LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week will discuss increasing a fee on the sale of safe and sane fireworks in the city.
The council will meet Tuesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. 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, March 19.
On Tuesday, the council will start off the evening with the introduction of new employees Bryan Carlson, Mel Olea, Jen Baker and Michelle Brown.
The council will hold a public hearing ahead of its consideration of adopting a 2% permit fee for permit processing, inspections, public awareness and education campaigns, and fire operations and suppression efforts related to the sale of safe and sane fireworks.
City documents indicate the city already has a 5% permit fee on the fireworks.
The city of Lakeport is the only place in Lake County where fireworks are permitted. That’s because voters passed Measure C in November 2009 after the council had attempted to end fireworks sales.
In council business, staff will ask council members to adopt a proposed resolution authorizing the submittal of an application to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development for funding under the HOME Investment Partnership Program.
City Manager Kevin Ingram also will present a progress update on staff’s work to meet the 2023-24 departmental goals.
On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the City Council’s regular meetings on March 5; receipt and filing of the 2023 Housing Element Annual Progress Report; and receipt and filing of the 2023 2nd Quarter Community Development Report.
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