- We interviewed three candidates for two seats on the Planning Commission. After interviews and discussion, the Council re-appointed Commissioners Banchero and Cassagrande. Congratulations to the two re-appointees.
- We welcomed and swore in our new Police Chief, Jeremy Crone. Chief Crone has a tremendous amount of experience in law enforcement and I look forward to working with the new Chief.
- We received a report by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District detailing Clayton specific statistics and the services provided by ConFire. We also had a discussion about home hardening and ways residents could reduce their fire risk, and how they can gain information about emergency communications should they occur. ConFire is recommending that everyone sign up for CWS Alerts and that everyone know their specific evacuation zone should a call for evacuation ever occur. More information here:
- We received a report from our outgoing Interim Police Chief Mort regarding his assessment of the department. This included observations about activities, as well as specifics around staffing, recruitment, retention, and training.
- We adopted a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City's Miscellaneous group and updated the City's salary schedule accordingly. This MOU follows ongoing negotiations between the City and this group and I'm glad we came to agreeable terms.
- We formed an ad hoc committee to review and provide feedback on the Contra Costa County Civil Grand Jury Report regarding Clayton. The Council chose Mayor Trupiano and myself to be on the ad hoc Committee. The ad hoc Committee will meet and present draft responses at a Special Meeting scheduled for 6.24.25 at 5pm in Hoyer Hall.
