Vernon — 2023-11-21

1. Employee Service Pin Awards\nRecommendation:\nRecognize October 2023 Employee Service Pin Award recipients.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS

10. Change Order No. 19 to the Amended and Restated Services Agreement with Siemens\nEnergy Inc.\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that approval of the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental Quality\nAct (CEQA) review, because it is a government fiscal activity that will not result in direct or\nindirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore does not constitute a “project” as\ndefined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378; to the extent the Purchase Contracts with\nSiemens Energy provides for facility and equipment maintenance or repairs, such work is\ncategorically exempt from CEQA review, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section\n15301, because the project consists of the maintenance, repair or minor alteration of existing\nstructures, facilities, or equipment, and involves negligible or no expansion of an existing\nuse; and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute Change Order No. 19 to the\nAmended and Restated Services Agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. (Siemens Energy), in\nsubstantially the same form as submitted, to perform a Feedwater Pump Motor Life\nExpectancy Analysis Program Test and add contingency funds for extra work authorizations\nexecuted during the December 2023 outage.\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 – Existing Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)\nCity of Vernon v. 3M Company (f/k/a Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.), et al.\nMaster Docket No.: 2:18-mn-2873-RMG\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT

2. Regulation of fueling stations in the Truck and Freight Terminal (T) Overlay Zone\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nreview because it is a general policy and procedure-making activity that is unrelated to any\nspecific project, which must undergo separate CEQA review, and that will not result in direct\nphysical changes or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes in the environment,\nand therefore does not constitute a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378;\nB. Introduce and conduct first reading of Ordinance No. 1295 amending Vernon Municipal\nCode Section 17.16.020 and adding Sections 17.48.035 and 17.48.040.D regarding fueling\nstations in the Truck and Freight Terminal (T) Overlay Zone; and\nC. Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 1295 for the\nDecember 5, 2023 City Council meeting.\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.

3. Meeting Minutes\nRecommendation:\nApprove the November 7, 2023 Special City Council, November 7, 2023 Regular City\nCouncil, and November 7, 2023 Joint Special Council/Commission/Committee (Ethics\nTraining) Meeting Minutes.

4. Claims Against City\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the claim submitted by Progressive West Insurance Company on behalf of\nGvantsa Giorgadze.

5. Operating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 120, for the period of October 1 through\nOctober 21, 2023, totaling $8,283,851.32 and consisting of ratification of electronic payments\ntotaling $7,813,179.03 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling $470,672.29.

6. City Payroll Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove City Payroll Warrant Register No. 809, for the period of October 1 through October\n31, 2023, totaling $2,918,092.54 and consisting of ratification of direct deposits, checks and\ntaxes totaling $1,928,570.65 and ratification of checks and electronic fund transfers (EFT) for\npayroll related disbursements totaling $989,521.89 paid through operating bank account.

7. Fire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the September 2023 Fire Department Activity Report.

8. Police Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the September 2023 Police Department Activity Report.

9. Vernon Police Department Body-Worn Camera and In-Car Mobile Auto Video\nRecording\nRecommendation:\nA. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Subaward (“Micro-grant”)\nAgreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in substantially the same form as\nsubmitted, for participation in the Small, Rural, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agency Body-\nWorn Camera Policy and Implementation Program for a 3-year term, with an effective date of\nJanuary 1, 2023;\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute the Participating Agency\nEndorsement and Authorization to the Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing\nAgreement; and\nC. Approve and authorize the issuance of a Purchase Contract with LensLock, Inc., for the\nlease of body-worn camera equipment in the amount not to exceed $277,998.02 for a three-\nyear term, and authorize the City Administrator to execute the related proposal from\nLensLock.