Vernon — 2023-10-03

1. Proclamation Recognizing Daniel Cordova\nRecommendation:\nAcknowledge and present a proclamation to Daniel Cordova for his years of service to the\nCity.

10. Citywide Fringe Benefits Policy\nRecommendation:\nAdopt Resolution No. 2023-24 approving the revised Citywide Fringe Benefits Policy and\nrepealing Resolution No. 2022-28.\nORAL REPORTS

11. City Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

12. Council Reports on Activities (including AB 1234), Announcements, or Directives to\nStaff\nCLOSED SESSION

13. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation\nInitiation of Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)\nNumber of potential cases: 1\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT

2. Indigenous Peoples’ Day Proclamation\nRecommendation:\nProclaim October 9, 2023 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Vernon.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion. Items may be\nremoved from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration. Removed items will be\nconsidered immediately following the Consent Calendar.

4. Operating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 117, for the period of August 20 through\nSeptember 2, 2023, totaling $7,078,751.65 and consisting of ratification of electronic\npayments totaling $6,788,492.44 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling\n$290,259.21.

5. 2024 Calendar Year Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Employee Assistance Program\nBenefit Proposals for City Employees and Retirees\nRecommendation:\nApprove the acceptance of the 2024 Calendar Year Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and\nEmployee Assistance program proposals and authorize the City Administrator to execute\n2024 calendar year carrier agreements with Blue Shield of California, Anthem, MetLife,\nEyeMed, Mutual of Omaha, and Anthem PRISM EAP.

6. Resource Adequacy Plan for 2024\nRecommendation:\nA. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-21 approving and adopting the Vernon Public Utilities\nDepartment Resource Adequacy Plan for 2024, which includes the coincident peak Demand\nForecast, the Planning Reserve Margin, the Qualifying Capacity Criteria, and the Qualifying\nCapacity from such resources, the City’s Resource Adequacy and Supply Data and\napproving the resources used to satisfy the California Independent System Operator’s\n(CAISO) tariff requirements and repealing Resolution No. 2022-35; and\nB. Authorize staff to submit the Vernon Public Utilities Department’s Resource Adequacy\nPlan for 2024 and the Monthly Resource Adequacy and Supply Data to the CAISO.

7. rPlanet Earth Los Angeles, LLC - Request to Consider Items Regarding Added\nFacilities for Electric Service and Electric Consumption Hurdle Escrow Funds\nRecommendation:\nA. Find the action is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nreview, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c)(3), because it constitutes\ngovernment fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project that\nmay result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and organizational\nor administrative activities of a public agency that will not result in direct or indirect physical\nchanges in the environment. Moreover, adoption of the Resolution does not qualify as a\n"project" because it does not have the potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably\nforeseeable indirect, physical change in the environment, in accordance with CEQA\nGuidelines section 15378(a);\nB. Authorize the proposed request for Disbursement No. 3 to the existing Added Facilities\nAgreement with rPlanet Earth Los Angeles, LLC, in substantially the same form as\nsubmitted, for electric service delivery in the amount of $416,610.27; and\nC. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-22 amending the Escrow Agreement, agreement regarding\nAssignment and Assumption of Purchase and Sale Agreement, and Added Facilities\nAgreement to release remaining escrow funds for Added Facilities, in the estimated amount\nof $813,915.40 plus accrued interest, and to waive the final electric consumption hurdle of\neight (8) megawatts (MW) and release the final deposit of $441,613.98 plus accrued interest\nfrom the Consumption Hurdle Escrow Account.

8. Public Works Department Monthly Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the July 2023 and August 2023 Building Reports.\nNEW BUSINESS

9. Amendment to Classification and Compensation Plan\nRecommendation:\nA. Approve new, retitled and revised job descriptions; and\nB. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-23 adopting the Classification and Compensation Plan in\naccordance with Government Code Section 20636(b)(1) and repealing Resolution No. 2023-\n11 effective October 3, 2023.