CLEARLAKE, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council will hold a midyear budget review and consider an agreement to form a new county recreation agency this week.
The council will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive, for the midyear budget workshop before the regular portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel. Community members also can participate via Zoom or can attend in person.
The agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to City Clerk Melissa Swanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments before 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16.
Each public comment emailed to the city clerk will be read aloud by the mayor or a member of staff for up to three minutes or will be displayed on a screen. Public comment emails and town hall public comment submissions that are received after the beginning of the meeting will not be included in the record.
Following the council’s midyear budget workshop at 5 p.m., it will convene for the regular meeting, during which it will hear a presentation on February's adoptable dogs, present a proclamation declaring February 2023 as Black History Month and receive the Clearlake Police Department’s annual report.
Under council business, council members will consider approving an application to the county for direct sale of various tax defaulted properties for up to $150,000.
They also will consider a resolution approving, authorizing and directing the execution of a joint exercise of powers agreement among the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport, and the county of Lake to form the Lake County Recreation Agency, with two council members to be appointed to serve on the agency’s board.
In other business, the council will consider updates to its norms and procedures and hold the first reading of an ordinance amending the municipal code relating to the method of service for property maintenance, nuisance and vehicle abatement.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; authorization of an amendment of design contract for the senior center project with California Engineering Co. in the amount of $10,594.61; minutes of the Jan. 11 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting; minutes of the meetings on Dec. 1 and 8, 2022, and Jan. 5, 2023; approval of a professional services contract with SSA Landscape Architects for the Burns Valley Sports Complex Project; continuation of authorization to implement and utilize teleconference accessibility to conduct public meetings pursuant to Assembly Bill 361; authorization of job description for management analyst and placement into salary schedule; adoption of third amendment to the FY 2022-23 Budget (Resolution 2022-44) for midyear adjustments.
The council also will hold a closed session following the public portion of the meeting to discuss negotiations for a property at 14709 Palmer Ave.
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Clearlake City Council plans midyear budget review, discussion of recreation agency
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