CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council will meet this week to hold two public hearings and discuss updating a portion of the city’s purchasing rules.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The public may attend, however, the council chambers will have limited capacity and attendees must adhere to masking and social distancing mandates.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel. Community members also can participate via Zoom.
The agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Melissa Swanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also visit the city’s town hall site and submit written comments at https://www.opentownhall.com/portals/327/forum_home. Identify the subject you wish to comment on in your email’s subject line or in your town hall submission.
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments prior to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 15.
Each public comment emailed to the city clerk will be read aloud by the mayor or a member of staff for up to three minutes or will be displayed on a screen. Public comment emails and town hall public comment submissions that are received after the beginning of the meeting will not be included in the record.
Presentations at the start of the meeting will include April’s adoptable dogs, the Local Safety Road Plan, PEG TV's Annual Report and a proclamation recognizing Dr. Gary Pace, M.D., M.P.H. for his service
On Thursday, the council will hold two public hearings, the first on a development agreement with Chandra Martinez for a commercial cannabis operation at 14935 Olympic Drive, the second regarding proposed projects for a grant application for funding through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program.
Under business, council members will consider the first reading of an amendment to the Clearlake Municipal Code, Section 3-4 Purchasing and Sales, regarding raising limit that the purchasing agent, or city manager, can spend to purchase supplies, equipment or services through an informal process to $25,000 – the current limit is $20,000.
As part of the same item, the council will discuss allowing the purchasing agent to continue to have discretion over disposing of surplus property, adding a specific reference to allow the disposal of supplies and equipment with a fair market value of $10,000 or above to be sold at a public auction. The amendment’s second reading will be set for May 6.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrants; continuation of declaration of local emergency Issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action Oct. 12, 2017; continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on March 14, 2020, and ratified by council action on March 19, 2020; Resolution No. 2021-23, to adopt the residential anti-displacement and relocation assistance plan; authorization to hire a full-time office assistant for City Hall front counter service Enhancement; approval of Amendment No. 2 to management and administrative services agreement with Regional Government Services for consulting services, increasing the contract amount by $50,000 and authorizing the city manager to sign; minutes of the March 18 and April 1 meetings; and adoption of the 13th Amendment to the FY 2020-25 Budget (Resolution 2020-27) appropriating funding for an Office Assistant II in the Administrative Services Department.
Following the public portion of the meeting, the council will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Clearlake Municipal Employees Association, Clearlake Police Officers Association and Clearlake Middle Management Association.
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Clearlake City Council to hold public hearings, consider updating purchasing rules
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