The council voted to accept donations from the Martinez Refining Company of $250,000 and $40,000 under the City's Donation and Sponsorship Policy.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi, McKillop
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Why The Martinez Refining Company offered $40,000 for the Marina Vista Archway and $250,000 for the Rankin Aquatic Center's water feature, and city policy requires the council to accept any donation over $10,000.
The council voted to approve the new City Council Handbook, the council's own rules and steps for running its business.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi, McKillop
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Why The council's rules for how it works had stayed mostly the same for years, so a subcommittee spent a year reviewing other cities' rules to write a clearer, more up to date handbook.
Why The city is recruiting a permanent Finance Manager and wants Andrea Miller, with over twenty years of finance experience, to fill the vacancy at $81.80 an hour under state rules for hiring a CalPERS retiree.
Proposed Name Andrea Miller as the Interim Finance Manager under state law. The minutes PDF has the changes.
The agenda does not say how long the interim job lasts or what it pays.
The council voted to set aside $183,488 from what is left in the Water Debt Service Fund to make a required payment to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the City's 2020A Water Revenue Bonds.
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Why Investment earnings on the bond money went above the federal limit between December 2023 and December 2025, so the extra amount must be paid to the IRS to keep the bonds tax-exempt.
The agenda does not say why the payment is required.