LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council will hold a short meeting at an earlier time this week before hosting its second “National Night Out” community block party.
The council will meet beginning at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
During the meeting, council members will walk across the street to Library Park to examine a sample dock option. The city is planning a replacement of its aging docks, and at a previous meeting the council looked at other sample docks.
The council will leave at 3:45 p.m. and should return to the council chambers by 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend all or part of the tour.
Council members also will consider confirming and approving the utility billing delinquency list and the associated resolution, and will direct staff to submit the approved list to the county auditor-controller for inclusion on the property tax roll.
Staff also is seeking the council's authorization for City Manager Margaret Silveira to sign a purchase order not to exceed $22,050.05 for a trailer-mounted air compressor and accessories.
During a closed session, the council will discuss employee negotiations with the Lakeport Employees Association and Lakeport Police Officers Association.
Council members in closed session also will receive a claim – or other written communication threatening litigation – filed against the city by Steve Brookes, Lakeport's former city attorney, who was terminated from his job after 30 years in July 2013. In January the council turned down a claim for damages from Brookes, as Lake County News has reported.
After the meeting wraps up, the council will move to the Natural High School site at 800 N. Main St. for the city's second annual National Night Out.
The event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. and feature youth games, a raffle for two children’s bikes with helmets, hot dogs, watermelon and cold water, and a chance to meet city leaders, along with McGruff the Crime Dog and Chipper from the California Highway Patrol.
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