| Date | County | City | Meeting Type | Item Type | Item | Description |
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| 20250414 | LA County | Alhambra | City Council | Item | 7. RESOLUTION APPROVING A REVISED COMPREHENSIVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE ALHAMBRA POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION (APOA) – F2M25-2, R2M25-16, C87-16C, M2M25-42 Recruitments to fill vacancies in the position of Police Officer occur on a continuous basis. In the past, City staff and APOA representatives have worked together in an effort to proactively address recruitment and retention matters. Previously, from 2020 to 2023, the City Council approved a temporary overhire of up to five (5) positions due to anticipated retirements and lateral transfers at various ranks. Upon the expiration of the previously agreed upon provision, City staff returned to budgeting two (2) overhires in the position of Police Officer. Most recently, City staff was again informed of expected retirements and lateral transfers within various ranks as a result of the impending retirements. City staff and APOA representatives have met and conferred regarding the language proposed as a temporary provision in the existing APOA Comprehensive MOU and have reached agreement. Authorization to temporarily overhire by an additional two (2) Police Officers, for a total of authorized overhire of four positions in Police Officer, will ensure the Department’s staffing levels remains stable during this time of transition. Recommended Action: City Council adopt Resolution No. R2M25-16 entitled: A Resolution of the Alhambra City Council approving a Revised Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Alhambra and the Alhambra Police Officers’ Association that includes a provision for a temporary increase and overhire of Police Officers for a limited duration within the existing MOU contract period; and, direct staff to undertake the steps necessary to finalize Council’s action. (M2M25-42) | April 14, 2025 LA County Alhambra City Council Item #7 |
| 20250414 | LA County | Alhambra | City Council | Item | 5. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE ALHAMBRA CITY COUNCIL AMENDING CHAPTERS 3.36, 3.38, AND 3.40 CONCERNING BIDDING AND CONTRACTING THRESHOLDS DUE TO AMENDMENTS TO CUPCCAA, AND SECTION 9.74.060 CONCERNING FALSE ALARMS – F2M25-16, O2M25-4845 Periodically amendments are needed to the Alhambra Municipal Code (“AMC”) based upon changes in legislation and issues arising in implementation of the AMC. This ordinance makes amendments to the AMC in two areas. Last Fall the City Council adopted Ordinance No. O2M24-4837 which implements the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (“CUPCCAA”), allowing for more expedited contracting for public works projects. That same ordinance also adjusted the various bidding thresholds throughout the AMC for other types of contracts to make the thresholds uniform across contracts. AB 2192, which went into effect January 1, 2025, increases some of the CUPCCAA thresholds: the $60,000 threshold is raised to $75,000 and the $200,000 threshold is raised to $220,000. An adjustment to these thresholds is necessary to come into compliance with CUPCCAA. Additionally, changes to similar thresholds for other contracts is recommended for consistency, in the same manner that was recommended when Ordinance No. O2M24-2837 was originally adopted. The second recommended area for amendment to the AMC relates to false alarm fees. Under the AMC, after 3 false home alarms within a year, fees are charged for additional responses. The code provides that the Police Chief, may waive those fees. This level of discretion is called out elsewhere in the code, but typically the City Council has reserved such discretion to itself. City staff would recommend deleting the provision providing such discretion to City staff. Recommended Action: City Council consider introducing for first reading Ordinance No O2M25-4845: An Ordinance of the Alhambra City Council amending Chapters 3.36, 3.38, and 3.40 concerning bidding and contracting thresholds due to amendments to CUPCCAA, and Section 9.74.060 concerning false alarms which the Ordinance will return at the next regular meeting for consideration and adoption by the City Council. CONSENT AGENDA (Item Nos. 6 – 21) All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a citizen or Council member requests otherwise; in which case, the item will be removed for separate consideration. | April 14, 2025 LA County Alhambra City Council Item #5 |
| 20250414 | LA County | Alhambra | City Council | Item | 21. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN UPDATED AB 481 POLICY AND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT – F2M22-41, O2M25- 4843, M2M25-50 On April 25, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. O2M22-4803 approving a Military Equipment Use Policy (“Policy”) pursuant to assembly Bill 481 (“AB 481”). In accordance with the legislation and the Policy, a military equipment report must be submitted to the City Council annually for each type of military equipment approved within one year of approval, and annually thereafter for as long as the military equipment is available for use. Alhambra’s 2024 Annual Military Equipment Report, which summarizes equipment deployments and purchases during the 2024 calendar year and the Police Department’s updated policy, which contains edits to equipment and munition inventory numbers and removal of an armored personnel carrier which was initially being considered via an Urban Area Security Initiative Grant are outlined in the Chief of Police’s staff report dated April 14, 2025. AB 481 requires that the Council determine, based on the annual military equipment report submitted pursuant to Section 7072, whether each type of military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in Government Code section 7071(d). Staff reviewed Department records and determined there were no complaints or concerns reported on the use of the equipment in 2024. Additionally, the Department conducted an internal audit and determined that there were no violations of the military equipment use policy. Recommended Action: City Council, by one motion, take the following actions: 1. Declare introduced for its first reading the following ordinance entitled: Ordinance No. O2M25-4843: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Alhambra implementing AB 481 by approving an updated policy for the use of military equipment by the Alhambra Police Department which ordinance will return for a second reading and adoption at the next regular Council meeting; and, 2. Approve the Alhambra Police Department’s Annual Military Equipment Report set forth in the Chief of Police’s April 14, 2025 report per the requirements under Assembly Bill 481. (M2M25-50) | April 14, 2025 LA County Alhambra City Council Item #21 |