SUSANVILLE CITY COUNCIL

Regular Meeting

February 2, 2005 — 7:00 p.m.

City Council Chambers 66 North Lassen Street Susanville CA 96130 530/257-1000

Call Meeting to Order                                                            Next Ordinance No. 05-0916

Pledge of Allegiance                                                             Next Resolution No. 05-3866

Invocation

Roll Call of Councilmembers

1        APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Additions and/or Deletions)

2        BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR

Any person may address the Council at this time upon any subject not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the City Council. However, any matter that requires action will be referred to staff for a report and action at a subsequent meeting. Presentations are subject to a five-minute limit.

3        CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council. There will be no separate discussion on these items. Any member of the public or the City Council may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar to be considered separately.

          A        Receive and file vendor warrants numbered 59406 through 59586 totaling $660,855.09 which includes $104,036.28 in payroll warrants

          B        Approve appointment of Michael Barone and Karen Rollings to regular, full-time position of Account Technician in the Finance Department

          C        Approve list of accounts receivable to be written off ($936.59 in utility billing and $276.00 in business license fees)

          D        Approve co-sponsorship of Vial of Life program with Banner Lassen Medical Center

          E        Approve sixty-day extension on geothermal rate agreements

          F        Approve Resolution No. 05-3865, Approving and authorizing Council to eliminate two pool positions (Manager and Assistant Manager)

4        PUBLIC HEARINGS

          A        Collection and expenditures report for Police, Fire and Streets Mitigation fees – annual report

                     1        Public Hearing: Solicit and consider comments on annual report

                     2        Action: Consider Resolution No. 05-3852, Approving and accepting Collection and Expenditures Report for Police, Fire and Streets mitigation funds

5        NEW BUSINESS

          A        Consider authorizing Mayor to submit grant application for seatbelt enforcement mini-grant

          B        Consider Resolution No. 05-3862, Authorizing purchase of two radar signs for Main Street: Accepting $3,000 donation from Supervisor Jim Chapman; Accepting $4,750 donation from LMUD; and Authorizing $1,750 expenditure from Police mitigation funds

          C        Consider Ordinance No. 05-0914, Adding Sections 12.20.031 and 12.20.032 to the Susanville Municipal Code regarding maintenance and repair of sidewalks and liability for injuries to the public (waive first reading and introduce)

          D        Consider Resolution No. 05-3861, Approving City employees to serve as poll workers and receive their regular pay plus stipend

6        SUSANVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

7        SUSANVILLE MUNICIPAL ENERGY CORPORATION

8        CONTINUING BUSINESS

          A        Consider Resolution No. 05-3863, Amending Resolution No. 04-3850 and authorizing Mayor to execute natural gas agreement with Lassen Community College

          B        Consider Resolution No. 05-3864, Accepting easement and right-of-way from Lassen Community College for construction of natural gas lateral

9        CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORTS

          A        Community Development annual report – B. Nebeker

          B        Cady Springs update – C. Platt

10      COUNCIL ITEMS

11      CLOSED SESSION

          A        CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, Anticipated litigation:

Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c): four

          B        CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, Existing litigation, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a):

                     1        City of Susanville v. Miller et al. (Lassen Superior Court No. 30822)

                     2        City of Susanville v. Miller et al. (Lassen Superior Court No. 30821)

                     3        Bankruptcy – Chapter 11 – of Northstar Real Estate Company, LLC (US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California (Sacramento Division Office), Case No. 04-24367-C-11)

                     4        Nevada Maxim v. City of Susanville (Lassen Superior Court No. 39231)

12      RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

13      ADJOURNMENT: Next regular adjourned meeting is scheduled for February 16, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

Accessibility: An interpreter for the hearing-impaired may be made available upon request to the City Clerk seventy-two hours prior to a meeting. A reader for the vision-impaired for purposes of reviewing the agenda may be made available upon request to the City Clerk. The location of this meeting is wheelchair-accessible.

I, Debra M. Magginetti, certify that I caused to be posted notice of regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 2, 2005 in the areas designated on January 28, 2005.

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Debra M. Magginetti, City Clerk

                                             By: Gwenna MacDonald, Deputy