LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Lakeport City Council will consider the second and final reading of an ordinance to address solicitation in the city, take up the resolution to call for this fall's municipal election and discuss moving forward on a sales tax measure.
The council will meet in closed session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, for conference with labor and property negotiators before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
On Tuesday's agenda are two public hearings.
The first is the second reading of an ordinance regarding solicitation, including panhandling, that was accepted on its first reading last month, as Lake County News has reported.
If accepted, the ordinance would require a permit for soliciting, with an express exclusion for religious and political activities.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said in his report to the council that the ordinance would give police additional tools to deal with the kind of aggressive soliciting that has been on the rise in the city over the last two years.
In the second public hearing, the council will consider adopting a proposed resolution approving the additional Supplemental Activity to the 2014-CDBG-9883 grant for the use of additional business assistance loan funds.
In other business, the council will consider a resolution calling for the city's Nov. 8 general municipal election and requesting approval for election services from the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office.
Three council seats will be up for election this year. The seats currently are held by Mayor Marc Spillman, who has said he won't seek reelection, and his fellow Council members Martin Scheel, who is running for District 4 supervisor, and Kenny Parlet.
Also on Tuesday, City Manager Margaret Silveira will take to the council a request to authorize city staff to move forward with vendor selection and work on a public education and outreach project for a revenue sales tax measure.
As part of that item, Silveira is asking the council to authorize an increased budget appropriation from the general fund reserve in the amount of $25,000 to fund the work related to the measure.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the May 17 meeting; the May 25 warrant register; Application No. 2016-015 with staff recommendations for the Lake County Arts Council and the Main Street Art Gallery for the Spring Bazaar to be held in and around the Yacht Club on June 11; adoption of a resolution of the Lakeport City Council setting forth the terms of the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee; and initiation of proceedings on delinquent utility accounts for sewer and water charges.
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Solicitation ordinance, call for election, sales tax measure on Lakeport City Council agenda
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