Brawley City Council & Successor Agency to Brawley
Community Redevelopment Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
383 Main Street Brawley, California 92227
This meeting will be broadcast live at www.facebook.com/TheHubatBrawleyEOC.
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.
To maintain social distancing, physical presence is strongly discouraged.
Alternative methods of participation are encouraged and should a member
of the public wish to provide public comments, please submit written
comments via email to abenavides@brawley-ca.gov or contact the City
Clerk’s Office at 760/351.3080. The deadline to submit comments is 2PM on
April 21, 2020. State of California Governor Gavin Newsom waived specific portions of the
Brown Act by Executive Order for the period that social distancing measures are
recommended and required by state and local public health officials. The waiver
of Brown Act provisions requires:
a. Members of the public are allowed to observe and address public meetings
telephonically or through other electronic means.
b. Procedures “swiftly” accommodate any reasonable request to accommodate
access by disabled individuals to meetings that are accessible telephonically or
through other electronic means in accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (“ADA”).
c. Notice of the procedure is provided for making requests for such reasonable
accommodation with the notice for any public meeting.
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: April 10, 2020 Pgs 5-20
April 17, 2020 Pgs 21-27
b. Reject Bids for Project No. 2019-04 Wildcat Drive Improvements Project.
Pgs 28-35
4. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Discussion and Potential Action to Review and Accept the Audited Financial
Statements for the City of Brawley for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019,
Prepared by Moss, Levy & Hartzheim LLP and Presented by Tyler Salcido,
Finance Director. Pgs 36-127
b. Update on City of Brawley Declaration of Local Emergency as a Result of
COVID-19 Pandemic
i. Overall Outlook Presented by Interim Fire Chief Mike York
ii. Potential Financial Impacts Presented by Finance Director Tyler
Salcido Pgs 128-137
iii. Discussion and Potential Action to Adopt City Council Resolution
No. 2020- Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley,
California, Brawley Proclaiming the Existence of an Ongoing Local
Emergency for COVID-19 Pgs 138-140
c. Discussion and Potential Action to Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2020-
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California, Approving
Purchase of Thirteen (13) Mobile Data Computers for the Brawley Police
Department in the Amount of $91,215.36, Utilizing State COPS Funds.
Pgs 141-151
5. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
a. Update on Emergency Construction Project at the Brawley Water Treatment
Plant to Replace Components of Two Sedimentation Basins and Emergency
Purchase of Sewage Pumps for Lift Station No. 1, Presented by Public Works
Director Guillermo Sillas, PE.
b. Update on Emergency Replacement of Three Failing A/C Units at Brawley Police
Department, Presented by Interim Police Chief Scott Sheppeard.
6. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
a. Record of Building Permits for March 2020 in the City of Brawley, Prepared by
Oscar Escalante, Interim Building Official. Pgs 152-153
7. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
8. CITY MANAGER REPORT
9. CITY ATTORNEY
10. CITY CLERK
11. CLOSED SESSION
EXISTING LITIGATION (California Government Code §54956.9)
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – One (2) Cases
i. City of Brawley vs. Ruben Banuelos
ii. City of Brawley vs. James McConnell
POTENTIAL LITIGATION (California Government Code §54956.9)
a. Conference with Legal Counsel – 3 Cases
ADJOURNMENT
