LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council will consider midyear budget items and an ordinance on the police department’s use of military equipment when it meets this week.

The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The agenda can be found here.

The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. Masks are highly encouraged where 6-foot distancing cannot be maintained.

If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.

The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.

Comments can be submitted by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To give the city clerk adequate time to print out comments for consideration at the meeting, please submit written comments before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

During public presentations, the council will receive an update on the Clear Lake Blue Ribbon Committee.

The council also will hold a public hearing to adopt an ordinance adopting a policy for the use of military equipment by the Lakeport Police Department.

On Tuesday, City Manager Kevin Ingram will lead the midyear budget view and give the council an update on the city’s progress toward meeting the 2022-23 department goals set by the council.

That will be followed by the fiscal year 2021-22 annual comprehensive financial report from Assistant City Manager Nick Walker.

On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on Jan. 17; adoption of a resolution authorizing continued remote teleconference meetings of the Lakeport City Council and its legislative bodies pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e); approval of application 2023-002, with staff recommendations, for the 2023 Shakespeare at the Lake event; adoption of the proposed resolution adopting a records retention schedule and authorizing destruction of certain city records and rescinding Resolution No. 2580 (2022); adoption of the resolution accepting construction of Hartley Street Pedestrian Improvement Project by Granite Construction Co. and authorize the filing of the notice of completion; and receipt and filing of the draft minutes of the Measure Z Advisory Committee regular meeting of Jan. 18, 2023.

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