Brawley City Council &
Successor Agency to Brawley
Community Redevelopment Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
383 Main Street
Brawley, California 92227
Norma Kastner-Jauregui, Mayor Alma Benavides, City Clerk
Luke Hamby, Mayor Pro-Tempore William S. Smerdon, City
Sam Couchman, Council Member Attorney/City Treasurer
George A. Nava, Council Member Rosanna Bayon Moore, City Manager/
Donald L. Wharton, Council Member Executive Director
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
2. PUBLIC APPEARANCES/COMMENTS (Not to exceed 4 minutes) this is the time for the public to address the Council on any item not appearing on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. The Mayor will recognize you and when you come to the microphone, please state your name for the record. You are not allowed to make personal attacks on individuals or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an individual’s personal privacy. Please direct your questions and comments to
the City Council.
a. Introduction of Newly Hired Community Services Officer Veronica Vargas, by Interim Police Chief Scott Sheppard.
3. CONSENT AGENDA Items are approved by one motion. Council Members or members of the public may request consent items be considered separately at a time determined by the Mayor.
a. Approve Accounts Payable: February 20, 2020 Pgs 5-16
February 27, 2020 Pgs 17-28
b. Approve Action to Designate Imperial County Transportation Commission as the Lead Administrative Agency for the Imperial Valley Resource Management Agency (IVRMA). Pgs 29-34
4. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Discussion and Potential Action re: Consumer Price Adjustment (CPI) Rate Adjustment for All Solid Waste, Recycling and Street Sweeping Services and Pass Through Costs for Implementing the State Mandated 2020 Organics Waste Recycling Program per California State Assembly Bill 1594 (AB1594) and AB1826. Pgs 35-41
b. Discussion and Potential Action to Adopt Resolution No. 2020- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Appointment a Member to the Brawley Parks and Recreation Commission. Pgs 42-47
5. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
a. 2020 Adult Softball League Update by Interim Parks & Recreation Director Marjo Mello Pgs 48-49
b. Update on Emergency Construction Project at the Brawley Water Treatment Plant to Replace Components of Two Sedimentation Basins by Public Works Director Guillermo Sillas, PE
6. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
a. Monthly Staff Report for March 2020, prepared by Shirley Bonillas, Personnel & Risk Management Administrator Pgs 50
7. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
8. CITY MANAGER REPORT
9. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT
10. CITY CLERK REPORT
11. CLOSED SESSION
EXISTING LITIGATION (California Government Code §54956.9)
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – Two (2) Cases
i. Frankie Rodriguez, Pablo C. Lopez, Marco A. Garcia, Omar Balderas, Gerardo Vindiola, David Villalobos, Julian Jimenez, Ricardo Rosales, Daniel Atondo, David Siquieroz, Jonathan Gutierrez, Anthony Padilla, Julio Velasquez, Roberto Orozco, Mariano C. Valenzuela, Jr., Raul Bernal, Ralph Walker, Jose Limon and Pete Guzman, on behalf of themselves and all other employees similarly situated vs. City of Brawley.
ii. Brawley Public Safety Employee Association, Jeremy Schaffer, David Holetz, Jorge Garibay, Darlene Garcia, Dennise Montano, Nathan Montes-Gonzalez, Karla Razo, Daniel Swithenbank, Daniel Schleyer, Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Morales, Ana Amaya, Brian Harsany, Angelica Garcia, Martha Garcia, Javier Martinez, Jake Yuhas, Dean Beckwith, Ricardo Valdez, David Pham, Stephen James Dyroff, Adriana Ruiz, Jon Dellinger, Isaac Romo, Jesse Yuhas, Susanne Nickel, Rudy H. Nunez, Diana Diaz, Sixto Moreno, Joon Kim, Francisco Mendoza, Maghen Caudill, Regina Kim vs. City of Brawley.
PERSONNEL MATTERS (Government Code §54957)
a. Public Employee Appointment to the Position of Police Chief
ADJOURNMENT
