Needles — 2023-06-13

a) NPUA / COUNCIL: Conference with Legal Counsel Regarding Potential Initiation of Litigation\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) One Potential Case

b) COUNCIL: Public Employee Performance Evaluation Pursuant to Government Code Section\n54957. Title: City Manager

c) COUNCIL: Conference with real property negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section\n54956.8: Agency negotiator City Manager Rick Daniels or his designee. Negotiating Parties\nare the City of Needles as the potential seller and Armen Matevosian as the potential buyer of\na portion of the property described as approximately 4-acres vacant parcel, located on the\nnorth side of San Clemente and west of East Broadway, APN 0185-234-26. Under negotiations\nare the price and terms

d) COUNCIL: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Gov’t Code Section\n54956.9(d)(1)) In re: City of Needles v. Janine Anne Gershon, et al. California Superior Court-\nCounty of San Bernardino (Case No. CIVSB2218469)\n061323regccnpuahacnaag 1

1) Interviews and possible appointment of members to the Needles Housing Commission (ACT)\nPRESENTATION\n(A ten-minute time limit per presentation has been established per Municipal Code Section 2-18.)

10) Waive the reading and adopt Resolution 2023-37 adopting the 2023 Needles Public Utility\nAuthority Wildfire Mitigation Plan Version 4.0

11) Authorize the city manager to execute the XiO Cloud SCADA System for the Lillyhill and “L”\nStreet Boosters dated May 16, 2023 for a monthly subscription of $430 and an annual\ntechnical support of $3,000 to be funded by the water department annual operating budget and\n$18,851 for hardware to be funded by grant funds from the State Water Resources Control\nBoard and Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Supplemental\nEnvironmental Project (SEP)\nHACN / COUNCIL

12) HACN / COUNCIL: Waive the reading and adopt Resolution 2023-3-HACN authorizing write\noff previous tenants debts (ACT)\nAND\nProvide direction regarding preparing a policy and procedures for write-offs policy (ACT)\nADJOURN THE JOINT COUNCIL / NPUA / HACN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING AND\nRECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nCALL TO ORDER (Roll Call previously taken)\nPUBLIC COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE COUNCIL ITEMS (A three-minute time limit per person\nhas been established.)\nCONSENT CALENDAR: All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and\nwill be enacted by one motion in the form listed. The Mayor or any member of the City Council may\npull an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Prior to Council action, a member of the public\nmay address the City Council on matters scheduled on the Consent Calendar. A three-minute time\n061323regccnpuahacnaag 3\nlimit per person applies. Recommended Action: Approve Items 13 through 20 on the Consent\nCalendar by affirmative roll call vote. (ACT)

13) Approve the warrants register through June 13, 2023

15) Waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 2023-39 approving a lease extension with Tri-\nState Alano Club for the building located at 801 Third Street through July 1, 2024

16) Waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 2023-36 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year\n2023-2024 funded by SB1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017

17) Waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 2023-35 adopting the Measure I Five-Year Capital\nImprovement Plan for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028

18) Waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 2023-33 approving an Agreement between the\nCity of Needles and the Needles Unified School District for a Sheriff’s Service Specialist for the\n2023-2024 school year

19) Waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 2023-34 approving the Zero-Emission Bus Rollout\nPlan for the City of Needles / Needles Area Transit

2) NPUA: Presentation to accept and file the NPUA audit report for fiscal year ending June 30,\n2022 completed by Burger & Comer, P.C. (ACT)

20) Accept Change Order No. 1 with Final Touch Construction & Design, Inc. for a Not To Exceed\namount of $6,250 to install additional flooring as part of the Tenant Improvements/Office Space\n2023 Project to be funded by the electric department operations

21) Consider cancelling the second regular City Council/NPUA/HACN meetings on July 25, August 22\nand September 26 (ACT)

22) Authorize those interested in attending the League of California Cities 2023 Annual Conference\nand Expo scheduled for September 20 – 22, 2023 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in\nSacramento and designate a voting delegate and alternate(s) (ACT)\nCITY ATTORNEYS REPORT\nCITY CLERK REPORT\nCITY MANAGERS REPORT\nCOUNCIL REQUESTS\nCouncilmember Campbell\nCouncilmember McCorkle\nCouncilmember Pogue\nCouncilmember Belt\nCouncilmember Longbrake\nMayor Jernigan\nADJOURNMENT\n061323regccnpuahacnaag 4

3) Presentation of Certificates to the NHS Girls’ Softball Team in recognition for their outstanding\nperformance winning the 2023 State Championship in Reno, Nevada against Battle Mountain\nHigh School (INF)

4) Presentation to the council for the City of Needles receiving the 2023 Comprehensive Plan\nAward of Excellence from the American Planning Association, California Chapter, Inland Empire\nSection for the General Plan and Transportation Update (INF)\nPUBLIC HEARING

5) NPUA / COUNCIL / HACN: Public hearing noticed to consider all evidence and testimony for\nor against approval of the City of Needles, NPUA and HACN budgets for Fiscal Year ending\nJune 30, 2024\n➢ Staff Report\n➢ Council Questions of Staff\n➢ Mayor to open the public hearing\n➢ Public Comment\n➢ Mayor to close the public hearing\n➢ Council Discussion / Deliberation\n➢ COUNCIL: Resolution No. 2023-38 adopting the proposed budget for Fiscal Year\n2023-2024 (ACT)\n➢ NPUA: Resolution No. 06-13-2023-NPUA adopting the proposed budget for Fiscal\nYear 2023-2024 (ACT)\n061323regccnpuahacnaag 2\n➢ HACN: Resolution No. 2023-4-HACN adopting the proposed budget for Fiscal\nYear 2023-2024 (ACT)\nCOUNCIL:

6) Approve the Twenty Seventh Amendment to Contract No. 99-376 with the County of San\nBernardino in the total amount of $3,619,032 providing for law enforcement services by\namending Schedule A for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and authorize the Mayor to sign same\n(ACT)\nProvide direction regarding the sheriff’s department request for an additional deputy at an\nadditional cost of $353,731 (ACT)

7) Provide direction regarding the Marketing Strategy Proposed Budget (ACT)\nNPUA / COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are\nconsidered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. The Mayor or any\nmember of the NPUA / Council may pull an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion.\nRecommended Action: Approve Items 8 through 11 on the Consent Calendar by affirmative roll call\nvote. (ACT)

8) Accept the California Energy Commission Power Disclosure Annual Report for the year ending\nDecember 31, 2022

9) Authorize Laron Mechanical to complete the wastewater motive pump repair at a cost not to\nexceed $26,810 utilizing wastewater asset replacement funds