LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week is set to approve the city’s 2017-18 fiscal year budget.

The council will meet at 5 p.m. for a closed session to discuss the appeal of Verizon Wireless regarding a cell tower before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

City Manager Margaret Silveira and Finance Director Nick Walker will present the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Budget.

The council will consider a resolution approving the recommended budget and its component units, and authorizing Silveira to expend the appropriations found in the document.

The report to the council from Silveira and Walker explains that the new fiscal year budget totals $13,199,716, with approximately $5,530,554 in the general fund.

The budget was developed with several new city objectives in mind, which came out of a council and management strategic planning and goals setting session in April, the report explained.

Those goals include public safety, road improvement, completion of the South Main Street/Soda Bay Road annexation, completion of a solar array project, replacement of aging police patrol vehicles and economic development, such as wifi, for downtown areas, according to the report.

As part of the budget, the council will adopt a resolution approving the appropriations limit of $11,486,172 in fiscal year 2017-18.

In other business, the council will consider adopting a resolution electing to become subject to the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act. At the same time, the council will introduce the proposed ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 3.05 to the Lakeport Municipal Code to comply with the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.

Administrative Services Director Kelly Buendia also will ask the council to approve new and modified job classifications, including maintenance worker III; utility operator I/II/III; wastewater systems
supervisor I/II; water operations supervisor I/II; and government accountant.

On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; the minutes of the special council meeting on June 5 and th regular council meeting on June 6; the warrant register of June 12;  Application No. 2017-023 with staff recommendations for the annual Lake County Fair Parade to take place on Main Street on Aug. 31; approval of the designated temporary disabled parking on C and D streets, between South Forbes Street and the respective fairgrounds entrance gates from 4 p.m. Aug. 31, to midnight on Sunday, Sept. 3; approve the lease for fair parking at 902 Bevins Court with the 49th District Agricultural Association and authorize the city manager to execute the lease; cancel the regular Lakeport City Council meeting on Aug. 1 and approve the participation of the city of Lakeport in the National Night Out event, with street closures; authorize the acceptance of the Highway 29 Force Main project and record a
Notice of completion with the county of lake.

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