Last night the Council met to discuss several significant items:
- First we held a GHAD meeting and discussed the annual levy of assessments. The meeting was recessed briefly to allow opportunity for any residents to comment. The annual assessment was passed 5-0. While this was perfunctory in nature, it does not change the overall underfunded status of the GHAD itself. In order to actually increase the levy by any amount greater than CPI, the residents in the GHAD would need to approve that via a vote. The GHAD Board is looking to hold that vote in the near future.
- We held a brief closed session to discuss the City Manager recruitment. There were no reportable actions from that closed session.
- We interviewed 5 candidates for 3 open positions on the Planning Commission. Each of the 3 incumbents sought reappointment with 2 newcomers who threw their hat in the ring. I want to thank everyone that stepped up and volunteered their time. It is always difficult to put yourself out there in order to serve the community. While I appreciated the enthusiasm and willingness to volunteer, ultimately the Council felt the incumbents have been doing a solid job as Planning Commissioners and felt that stability was important. For those reasons, each of the three incumbents, Rich Enea, Sr., Maria Shulman, and Dan Richardson were reappointed to the Planning Commission on a 5-0 vote.
- We adopted increases to annual assessments in several areas. These annual increases are regular in nature and follow a formula typically based on CPI. Those areas were the Clayton Benefit Assessment District (BAD), the Downtown Park Operations (CFD 2006-01), and the Citywide Landscape Maintenance Assessment (CFD 2007-01). We also approved the annual appropriations limit for the City. Each of these passed 5-0.
- We also amended the scope of the professional services agreement with our City Engineer to provide additional oversight to our Maintenance Superintendent, as well as other projects going on in the City.
The regularly scheduled meeting for 8.6.24 has been cancelled in lieu of our Police Department hosting an annual National Night Out event. More info to follow.
