. SO THE NEW RATES ARE IN PLACE THERE. THEY WILL TAKE THERE WILL BE INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR TO BRING THAT CURVE BACK UP. SO WE START REBUILDING. THE OTHER THING IS IF WE EXPERIENCE GROWTH AND THEREFORE DRAW ON THE CAPACITY OF OUR WASTEWATER PLANT, THERE WILL BE IMPACT FEES COLLECTED ALONG WITH THAT GROWTH. SO LARGE TRACTS OF HOUSES AND SO FORTH WILL PAY TOWARD THOSE EXPANSIONS. AND SO WHILE WE HAVEN'T BEEN COLLECTING THE CAPITAL THAT WE WOULD HOPE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE WILL HAVE A PATH TO BEGIN REBUILDING THOSE RESERVES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. AND PAINT ME A PICTURE OF BRIEFLY, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF OUR WASTEWATER PLANT RIGHT NOW IS MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT IS BEING USED FOR CURRENT USERS AND I MAY HAVE TO RELY ON MR. VILLA TO BACK ME UP HERE, BUT WE ARE THERE'S A CAPACITY THAT IS THE VOLUME COMING IN IS ONE CAPACITY. BUT THEN BASED ON THE QUALITY OR GOOD OR BAD QUALITY CONSTITUENTS OF THAT INFLOW AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE PLANT TO PROCESS. SOME CONSTITUENTS IN THE WASTEWATER REQUIRE MORE A LONGER TIME OF PROCESSING TO BE TREATED AND THEREFORE ABLE TO PUT OUT AND RECHARGE. SO WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THAT. SO THE VOLUME CAPACITY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS HOVERING SOMEWHERE PLUS OR MINUS 50%, BUT THE ACTUAL THROUGHPUT CAPACITY IS LOWER THAN THAT. WE'RE BELOW 50% FOR EXPANSION. SO THE DESIGN, CURRENT DESIGN IS 3 MGD AND WE AVERAGE FLOWS ABOUT 1.3 MGD. SO AS THEY GET AS THE WATER GETS INTO THE PLANT AND IT HAS TO BE PUT THROUGH THOSE FILTERS. THEN THAT'S WHERE THE CAPACITY DIMINISHES. WE WILL TOP OUT ON TREATMENT CAPACITY BEFORE WE TOP OUT ON VOLUME. RIGHT. CORRECT. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. PLEASE CONTINUE THROUGH. OKAY. NOW WE'LL BE MOVING OVER TO THE WATERFRONT. SO ON THE ON THE WATERFRONT, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE REVENUES. THE REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY UNDERPERFORMING, BUT THERE IS NO NEED FOR US TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS ON REVENUES RECEIVED AS INDICATED THERE ON THE HIGHLIGHT, IF WE WERE TO PROCEED WITH ANY OF THE PROJECTS, WE WOULD BE GOING INTO OUR SAVINGS FOR $2.3 MILLION DOLLARS BY JUNE 30TH. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE COUNCILMEMBER REYNA WAS GOING TO BRING SOMETHING UP IN THE WATERFRONT. [00:35:08] YEAH, WE HAVE OVER $40 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WE WERE GRANTED FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO ARE WE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS FISCAL YEAR OR ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL BEGIN THE INSTANT I HAVE THE CHECK IN MY HAND. THAT GRANT PROCESS IS STILL PROCEEDING. I WOULD MAYBE REMIND THE COUNCIL OF THE $2.3 MILLION DOLLARS SHOWN AND HIGHLIGHTED THERE WAS INTENTIONAL AS WELL, SINCE WE KNEW THIS HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THIS GRANT FUNDING WAS COMING, THE RATHER LARGE RESERVES THAT WE HAD BUILT UP WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT EXPANSION. AND SO WE DECIDED TO YOU DECIDED TO SOFTEN THE RATE INCREASE BY SUBSIDIZING TO MAKE A SMOOTHER CURVE AND HAVE THE WATER RATES COME UP A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY THAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN DICTATED BY JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES. SO A LARGE PART OF THAT 2.3 OVER EXPENDITURE, PERHAPS ALL OF IT IS FROM THAT SUBSIDY. AND IT SHOULD BE MENTIONED ALSO THAT THIS REALLY OVER $40 MILLION DOLLARS THAT I MENTIONED, THAT WAS NOT AUTOMATICALLY A GRANT, BUT ACTUALLY WE REQUESTED A $25 MILLION DOLLAR FOR, ACTUALLY. YES. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. SURE. AND A LITTLE TO ADD TO THE CITY MANAGER'S COMMENT IS, SO ON MARCH 21ST, OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO GO OVER ONE OF THE STEPS IN THE STATE REVOLVING LOAN APPLICATION SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THE AWARD SOMETIME IN JUNE BASED ON SOME COMMUNICATION THAT I'VE HAD WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS WELL, YES, YES, WE ARE ON PACE. IF IT'S COMING IN JUNE, YOU WON'T BE SO. NO. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. OKAY. AND AS THE CONSULTANTS STATED AND I'LL REITERATE, THE WATERFRONT DOES HAVE HEALTHY RESERVES. BUT THEN AGAIN, AS WE'VE REALIZED AND SEEN IN THE PAST, JUST WELL 14 WAS ABOUT $5 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE COST INCREASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. SO THIS WATER WELL WAS 5 MILLION, JUST ONE WELL, THE DAMAGE THAT IT CAN TRULY DO TO OUR WATER FUND AND WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN AT SOME POINT CUT DOWN SERVICES. BUT THANKFULLY THAT STATE REVOLVING LOAN IS WONDERFUL NEWS. SHIFTING GEARS OVER TO THE SANITATION FUND. SO IN THE SANITATION FUND IS WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO TAP INTO OUR SAVINGS FOR ROUGHLY ABOUT $1,000,000. AND THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT PIECE IS THAT WE HAVE WE RECEIVED ONE OF THE TRUCKS ALREADY. THE OTHER ONE IS ON ITS WAY. AND BUT THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL ONES THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED TO ACQUIRE THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S $350,000 A PIECE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ACCOUNTING FOR, THAT. BY JUNE 30TH, WE WILL BE MAKING THE PURCHASE OF THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL TRUCKS. NOW, IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALMOST 750 OR $800,000 WOULD CAN BE SHAVED OFF OF THAT MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THOSE TRUCKS, SINCE WE HAVE TEN SANITATION TRUCKS AND 11 OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. SOME ARE IN 15, 17 AND 22 YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN OPERATION. SO THAT'S QUITE A LONG TIME. BUT ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY IN OPERATION, I BELIEVE. THE NEW ONE? IT IS. SO. YES. AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. YES. [INAUDIBLE] AND HERE IS JUST THE HEALTH OF THE SANITATION FUND. AND AS A CONSULTANT STATED, AND ALSO OUR AUDITORS AND THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS, THE SANITATION FUND IS THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN MOST IMPACTED AND WE CAN SEE IT HERE. THESE AUDITED FIGURES STATE THAT WE'VE DIPPED ABOUT ALMOST A LITTLE BIT OVER $1,000,000, ABOUT $1,000,000 FROM FISCAL YEAR 2020 [00:40:03] 2021 TO 21-22, JUST TO MAINTAIN THE SAME OPERATIONS. SAME LEVEL OF OPERATIONS. BUT APRIL OF 2022, THE NEW RATES WERE IMPLEMENTED. LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE HAD THE AMERICAN REFUSE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE STARTING TO ROLL OUT AND WE SHOULD SEE US, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, TAPERING OUR REVENUES AND OUR SAVINGS INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS. SO OUR FINANCIAL FOOTING AT THE MIDYEAR POINT, IT'S A GOOD FINANCIAL FOOTING FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. AS WE'VE SEEN, THERE'S VERY MINIMAL CHANGES, REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR PULLS ON EXPENDITURES AND FINANCE ON THE REVENUES AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR ANY CONCERNS THAT FINANCE MAY HAVE WELL ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE CAN STAY AWAY FROM ANY RED FLAGS AND PUMP THE BRAKES ON ANY PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDING. SO AS WE CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE TAKEAWAYS, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE INFLATION. WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON STAFFING OR VACANT POSITIONS. BUT OVERALL, OUR GENERAL FUND, OUR WASTEWATER, OUR SANITATION AND OUR WATERFRONT, THEY'RE TRACKING THEY'RE ON PACE AS TO WHAT WE PROJECTED TO JUNE 30TH OF 2023. SO THAT'S A GOOD TAKEAWAY. AND JUST ONE REMINDER FOR THE COUNCIL, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP IS MARCH 4TH, 2023. ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO IN PREPARATION FOR THAT? BREAKFAST BURRITOS THERE I'M ASSUMING. HE'S LOOKING AT PROBABLY SANDWICHES. SO SANDWICHES JUST BRING BACK, LIKE IT'S LIKE JUST PEREZ TO MAYBE FEEL IF THERE ARE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS. AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP. ARE THERE I'M SORRY, ARE YOU DONE? YES. YES, I AM. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. ARE THERE ANY. WELL, I'LL START OFF THE COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION. VERY THOROUGH. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR FINANCES. THANK YOU, SIR. I MEAN THAT SINCERELY. I DID NOT MEAN THAT SARCASTICALLY AT ALL. BUT NO VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS BUDGET GOING TO GET ANOTHER GFOA SO THAT IS ABOUT A THREE MONTH WAIT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR. BUT FOR THE CSMFO THOSE AWARDS ARE ALREADY PUBLISHED AT THE SEPTEMBER 2ND AND THE CITY OF WASCO RECEIVED BOTH OF THOSE AWARDS. SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE GFOA ONE. AND ALSO ON THE CAFR. SO. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE. THANK YOU. NOT CAFR ANYMORE. IT'S NOW. THANK YOU. ACFR. I'M SORRY. YES, THANK YOU. FOR OUR NEW COUNCILMEMBERS, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS? SO BEFORE IT USED TO BE CALLED THE CAFR, THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AND NOW IT'S CALLED THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. AND THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IS BECAUSE "K--FIR" IN ANOTHER COUNTRY IT'S A DEROGATORY TERM, SO THEREFORE, IT CANNOT BE USED MOVING FORWARD. WOW. INTERESTING. SO TRUE STORY. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP. SO BECAUSE ISAREL DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE DINNER WITH EVERYBODY ELSE THAT ONE NIGHT, BUT WE WON AN AWARD FOR IT. SO. NO COMMENTS. MEMBER REYNA. ONE FINAL QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT ASK A QUESTION. I'LL COMMEND YOU. GREAT JOB. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, I READ THIS REPORTS THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS MADE A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE WITH YOU AT SO THANK YOU. I REALLY DO. MEMBER SALDANA. NO COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP DURING THE CORRECT. SO COMMENTS. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. [00:45:02] PEREZ FOR HIS WORK ON THIS PRESENTATION. WE'RE BOTH WORKING ON PACE AND DEPTH OF THE PRESENTATION. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MESSAGE IS FULLY CONVEYED WITHOUT GETTING DOWN IN THE WEEDS. AND I THINK WE'VE FOUND THAT BALANCE. AND SO IF YOU CONCUR THAT WE'LL DO MORE OF THAT. SO I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU. AND WHEN HE SAID THERE WERE 99 SLIDES THIS MORNING, THEN YOU GOT IT DOWN TO 30, 30, IT ALMOST LED TO BLOWS. BUT ANYWAY, STRATEGIC. I WONDER WHO WOULD WIN THAT FIGHT. I DON'T THINK I'D WANT TO SPECULATE. [LAUGHTER] SO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT MORNING GOT BUSY. SO THIS THREE FOUR IS A SATURDAY. THERE IS A RIBBON CUTTING THAT INTERRUPTED THE WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY START RELATIVELY EARLY WITH. OUR WORKSHOP WILL BE STARTING LATE I BELIEVE AT 10:00 IS THE TIME WE WILL PROVIDE LUNCH. BUT WE ARE AGAIN, I THINK THAT WORKSHOP WILL BE DOMINATED WITH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO OUR BUDGET, NOT JUST THE REST OF THIS YEAR BUT THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE IN THAT AREA. THE CHIEF IS CRANKING OUT SPREADSHEETS, WHICH IS I KNOW HIS VERY FAVORITE THING TO DO, BUT I THINK YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THE RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL FROM EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. YOU CAN SEE BY THIS MID-YEAR REPORT THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE OPERATING WITHIN BUDGET TO PLAN. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THERE, BUT I THINK WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHERE OUR MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT COMES UP CORRECTLY AND WITHIN A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO SUSPECT IT'S NOT. BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE PUT OUR FOCUS ON NEXT SATURDAY. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE. AND WE PLANNING ON EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS RATHER THAN HAVING A LONG PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS PRETTY HIGH LEVEL FOUR OR FIVE SLIDES. TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL JUMP INTO MORE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING INSTEAD OF WHAT'S PASSED. SO IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT THEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA, I THINK TAKING A LOOK AT THE MIDYEAR REPORT, THE ACTUAL STAFF REPORT WOULD GET YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FUNDING AND EVEN OUR CURRENT BUDGET BOOKS. IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THOSE SPIN THROUGH SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, JUST BE FAMILIAR. SOME OF THOSE ALWAYS GET DEFERRED BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY TO GET THEM ALL DONE. BUT IF WE RUN INTO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET, THAT'S WHERE THAT BUFFER WOULD COME IN. WE WOULD JUST DEFER A PROJECT BY A YEAR OR A COUPLE OF PROJECTS BY A YEAR, AND THAT WOULD FREE UP THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO TO STAY IN A BALANCED POSITION OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO. IF THAT ALL MAKES SENSE THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM B, BOY. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL. MAYOR MARTINEZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER REYNA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER SALDANA. AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR MARTINEZ, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER REYNA TO APPROVE ITEM 12 B MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, ISAREL. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. [13) a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Garcia) ] ITEM A CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MR. GARCIA. AND NEXT MEETING ISN'T TILL APRIL 20TH. IT'S GOING TO BE IN TAFT AT THE TAFT TRANSIT CENTER. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. [13) b. Kern Council of Government (Reyna) ] ITEM B CURRENT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT. MR. REYNA. NO MEETING UNTIL LATER THIS WEEK. [13) c. Wasco Task Force (Reyna & Medina) ] AND ITEM C, WASCO TASK FORCE. I JUST SPOKE TO MR. MEDINA ABOUT THIS EARLIER, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, SIR? NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP FOR MARCH 9TH AT 6:00 PM HERE AT ACROSS THE STREET. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT. I HAVE A CONFLICT ON THAT EVENING, SO I PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ATTENDING, BUT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND PERHAPS OTHER STAFF WILL BE. OKAY. AND YOU DID GET THE EMAIL LIST? [00:50:01] I DID. THANK YOU. BUT THERE IS A PURPOSE TO THIS MEETING. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE TASK FORCE IS MEETING ON ITS OWN, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S A PUBLIC. YES, WELL, PUBLIC HEARING THE TASK FORCE IS IT'S NOT A CITY PUBLIC MEETING. THIS IS A TASK FORCE MEETING. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO MEET. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING. YEAH. PART OF IT IS WITH THE GRANT FUNDING. CORRECT. THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NEEDS. IT NEEDS TO BE STATED THAT THAT'S THE REASON, BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT MEETING. RIGHT. AND AND THERE WOULD BE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT COULD COME FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM STAFF AS FAR AS TASK FORCE POTENTIAL TASK FORCE PROJECTS. RIGHT. OKAY. SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO KICK US OFF AND GET US A GOOD START. RIGHT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND. AND I'VE ALREADY PASSED THE WORD TO THOSE THAT I KNOW ARE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT IT ON THEIR CALENDAR TO BE THERE. SO VERY WELL. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14, REPORTS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. SEEING NEITHER OF THEM HERE. [15) REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 15 REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER, MR. HURLBERT. YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. A NUMBER OF QUICK REMINDERS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS. STAFF IS GEARING UP TO. WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY STARTED THE WINDOW FOR THE VETERANS BANNER PROGRAM. IT'S RUNNING NOW THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL. THERE IS SOME INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. WE'LL ENSURE THAT IT'S UPDATED FOR THOSE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR ON DOWNTOWN ON SEVENTH STREET, WE PUT THE BANNERS THAT OCCASIONALLY HAVE SERVICE MEMBERS, PICTURES AND ARM OF THE MILITARY THAT THEY SERVED IN AND PERHAPS SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT ARE SPONSORED BY THE FAMILIES OR FRIENDS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO EACH YEAR WE OPEN UP A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE FOLKS CAN SIGN UP TO GET ONE OF THESE BANNERS. THE COST LAST YEAR PER BANNER WAS ABOUT $80. I BELIEVE THAT PRICE IS HOLDING. BUT WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND WE'LL KEEP THAT OPEN TILL THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL. AND THEN THE IDEA IS THAT ON MEMORIAL DAY, THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, WE WILL PUT THOSE UP AND WE'LL FLY THOSE BANNERS ALL SUMMER UNTIL VETERAN'S DAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET FOLKS KNOW IF YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL NOMINEE. WE THE TYPICAL PROCESS REQUIRES THE OK OF THE FAMILY. SO IF EVEN IF IT WAS SOME FRIENDS, WE WOULD INVOLVE THE FAMILY TO BE SURE THEY'RE OKAY WITH A PICTURE AND NAME BEING UP ON A BANNER BEFORE WE APPROVE IT. MR. HURLBERT. YES. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE EXISTING BANNERS WILL BE PUT UP AGAIN. YES. FOR THOSE THAT ARE BEING HAVE BEEN HONORED THIS PAST YEAR, THEY WILL BE UP AGAIN. YES, THEY WILL. DO THEY PAY AGAIN? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. IT'S A COST. IT'S LIKE A ONE TIME COST. SOME OF THE VETERANS WERE ACTUALLY UNHAPPY THAT THEY HAD TO PAY TO BE HONORED. AND I MEAN, THERE IS A WAY I SPOKE TO THE VFW AT THE TIME TO SEE IF THEY WOULD SPONSOR SOME OF THEM. AND, NO FINAL RESPONSE EVER CAME OUT. SO I CAN WORK ON THAT AGAIN. RIGHT. IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT A VETERAN NEEDS TO PAY OUT OF THEIR POCKET TO BE HONORED. AND THAT WAS ONE THING WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE TASK FORCE, WAS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TRY TO RAISE SOME FUNDS TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS. SO. EXACTLY. JUST A THOUGHT. AND INDIVIDUALS CAN SPONSOR THEM TOO. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ORGANIZATION. EXACTLY. RIGHT. AND THE EXPECTED LIFETIME OF THE BANNERS BECAUSE WE JUST RUN THEM FOR A FEW MONTHS PER YEAR. THEY'RE PUT AWAY AND STORED CAREFULLY. AND SO THEY SHOULD LAST MANY YEARS. AND WE TO ROUND UP THE VENDOR WE USE HAS AN EVEN NUMBER OF BATCHES OF BANNERS THEY LIKE TO PROCESS. WE GET A BETTER PRICING IF WE MEET THAT BATCH. SO EACH YEAR IF WE DON'T FILL UP THE ENTIRE BATCH WITH VETERANS BANNERS, WE GET SEASONAL BANNERS FOR OUR SADDEST LOOKING ONES AND ROTATE THOSE OUT AND BUY A FEW SPARES TO COME UP TO A FULL ORDER. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT WORD. OKAY, SADDEST. SADDEST. I THINK IF YOU SAW A COUPLE OF THEM, YOU MIGHT AGREE THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE. YOU'RE REALLY SAYING SAD LIKE MOST SAD. OKAY. WARM WEATHER. THAT'S GOOD. OH, I SEE. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. [00:55:01] OKAY. SORRY. WHEN THEY SERVED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SPAY AND NEUTER EVENT. 2-17 THERE WAS ONE, AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE ON 3-20. SO THAT'S COMING UP. WE'RE CALENDARING THOSE AS WE CAN. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST IS 7 A.M. ON MARCH 1ST, ALWAYS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL THIS TIME. SO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. SO, YEAH, COMMUNITY BREAKFAST IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SPONSORED IN THE PAST BY KERI COBB PUT THE PROJECT TOGETHER. OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS RESTARTED THAT AND IT'S BEING RUN BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CURRENTLY. AND IT'S A CHANCE FOR FOLKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE TASK FORCE. IT'S MORE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS OR AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JUST GET TOGETHER AND SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON. IF THERE ARE EVENTS COMING UP THAT IF OTHER AGENCIES CAN HELP PROMOTE THOSE AND CROSS PROMOTION AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND A CHANCE FOR FOLKS TO JUST GET TOGETHER AND NETWORK AND SOCIALIZE. IT WAS STARTED OFF AS A BREAKFAST PRE-PANDEMIC BECAUSE EACH ORGANIZATION KIND OF TOOK A TURN HOSTING IT AND THEY'D BRING BREAKFAST. SO IT JUST KIND OF STUCK. AND IT'S COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST MEETING, BUT IT'S PART OF A LARGER NETWORK, THE KCNC, KERN COUNTY NETWORK FOR CHILDREN. I BELIEVE THEY ARE REGISTERED AS THAT. EACH COMMUNITY HAS A LITTLE ROUNDTABLE COMMUNITY MEETING. OKAY, THAT WAS MARCH 1ST. THAT IS MARCH 1ST. WHAT TIME? 7 A.M.. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THE ONE AT THE PRISON BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST BREAKFAST. [LAUGHTER] THE SAL, THE SHERIFF'S ACTIVITY LEAGUE BUILDING. THE DEMO THAT YOU APPROVED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IS DONE. AND SO IT'S READY FOR BIDDERS TO DO A WALK THIS WEEK. YES. THE BIDDING NOTICES WILL GO OUT THIS WEEK. AND SO WHEN POTENTIALLY DO WE THINK THIS MIGHT BE OPEN TO KIDS AGAIN? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES, BUT. I THINK THE MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT BY JUNE. SO WE'RE GOING TO FRONTLOAD THE CONTRACT TO WELL, 80% OF THE MONEY HAS TO BE EXPENDED BY JUNE. SO WE'RE GOING TO FRONTLOAD THE CONTRACT TO BUY ALL THE MATERIALS UP FRONT AND AND MAKE SURE WE GET TO THAT 80%, BUT POTENTIALLY THIS SUMMER. WOW. SO I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER RENAMING THAT BUILDING WHEN WE REOPEN IT TO FOR DEPUTY CAMPAS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROPOSE RIGHT NOW OR I MEAN, I GUESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AS WELL. IT'LL BE RENAMED TO A PAL FOR SURE. BUT EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S A PAL, I STILL THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO KEEP HIS NAME ON THAT BUILDING. I MEAN, IT'S A DISCUSSION I'LL HAVE WITH THE CHIEF SEPARATELY, BUT SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE. YEAH, DEFINITELY. I'LL TALK TO THE CHIEF. AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK IF WE NEED. DEFINITELY TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IS THE DESIGN ON THAT BUILDING ALREADY DONE. THE SIGN? DESIGN. DESIGN? OH, THE DESIGN. NO, ACTUALLY, THE CONTRACT WILL BE A DESIGN BUILD. AND BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW FOR SURE WHAT WAS BEHIND THE WALLS, AND SO THAT'S WHY THE DEMO HAD TO HAPPEN. SO THE CONTRACTORS COULD COME IN AND LOOK. YEAH, WELL, THIS IS A BEARING WALL. IT'S NOT A BEARING WALL OR IT'S A BEARING WALL THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED OR SO FORTH. SO THAT'S WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS NEXT STAGE. THE WASCO TASK FORCE WAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THE MEETING SET FOR MARCH 9TH. AMERICAN REFUSE WILL BEGIN DISTRIBUTING THE NEW BLUE CARTS AND OPERATING UNDER THEIR NEW BRAND NEW FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IN MID-MARCH. THAT WAS WHEN THE CARTS WILL GO OUT. APRIL IS WHEN THAT SERVICE IS GOING TO BEGIN. SO RIGHT NOW, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, IF THEY'RE SITTING AT THEIR KITCHEN WINDOW WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY MAY SEE VEHICLES CRUISING. AND THERE'S A SYSTEMATIC CONFIRMATION OF ADDRESSES AND LOCATIONS FOR CANS AND SO FORTH GOING ON THAT AMERICAN REFUSE IS UNDERTAKING. SO THEY HAVE SOMEONE DRIVING IN FRONT OF EVERY HOUSE AND IN TOWN AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ADDRESS MATCHES WHAT THEY THINK IT DOES AND [01:00:03] COMPARING IT TO THE CUSTOMER LIST THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. VERY GOOD. SO THEY AREN'T PEOPLE CASING THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR PACKAGES ON THEM. THEY ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING YOU SOMETHING. MAYBE. MAYBE SO. AND THEN FINALLY. SORRY. YES. SO WOULD THAT BE FOR THAT'S ONLY JUST FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SERVICE, RIGHT? FOR FOLKS. YOU SAID YOU GAVE THEM A LIST OF FOLKS THAT HAVE SERVICE. YES. AND THEY WOULD ALL BE DELIVERED A NEW BLUE BIN, RIGHT? THEY WILL BE GETTING A BLUE BIN. HOW ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY CUSTOMERS [INAUDIBLE] SERVICE THAT HAVE VOLUNTARILY GOT A BLUE CART? WOULD THAT BE I MEAN, WE REMAIN WITH OUR I DON'T NEED A NEW ONE, BUT WOULD WE THE SERVICE STOP AND THEN TRANSITION TO CITY? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. COOL. YEAH. IT SHOULD BE SEAMLESS. I HOPE SO. SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF SHOULD BE'S IN GOVERNMENT, BUT. GOOD. OKAY. I'M SORRY. DID WE ANSWER? NO. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN LASTLY, CAREER FAIR THURSDAY, THE 23RD. THIS DAY AFTER TOMORROW, NOON TO ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WASCO HIGH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IS THE CITY HAVING A BOOTH? YES. YEAH. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE AND HEAR THAT THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE EVENTS AND SETTING UP A BOOTH. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE ARE TELLING OUR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG RESIDENTS, THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO. THAT'S THE CONSISTENT MESSAGE. AND WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT AT THE INDEPENDENCE HIGH FAIR LAST WEEK. WE HAD A BOOTH THERE AS WELL AND FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, IT WAS PRETTY WELL ATTENDED BY THE STUDENTS AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY AGENCIES THERE. AND SO IT WAS PROBABLY 15 TO 20 DIFFERENT TABLES SET UP FOR FOLKS DOING RECRUITING OR JUST PUSHING OUT INFORMATION. WELL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SURE. ALL RIGHT. [16) REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ] NUMBER 16 REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY THANK YOU. MEMBER SALDANA. I HAVE NONE. MEMBER MEDINA? NOTHING TO REPORT. MEMBER REYNA. ICSE CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS IN MAY. TRADITIONALLY, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNCIL ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCES. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING. YES. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THE LAST ONE AND I WAS THE MAYOR THEN. YOU KNOW, IF THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO GO, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. I THINK A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SHOULD GO. BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ANYBODY ELSE WANTING TO GO, I BELIEVE I HAVE A MEMBERSHIP TO IT AT THIS TIME. IT WAS PAID FOR THE LAST TIME I WENT. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND IF NO ONE ELSE LIKE THE MAYOR WANTS TO GO. OKAY, WE CAN THE CITY CLERK CAN ENSURE THAT YOU GET REGISTERED. AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE BEST HOTEL OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. I WASN'T SURE IF ANYONE WAS GOING TO BE ATTENDING. I HAVEN'T BOOKED MY HOTEL YET. WELL, HOTEL ROOM. WELL, I DO. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S TRUER THAN YOU KNOW. BUT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO STAY, I GUESS I COULD STAY AT THE SAME HOTEL. OKAY, I'LL NEED TO CHANGE MY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT. I HAD PREVIOUSLY SET UP TO CARPOOL WITH FOLKS FROM TEHACHAPI, SO I'LL CHANGE THAT AS WELL. IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, I COULD DRIVE MYSELF. WELL, LET ME LET ME SEE WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS AND SEE THEY MAY HAVE AN EXTRA SEAT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THERE IS A BENEFIT FROM A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL BEING THERE. I THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL THE LAST TIME WE ATTENDED, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU FOR DOING THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU DO. I KNOW I SAY THIS AT EVERY MEETING, BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S A TESTAMENT. ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHIN OUR CITY IS A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF YOU THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU ALL, INCLUDING OUR CITY MANAGER. AND I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. AND SO WE HAVE NO CLOSED SESSION. SO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.