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ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[ 1) CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FLAG SALUTE.
PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR AN INVOCATION FOLLOWING.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I THANK YOU FOR A CITY THAT REPRESENTS PRAYER, AND IN GOD WE TRUST, AS IT'S PUT IN THE BACK OF OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
[5) PRESENTATIONS]
DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CAPK HERE YET? I DON'T SEE THEM.WE'LL MOVE ON TO NATIONAL POLICE WEEK BECAUSE THE CHIEF IS HERE FOR SURE.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR LOVELY PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
WHEREAS IN 1962, PRESIDENT KENNEDY PROCLAIMED MAY 15TH AS THE NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE CALENDAR WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. WHEREAS IN 1962, ESTABLISHED BY A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PAYS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OTHERS, AND WHEREAS IN NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
EXCUSE ME, AND WHEREAS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO HONORING AMERICA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WE SHOULD BE EXCUSE ME DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, SHOULD BE A TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON SACRIFICES POLICE OFFICERS ENDURE FOR THE OVERALL SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS THE MAYOR AND EXCUSE ME, THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH THROUGH 18TH, 2024, TO BE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN HONOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO, THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
I CALL ON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN COMMEMORATING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO, AND BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, HAVE RENDERED AND A DEDICATED SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HAVE PRESERVED THE RIGHTS AND SECURITIES OF ALL CITIZENS.
CHIEF FIVECOAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECEIVE THIS FOR ME, PLEASE? HOW ABOUT WE HAVE ALL THE DELIBERATIONS [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE] A PARTICULARLY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK BEING OUR FIRST WITH THE WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO LET'S CELEBRATE THAT AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU SIR, AND THEN WE'LL ALL JUST.
[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU.
WONDERED WHY THE CHIEF WAS SITTING OVER THERE, BUT IT FINALLY CLICKED, BUT IT'S OFFICIAL.
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I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS, PLEASE.WORDS FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON THE PROCLAMATION.
YOU KNOW ON THIS DAY OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK I'M REMINDED OF OFFICER CAMPAS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE HERE IN WASCO A FEW YEARS BACK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS MEETING TO HIM, MAYOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME, BUT I KNOW THAT HE IS RECORDED IN THE MONUMENT THAT IS AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BAKERSFIELD.
SO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT NAME FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT DOES THAT TOO AS WELL.
I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT MR. REYNA SAID, RIGHT, IT'S OUR FIRST RECOGNITION WITH OUR PD OBVIOUSLY HOPING FOR MANY MORE.
IT'S SOMETHING SMALL, BUT IT SPEAKS VOLUMES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR ALL THE PD OFFICERS HERE LOCALLY AND ACROSS OUR NATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. I MADE A FACEBOOK POST THE DAY AFTER MY FIRST RIDE ALONG WITH THE PD.
CHIEF, I HOPE YOU SAW IT. IT WAS VERY GLOWING ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT I HAD SAID IN THERE, AND I HAD SAID THAT I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE CHIEF HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED A CULTURE WHERE EVERY CALL FOR SERVICE MATTERS, A CULTURE WHERE VICTIMS ARE TREATED WITH EMPATHY AND SUSPECTS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT, AND I GOT TO SEE THAT ON DAY ONE. ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO GET JADED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE A LOT OF COPS.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY MEAN TO, IT'S JUST THEY'RE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF BAD THINGS.
I SAW NONE OF THAT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT THAT DAY, AND I EVEN SAW YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO A SUSPECT THAT TECHNICALLY, LEGALLY, THEY COULD DO BUT ETHICALLY THEY FELT IT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO, AND I ADMIRE THAT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, SOMETIMES NOT THE LETTER OF THE LAW, AND THAT'S VERY OFTEN LOST, ESPECIALLY ON YOUNGER OFFICERS, THAT SOMETIMES, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LEGAL AVENUE TO DO SOMETHING, IT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, AND SO I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, AND I EVEN SAW THEM OUT HERE WRITING SPEEDING TICKETS TODAY ON HIGHWAY 43.
I WAS THAT CLOSE TO GETTING ONE MYSELF, BUT THE GUY PASSED ME GOING FASTER, SO HE GOT STOPPED.
SO ANYWAYS, APPRECIATION TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TO ECHO WHAT GILBERT SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY TO REMEMBER PHILLIP CAMPAS, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT ARE ALREADY DOING FOR OUR CITY, SIR.
THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
I MEAN, ECHO WHAT ALL THE OTHER COUNCILMAN HAS SAID, BUT THANK FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, CHIEF, FOR, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING WHAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED ALREADY AND LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE GREATER, BIGGER THINGS THAT ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HOLD THE PROCLAMATION FOR CAPK.
OH WE HAVE OKAY. OUR FRIENDS FROM CAPK ARE HERE.
OH, LET'S WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR YOU.
I KIND OF WONDERED IF YOU WANTED ME TO.
WELL, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT.
WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964 AND HAS MADE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS KERN COUNTY BY CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN ADDRESSES UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POVERTY, ALLEVIATES THE EFFECTS AND PROMOTES DIGNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN DELIVERED OVER 20 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD ACROSS KERN COUNTY LAST YEAR, IN 2023 THROUGH THE CAPK FOOD BANK AND WHEREAS, COMMUNITY ACTION OF CURRENT OPERATES THE BROADWAY AND SUNRISE SUNRISE VILLA HEAD START LOCATIONS IN WASCO, TENDING TO THE CHILDREN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING A HEAD START TO THEIR EDUCATION, AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO AND ALL ITS CITIZENS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH IN RECOGNITION OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. YOU, AND WHO DO WE HAVE HERE THIS EVENING FROM CAPK? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CATHERINE ANSPACH.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN OR CAPK AS WE'RE KNOWN.
I WENT ON TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
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TO GET IT TO ALL AREAS OF KERN COUNTY.AS YOU KNOW, MAY IS OUR COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH, AND THAT IS NATIONWIDE.
WE HAVE OVER 1000 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES IN THE NATION THAT ARE SERVING LOW POVERTY INDIVIDUALS.
CAPK, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW.
WE OPERATE 19 PROGRAMS THAT PRIMARILY SERVE KERN COUNTY, INCLUDING HEAD START.
AS WE MENTIONED, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
WE HAVE OUR HEAD START CENTER AT NINTH AND BROADWAY, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR HEAD START CENTER AT SUNRISE VILLAS, AND THEY PROVIDE FREE QUALITY EDUCATION TO CHILDREN THEIR FIRST FIVE YEARS OF LIFE SO THEY CAN ENTER KINDERGARTEN PREPARED TO SUCCEED.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CAPK WICC PROGRAM, WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN CENTER.
IT PROVIDES FOOD, NUTRITION, EDUCATION, AND PARENTING SUPPORT TO WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN.
0 TO 5 YEARS OF AGE AT WASCO MEDICAL CENTER ON SEVENTH STREET.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE CAPK FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN 20 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD A YEAR, WHICH IS, I KNOW CAN SEEM OVERWHELMING, BUT WE HAVE OVER 200 PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP DISTRIBUTE OUR FOOD.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR 211, WHICH IS A CALL CENTER, REFERRAL CALL CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR MCAP PROGRAM OR MIGRANT CHILD CARE PROGRAM.
I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING ME OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND OF COURSE, THE WORK WE DO TOGETHER, BECAUSE, YES, I REMEMBER THE ENERGY PROGRAM WAS A SUCCESS HERE AND SO MANY MORE.
YES. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE'LL CELEBRATE WITH YOU THIS MONTH.
OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THIS.
OKAY. GREAT. WONDERFUL. I'M GONNA PUT THIS DOWN.
CATHERINE AND MAKE SURE TO LET LOUIS AND ANNA KNOW THAT, GIVE THEM A FINGER WAGGING FOR MISSING OUT.
WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL.
MAYOR, FIRST, LET ME CONGRATULATE CAPK BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS RECOGNITION.
IT'S WELL DESERVED, AND MAYOR JUST ON THE REGARDING THE SLAIN OFFICER FROM WASCO OUR CHAPLAIN, MIKE LYNCH LOOKED IT UP AND HIS NAME WAS CONSTABLE JOSEPH E.
ENGLISH, FOR THE RECORD, AND HIS END OF WATCH WAS AUGUST 15TH OF 1936.
THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR LOOKING THAT.
GOOD RESEARCH, GOOD QUICK WORK.
I DON'T HAVE MY PHONE WITH ME.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? VICE MAYOR, FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF BIG NUMBERS UP THERE IN TERMS OF FAMILIES YOU'VE HELPED OUT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
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THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL FOR ALL YOU GUYS.HOW YOU GUYS WORK. THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
THESE NUTS ALWAYS GET ME IN TROUBLE.
ITEM SIX. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
[6) PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND INCLUDING THE COUNCIL, ACTING AS THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THIS AGENDA, AND OVER WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAVE JURISDICTION.SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.
A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ONE SUBJECT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING ANY PRESENTATION.
BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS DO NOT ALLOW ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THIS WILL LIMIT COUNCILMEMBERS RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS MADE DURING THIS PERIOD.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? YOU NAILED IT.
PERFECT. MADAM CLERK, THAT WILL BE THE NEXT THING.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE EMAIL COMMENTS? YES, THERE'S ONE EMAIL COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM AND NO OTHER EMAIL COMMENTS FOR ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
I WILL NOW READ ALOUD THE EMAIL COMMENT.
I WORK AT MARTIN'S TOWING IN WASCO.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO US SINCE WASCO PD TOOK OVER.
WHY ARE VEHICLES TOWED WITHIN THE CITY OF WASCO GOING TO SHAFTER? RESIDENTS CALL OUR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL PHONES DAY AND NIGHT ASKING US THIS QUESTION.
WE TELL THEM TO COMPLAIN TO THE CITY.
MOST ARE TOO SCARED TO COMPLAIN.
WHEN A CAR IS TOWED, MOST OF THE TIME IT IS THEIR ONLY VEHICLE.
THEY HAVE TO WALK TO GET RELEASED, THEN TO TOW YARD FOR VEHICLE.
THEY ARE ASKING HOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GET TO CHAPTER WHEN THEY HAVE TO WALK.
THERE ARE SEVERAL TIMES WE HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE TO GET RELEASED AND BACK TO OUR YARD TO GET THE VEHICLE WE TOWED FOR KCSO AND THE CITY OF WASCO SINCE 1993, WE NEVER MISSED OR TURNED DOWN A CALL.
WHY WERE SHAFTER COMPANIES ASKED IF THEY WANTED TO BE ON ROTATION IN WASCO? WHEN THEY DON'T OCCUPY A YARD IN THE CITY LIMITS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET ON ANY OTHER CITY'S ROTATION LIST FOR THAT EXACT REASON.
THE CITY WEBSITE SAYS YOUR FOCUS IS BUILDING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT WHEN YOU ARE NOT KEEPING BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU SAID THERE WERE NO OTHER EMAIL COMMENTS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? DO YOU WANT TO ADD COMMENTS? MY NAME IS MIKE VASQUEZ AND I HAVE PEOPLE CALLING ME AND TELLING ME, HEY, MY CAR GOT IMPOUNDED, IT WENT TO SHAFTER, WHY DID IT GO TO SHAFTER? MY CAR GOT IMPOUNDED OR I GOT IN AN ACCIDENT AND WENT STRAIGHT TO SHAFTER.
WASCO DIDN'T GET IT, AND THEY'LL CALL ME WHEN I'M AT WORK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEN WHEN I GET BACK, THERE'S TIMES I GET HOME WORKING 16 HOUR SHIFTS AND I'M DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE TELLING ME, HEY, MY CAR GOT IMPOUNDED IN SHAFTER, WHAT DO I DO? I'M AT THE STORE. THE SAME THING HAPPENING.
WELL, BEFORE THEY SAY IT WAS MARCH 20TH.
GOT MY CAR. HOW CAN I GET MY CAR OUT? YOU KNOW, GO DOWN THERE AND GET YOUR REGISTRATION AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN I DON'T HAVE A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET BACK, BACK AND FORTH.
I'LL TAKE THEM TO THE SUBSTATION, HAVE THEM GET THEIR STUFF AND TAKE THEM BACK, AND NOW THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO I DO NOW? I MEAN, IT'S IN SHAFTER AND IT'S COST ME MORE MONEY TO GET MY VEHICLE OUT.
HOW AM I GOING TO PAY FOR THAT? HOW AM I GET THERE? SO THAT WAS THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAD, BECAUSE PEOPLE CALL ME AND TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'LL STOP ME AT THE STORES AND STUFF.
I TOO HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS MATTER.
COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, IF NOT ALREADY, IS WITH THE CLERK? I DO KNOW WE RECEIVED IT, AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE IT.
[INAUDIBLE] EMAIL. SO PERFECT.
I HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION.
I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW, MIKE.
PERFECT. THANKS, MIKE, AND, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS HERE, BUT THIS EMAIL THAT WAS READ THIS EVENING, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
WE SPOKE DIRECTLY WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE EMAIL, THE CHIEF AND I DID, AND THE LIEUTENANT.
A LOT OF THIS IS GROWING PAINS WITH STARTING UP AND NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF AGREEMENT IN PLACE PRIOR, AND SO WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN WORK.
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TOWING COMPANY TO GET THIS RESOLVED, SO IT IS BEING ACTIVELY WORKED ON.AS I EXPLAINED TO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO REACHED OUT TO ME, BUT WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THIS ITEM.
SEEING NO MORE OTHER COMMENTS.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS ITEM TEN.
[10) CONSENT CALENDAR]
THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL IN STAFF'S OPINION.THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS TEN A THROUGH TEN D.
VICE MAYOR MEDINA. I HAVE NO CONFLICT.
MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO CONFLICT MAYOR REYNA.
MEMBER SALDANA. NO CONFLICT, AND I, TOO, HAVE NO CONFLICT.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS THIS EVENING? ARE THERE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS THIS EVENING? VICE MAYOR MEDINA. I HAVE NONE.
GREAT. THEN I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL.
MEDINA. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS, ITEM 11.
[11) a. Kern County Fire Department (Appleton)]
KERN COUNTY FIRE. I GUESS WE'RE UP EARLY NOW.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
[CHUCKLING] THE LAST MEETING I CAME TO.
I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY AGENDA, AND I WAS LIKE, THERE WAS A CHANGE.
SO ANYWAYS SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE; I CAME FROM DELANO BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WE HAD FOR IN APRIL WAS 140 FOR THE WASCO FIRE ENGINE 31. WE HAD 16 FIRES AND 93 MEDICAL CALLS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBERS? NO, SIR.
NO, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHIEF FIVECOAT, WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[11) b. Wasco Police Department (Fivecoat)]
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.ACTUALLY, I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TODAY WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE FOR A TOTAL OF 20 DAYS AS OF TODAY.
WE'VE OPENED 145 CASES, MANY OF WHICH WILL BE GOING TO THE DA'S OFFICE.
THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL OF 59 ARRESTS IN THIS 20 DAY PERIOD.
42 FOR OPEN CHARGES, CASES LIKE BURGLARIES AND WHATNOT.
WE'VE RECOVERED SIX STOLEN VEHICLES, THREE OF WHICH WERE OCCUPIED WHEN WE MADE THE STOP.
WE'VE MADE TWO DUI ARRESTS AND ISSUED 69 CITATIONS, AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE CITATIONS, WE'VE BEEN DELIBERATELY HOLDING BACK, TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND NOT ISSUE CITATIONS UNLESS WE WERE COMPELLED TO DO SO, AND SO WE STILL ENDED UP WITH 69 CITATIONS.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ACTIVITY.
WHEN THE CITY MANAGER AND I TALKED TO OES CLEAR BACK IN DECEMBER OF 22, WE WERE TRYING TO GET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COMMS CENTER, AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE THE CALL VOLUME NECESSARY TO HAVE A PEACE APP.
THE CALL VOLUME NUMBER WAS 780.
WELL, IN 20 DAYS, WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT.
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IMPACT. IT WASN'T LOST ON ME TONIGHT ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION FOR POLICE WORK WEEK.I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
I THINK, COUNCILMAN VALENTIN, I THINK YOU JUST SAW THE TRUCK GO BY THE CITY TRUCK.
YEP. ALL THAT PROPERTY IN THE BACK OF THAT TRUCK WAS FROM A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.
THE OFFICERS THAT WERE GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE PROCLAMATION MANAGED TO CAPTURE TWO BURGLARY SUSPECTS AND RECOVER ALL THAT PROPERTY DURING THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THIS MEETING.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE OFFICERS.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND I CAN I CAN ONLY SAY TO YOU, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE HAD YOU NOT HAD THE VISION TO BRING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE CITY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
APPRECIATE THAT INAUGURAL UPDATE, CHIEF FIVECOAT.
ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBERS? VICE MAYOR? I JUST WANT TO SAY, I MEAN, THAT'S AWESOME, RIGHT? THE FACT THAT WE'RE CATCHING FOLKS AND BURGLARIES AND WHATNOT LIKE THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF YOURSELF, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE BEHIND HAVING OUR OWN PD, AND THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THE PD IS BRINGING TO OUR CITY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, EASY SELLING, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SAYING GROWING PAINS ALL OF THIS, BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT UPSET BECAUSE OF CITATIONS, ETC., WHATEVER, BUT I THINK THE GOOD OUTWEIGHS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE NEGATIVE. SO GREAT JOB; KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF, YOUR APPROACH IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A WARNING, PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S A GREAT APPROACH AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE NUMBERS, BUT WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? WE KNEW THAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME OF US STANDING UP OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT WE WOULD SEE PEOPLE ACTUALLY STARTING TO CALL AGAIN, AND DEPENDING ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY ENCOUNTER.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A POLICE CHASE, AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT CHASE.
WAS IT INVOLVING THE OFF ROAD VEHICLES? YES. OKAY. THE OFF ROAD VEHICLES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT YOU BRING UP.
SO THOSE VEHICLES WERE MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE OFFICERS ENGAGED THEM, AND THEY MANAGED TO GET TO THE EDGE OF TOWN AND GET INTO AN ALMOND ORCHARD, AND MY DIRECTION TO THE OFFICERS IS WE DO NOT CHASE CARS OR VEHICLES IN ALMOND ORCHARDS.
ALL THAT ENDS UP IN IS A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THE BETTER TACT IS FOR US TO BE CONSTANTLY VIGILANT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH HOUSES AND WHICH HOMES ARE THOSE VEHICLES COMING FROM, AND WE'LL GET THEM ON THE BACK END.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CHASE THEM ON THE FRONT END, I AGREE.
OKAY, WELL I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT.
PEOPLE AT THE PARK WERE LOOKING AT THE CHASE AND THOSE PEOPLE WERE GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
YES, SIR. WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR [INAUDIBLE].
THE SIDE BY SIDE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THAT CHASE WAS ACTUALLY STOLEN.
WE RECOVERED IT INTACT IN THAT ORCHARD.
OKAY, SO ONE OF THEM BAILED OUT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S AWESOME JUST TO BE PART OF THIS.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THE DIVINE POWERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING, AND TO BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER, NOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, YES, PUT TO TEST AND WHATNOT AND EVERYTHING AND IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE, AND, I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE ALSO JUST KEEP KEEP UP.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. MAYOR, IF I MAY, I FORGOT ONE STAT THAT I THINK IS TRULY IMPORTANT.
SO WE RAN THE NUMBERS ON ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR CALL TO RESPONSE TIME WAS.
WHEN DID WE ARRIVE ON THE SCENE? SO FROM THE TIME THE 9-1-1 LINE RANG UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GOT TO THE LOCATION WAS SIX MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS ON AVERAGE, WE THOUGHT THAT OUR CALL TO DISPATCH TIME COULD BE CUT TO 2.5 MINUTES.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YEAH, IT REALLY IS AMAZING, AND THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GREAT.
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EVERYBODY COMMUNITY.HOW MANY COP CARS HAVE YOU SEEN TODAY OR THIS WEEK, AND IT'S USUALLY UP IN THE SEVERAL.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR, WHICH IS DAY AND NIGHT FROM THE PAST.
SO LET'S KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
[14) a. Accept all bids and adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or designee to enter into an Agreement with Crosswhite Construction Inc. for the rehabilitation of the Police Activity League (PAL) Building in the amount of $498,684.00 and allowing the City Manager to execute Contract Change Orders in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $150,000 with the condition of securing extra funding needed for this project 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 15378, no environmental review is required. (Villa) ]
CONSTRUCTION, INC FOR REHABILITATION OF THE POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE (PAL) BUILDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $498,684 AND ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF $150,000, WITH THE CONDITION OF SECURING EXTRA FUNDING NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT, 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 15378, NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED.
MR. VILLA, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE? GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH CROSS WHITE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SAL BUILDING, FORMERLY SAL BUILDING, IT'S GOING TO BE PAL BUILDING WITH CROSSWALK CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $498,684, PENDING APPROVAL OR OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS $327,000 IN THIS FUND.
AN ADDITIONAL $431,000 WAS REQUESTED.
SO PENDING THAT APPROVAL, WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET IS WHEN WE WOULD LIKE TO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AUTHORIZATION NOW SO WHEN WE GET THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, CITY MANAGER CAN ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH NO DELAYS.
BEING THIS IS IN A TIME FRAME.
I BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER, SO IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER.
THIS PROJECT DOES SO TIGHT TIME FRAME.
SO THAT BEING SAID, IF DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER I'LL BE HAPPY TO.
GREAT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? MEMBER. EXCUSE ME, VICE MAYOR MEDINA.
MAYOR REYNA. YOU'VE ALREADY APPLIED FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
ARE THE PROSPECTS GOOD FOR US TO GET THE MONEY? YES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS GOOD.
CORRECT. [CHUCKLING] I SEE SMILES THROUGHOUT.
GOOD, VERY GOOD IS THAT WE'RE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT.
EXCELLENT. ANYTHING TO ADD, MEMBER MEDINA? I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.
VERY WELL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOVE TO APPROVE, MAYOR. I'LL SECOND.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER REYNA.
SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDINA TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
[14) b. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or designee to finalize and complete the purchase of two (2) additional Police Department vehicles 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 15378, no environmental review is required. (Hurlbert)]
VEHICLES AND FIND THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT AS DEFINED UNDER THE CEQA STATE GUIDELINES.THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO STATE GUIDELINES SECTION 15378, NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED.
YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS A PURCHASE OF OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT.
THERE ARE STILL TWO OF THESE INTERCEPTOR VEHICLES, IDENTICAL TO THE BATCH THAT WE'VE ORDERED FROM PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE SAME SOURCE THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE, AND THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE THE SAME MODEL YEAR AT THE SAME PRICING HAS BEEN HELD BY THE BROKER THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AND THE VENDOR WE'RE HEARING THAT AGAIN, NEXT MODEL YEAR, THERE MAY BE DELAYS OR SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND ALMOST CERTAINLY A PRICE INCREASE.
SO THE VENDOR HAS AGREED TO HONOR HIS PRICING PREVIOUSLY.
THERE ARE TWO MORE THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE PRUDENT TO FILL OUT OUR FLEET AS WE NEED IT TODAY, AND THE PRICING IS INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, AND WE WOULD ALSO THIS THIS AMOUNT IS COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING
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APPROVED STARTUP BUDGET.SO THESE EXPENSES WOULD NOT NEED TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE OPERATING BUDGET NEXT YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? HOW ABOUT MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDINA.
I HAVE NO COMMENTS. MEMBER MARTINEZ.
SCOTT, DID WE APPROVE TWO OTHER VEHICLES PRIOR TO THIS? TWO? THREE, AND THEY WERE UNDER THE SAME ARRANGEMENT.
RIGHT, HOW MANY VEHICLES WILL THIS MAKE ONCE WE IF WE PURCHASE THIS, HOW MANY VEHICLES WILL BE? SIX, 11, 14, 16? YES, 17 OR 16 OF THE BRAND NEW ONES, AND THEN THREE.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE FIVE CROWN VICTORIANS THAT WE PURCHASED THAT WERE SURVEYED OUT FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
OKAY, AND NOT ONLY THAT, I MEAN, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO GET THE SAME PRICING FOR THE OUTFITTING OF THE VEHICLES RIGHT FROM THE PERSON THAT DID IT FOR US BEFORE. SO THAT'S A GREAT DEAL.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD SAY NO TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER REYNA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALDANA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO ITEM 14 C.
[14) c. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Updated Police Department Operational Staffing Plan, Pay Ranges, and the Amended Salary Schedule for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in Compliance with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Requirement for Publicly Available Pay Schedules, 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 15378, no environmental review is required. (Hurlbert)]
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE UPDATED POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONAL STAFFING PLAN, PAY RANGES AND AMENDED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULES, AND FIND THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT AS DEFINED UNDER CEQA STATE GUIDELINES.THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO STATE GUIDELINES SECTION 15378, NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED.
MR. HURLBERT. YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
IF YOU RECALL WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE START UP BUDGET, THERE WAS A DRAFT STAFFING PLAN THAT WAS PART OF THAT, AND THAT'S HOW THOSE COSTS WERE DEVELOPED.
THERE WAS SPECIFIC ACTION TAKEN TO APPROVE THE FIRST THREE POSITIONS, THE CHIEF LIEUTENANT AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATOR, AND THOSE POSITIONS WERE FILLED, AND THEN THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE TO THE SALARY SCHEDULE, WHICH ALSO APPROVED THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OFFICER, SENIOR OFFICER SERGEANT, AND SO FORTH, AND THE DISPATCH POSITION AND SO FORTH.
SO THIS DOCUMENT FINALIZES THAT APPROVAL, AND WE AS STAFF JUST WERE LOOKING AT THIS, AND WE WANTED TO HAVE ONE PLACE TO GO BACK TO, AND FRANKLY, FOR THE AUDITORS TO GO BACK TO AND SAY, YES, ALL THESE POSITIONS AND THE SALARY RANGES AND THE BODY COUNTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED PROPERLY SO THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD PAPER TRAIL.
SO EVERYTHING IN THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PIECEMEAL APPROVED TOGETHER, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE IT IN ONE PLACE, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS STAFF REPORT IS THE GRID ON PAGE TWO, AND THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR ORIGINAL START UP QUANTITY WAS, THE STAFFING PLAN THAT WE HAD MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, AND PRETTY PROUD OF OURSELVES OF BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND REALLY ONLY TWO SMALL CHANGES, AND I'LL POINT THOSE OUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT SERGEANTS.
WE DID BETTER THAN WE HAD THOUGHT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT FOUR QUALIFIED SERGEANTS.
SO WE SWAPPED THE BODY COUNT ON THOSE TWO WITH THE SENIOR POSITIONS.
SO WE ENDED UP WITH FOUR SERGEANTS, TWO SENIORS INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
TOTAL BODY COUNT WAS REMAINS THE SAME THERE.
WE ALSO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY, BOTH OF AN OPPORTUNITY WITH AN INDIVIDUAL AND FOR SOME EFFICIENCY, TO INSTITUTE THE POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIAN POSITION, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IF YOU RECALL, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WAS DURING THE WORST OF THE
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RECRUITMENT PROBLEMS WAS TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE PATROL DUTIES WITH THE POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIAN, NOT A FULLY SWORN OFFICER, BUT SOMEONE THAT CAN HANDLE TRAFFIC CONTROL, EVIDENCE WRANGLING AND THINGS AT AN ACCIDENT OR A CRIME SCENE, AND WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WE SHIFTED ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS DOWN TO THE POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIAN, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN FILL THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND PUT SOMEBODY TO WORK IN THAT CAPACITY.NONETHELESS, THE TOTAL STAFFING PLAN REMAINS AT 33, AND BEYOND THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? VICE MAYOR MEDINA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I DO NOT. MEMBER MARTINEZ.
I'LL START BY SAYING THAT I SUPPORT THIS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO DO.
I KNOW THAT SERGEANTS GET PAID MORE THAN SENIOR PATROL OFFICERS, RIGHT? HOW IS THAT FOR OUR BUDGETING? I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND HAVE CONSIDERED THAT AS WELL.
WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT LITTLE ELSE IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS OR WEEKS.
SO THIS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL DURING OUR WORKSHOP 48 HOURS FROM NOW.
SO YES, THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
THERE WERE SOME SAVINGS IN OTHER AREAS, BUT THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.
I CAN SEE A LOT OF BENEFITS BY HAVING THE SERGEANTS.
I MEAN, YOU ALWAYS HAVE SUPERVISION.
YOU HAVE SUPERVISION IN EVERY SINGLE SCHEDULE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE COST, BUT NO, THAT'S STILL APPROVED. GOOD.
MEMBER SALDANA? I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
GOOD. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THE NUMBERS AND THE REPORTS, YOU KNOW, MESHED OUT AND FLESHED.
WE LIKE NUMBERS PENCILING OUT.
WE'LL SEE ON THURSDAY HOW THE BUDGET NUMBERS PENCILED OUT.
THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ SECONDED BY MAYOR GARCIA TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
ITEM 15 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT ON ITEM 15A.
15B KERN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
MAYOR, I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING BECAUSE I WAS IN SACRAMENTO FOR THE CITY LEADERS SUMMIT, AND YOU WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE AS WELL, SO NO REPORT.
THAT'S RIGHT. 15C WASCO TASK FORCE.
[15) c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña and Medina) ]
WE HAD OUR SECOND CLEANUP FOR THE TASK FORCE JUST LAST MONTH OR THIS LAST SATURDAY.IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. WE HAD 26 VOLUNTEERS.
THANK YOU, LUIS, FOR GETTING THAT TRUCK.
THAT CAME IN HANDY FOR PICKING UP THE TRASH AFTERWARDS.
WE CLEANED UP THREE ALLEYS TWO VACANT LOTS.
WE HAD, WHAT, LIKE 20 BAGS OF TRASH? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF US THERE, MR. REYNA, EDDIE, VERONICA WAS THERE COVERING THE GREAT STORY.
SO ALL IN ALL, I THINK WE'RE GETTING SOME TRACTION.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST KEEP THIS GOING.
WE'RE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO REALLY JUST LOOKING TO CONTINUE PUSHING THAT FORWARD, AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CLEANUP NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF MR. REYNA OR EDDIE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.
VERY WELL. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER.
[16) REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]
OKAY. YEAH, A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT.ONE IS THE LABOR CAMP DEMOLITION UPDATE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF VISIBLE CHANGE SINCE LAST MEETING, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
SO THE DEMOLITION IS MORE OR LESS COMPLETE RIGHT NOW.
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QUALITY PRODUCT THERE.IT WON'T BE PERFECT, BUT IT'LL BE A LOT BETTER THAN IT IS OR WAS.
SO THAT'S GETTING CLOSE TO WINDING UP, I WOULD GUESS, JUST, SORRY.
PLEASE. SO THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MAY 28TH, BUT YEAH, THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT FOUNDATIONS LEFT TO BREAK APART AND LEVEL OUT THE AREA.
[INAUDIBLE] RIGHT AND THAT'S THE LAST STEP, RIGHT, CLEAN UP? THEN THE SOIL SIFTING, RIGHT, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, AND THEN IT WILL BE LEVELED, AND [INAUDIBLE] AND THE END OF A CHAPTER.
THERE'S A SNIP EVENT COMING UP NEXT FRIDAY, THE 16TH, MAY 16TH, THE USUAL LOCATION AND TIME, I BELIEVE, 8:00.
8 TO 4. 8 TO 4, THEN WE HAD A FREE ADOPTION EVENT ON MAY 3RD AT WALMART, THIS TIME NOT NEARLY AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE PREVIOUS.
SO THERE WILL BE A FREE ADOPTION EVENT PROMOTED THIS WEEKEND NEXT.
THURSDAY, MAY 23RD IS A CAREER FAIR AT THE SHAFTER YOUTH CENTER THAT WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN.
HAVE SOME OTHER LOCAL FOLKS PARTICIPATING IN.
WHAT'S THE DATE ON THAT, SCOTT? THE 17TH, I BELIEVE.
THANK YOU. SO WE'RE A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AWAY.
I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO THAT AND I DO NOT HAVE DETAILS ON THE JUNETEENTH.
THERE IS ONE BEING PLANNED, BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE DETAILS IN FRONT OF ME.
SO WE'LL GET THOSE DISTRIBUTED.
I SAW A FLYER ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY ARE PLANNING ONE, BUT I IT'S AT BARKER PARK ON THE 15TH.
10 TO 3. OKAY, I'LL ADD THAT TO MY LIST, AND THEN A COUPLE MORE AND THEN I'LL WRAP IT UP.
KCSOS EVENT AT BARKER PARK LAST WEEK WAS VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
TYPICALLY WE HAUL SOME PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.
THE KIDS GO BONKERS OVER TRACTORS AND VACUUM.
VACUUM TRUCK IS ALWAYS A BIG HIT AND I GUESS THE SCHOOL BROUGHT ONE OF THEIR BUSSES OUT GET KIDS INTRODUCED TO A SCHOOL BUS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO THANKFULLY THERE WERE MANY MORE PARTICIPANTS.
THERE IS A STILL AN AVAILABLE CITY APPOINTED SEAT.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS CLOSED.
SO YEAH, IT SHOULD BE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWS.
SO THAT WILL WRAP UP BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, AND THEN SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET WORKSHOP MATERIALS WILL BE POSTED TO EACH OF YOU BEGINNING TOMORROW EARLY AS WE HAVE THEM READY.
THE AGENDA ITEM POSTED THIS EVENING.
SO IT'S OUT THERE FOR THURSDAY EVENING.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAVE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, A BLOCK OF TIME RESERVED.
THE FORMAT THAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING ON THURSDAY AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE SECOND MEETING ON FRIDAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR OF THAT.
EXCELLENT, REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.
[17) REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL]
VICE MAYOR MEDINA. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.[00:50:01]
EXCELLENT. SORRY.MEMBER MARTINEZ. NOTHING TO REPORT.
WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO, THEN WE CAME TO WASCO FOR THE STANDING UP OR THE INAUGURATION OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE WENT BACK AND RETURNED THE FOLLOWING DAY. SO THAT WAS QUITE A DRIVE.
CITY CLEANUP, I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS WONDERFUL.
VINCENT, AND MR. SALDANA ARE DOING, EXCUSE ME, VALENTIN AND MR. SALDANA ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AT PROMOTING THIS EVENT, AND SO IT'S BEEN WELL ATTENDED.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE MIGHT CREATE THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL BE DOING THE, THE DUTIES THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED TO VALENTIN, THAT WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE CITY WILL COME AND DO IT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT THE CITY, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS, BUT THE EXPECTATION WILL BE THERE.
SO SOMETHING TO JUST BE MINDFUL OF.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE LOCAL DAY OF PRAYER AT THE SAME DAY AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
WE HAD SEVERAL PASTORS AT THE 15TH STREET PARK.
THE MAYOR WAS THERE, AND SO WAS EDDIE SALDANA.
WE GATHERED TO PRAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
WE DID A LOT OF PRAYING, AND SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ASK GOD TO GUIDE US ALL AND TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
MEMBER REYNA ALWAYS MAKES MY REPORT EASY BECAUSE YOU JUST MARKED OFF ALL THOSE.
I DID ALL THE SAME THINGS YOU DID.
EARTH DAY WAS A FANTASTIC DAY ON 22ND, THANKS TO CRC.
TREE FOUNDATION OF KERN FOR THE 40 TREES THAT THEY PUT IN OVER AT THE BARKER PARK.
THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT AND COLLABORATIVE EVENT TO BE A PART OF.
MEASURE X, GOT TO INSTALL SOME NEW MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD FOR THE MEETING ON THE 23RD.
IS THERE OTHER ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR IS THAT THE ONE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S THE ONE WE WERE TALKING. OKAY, GOOD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO PLACING THOSE SEATS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[18) CLOSED SESSION]
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO REPORT OUT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.