LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will consider offering an exemption to the city’s hiring freeze in order to recruit new utility workers.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Public Works Director Mark Brannigan will ask the council to allow him the hiring freeze exemptions to hire a new water system operator and two maintenance workers.
Brannigan also will ask the council to rescind a 2007 resolution establishing a connection policy for the City of Lakeport Municipal Sewer District’s southern area, which he said had been passed in response to a state cease and desist order.
Community Development Director Richard Knoll will take to the council the Forbes Creek Neighborhood Improvement Study, seeking direction to staff to implement the study's recommendations subject to funding availability, project-specific environmental review and future approval by the city council.
The council also will be asked to approve the submission of the HOME Investment Partnership Program application and adopt the authorizing resolution, and to approve a utility billing delinquency list.
Also on Tuesday, the council will meet summer intern Alex Stempe, hear from county Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Tait about the Centers for Disease Control Survey on emergency preparedness and from the Lakeport Main Street Association about the business of the quarter and the business of the year.
The council will hold a closed session for labor negotiations with City Manager Margaret Silveira and to discuss a case of pending litigation, Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 and Lakeport Police Officers Association v. City of Lakeport, Lakeport City Council (Lake County Superior Court Case No. CV410232).
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