The council voted to change the City of Martinez's main day-to-day budget for budget year 2026 to use the CERBT Section 115 Trust to pay retiree benefits other than pensions (OPEB), and tell the Assistant City Manager and City Treasurer to get the 2026 OPEB money back from the city's CERBT Section 115 Trust.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi
Absent
McKillop
Context
Why To help manage this year's budget challenges, staff proposed using the CERBT Trust as a safety net to get back $1.2 million in current-year retiree-benefit costs, and CalPERS requires this approval by July 31, 2026.
The council voted to change the city's spending plan for the budget year from July 2025 to June 2026 in three ways: cancel an $88,000 transfer already approved from the Management Information Systems Fund to the city's main account; cut planned spending by $150,000 because the yearly OPEB Trust payment that had been budgeted was taken out; and move $14,701 from the main account to the Water Enterprise Fund for the Lifeline Program.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi
Absent
McKillop
Context
Why Finance Department leadership changes led staff to cancel the $88,000 transfer, and the city plans to draw on its OPEB Trust to cover this year's costs instead of adding the $150,000 payment.
The council voted to change the 2026-2030 budget for work that builds or repairs city property; approve the operating budget for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027 and a $420,000 loan to the Marina Enterprise Fund; and approve the City-Wide Salary Schedule for that year; or instead keep the existing 2025-26 budget, as adjusted, in place for 90 days.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi
Absent
McKillop
Context
Why A budget review found the city's day-to-day funds face a $2.2 million gap for the year, $300,000 more than the $1.9 million estimated in June, after the city refined pay and benefit calculations for its workers.
The council voted to approve the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan as written and take the other related actions.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi
Absent
McKillop
Context
Why State law requires water agencies serving over 3,000 customers or 3,000 acre-feet annually to prepare this plan and send it to the Department of Water Resources by July 1.
Proposed Hear from anyone who wants to speak on the City's Draft 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP); approve the 2025 UWMP (Attachment B) including the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP); have staff finish it by adding public comments as the council allows; have the Director of Public Works send it to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and make changes if the DWR requires them before it is sent again.
The council voted to hear from anyone who wants to speak, and approve the Engineer's Report and confirm the map and the charges for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027 for these landscaping and lighting districts: 1979-3 (LL-2) Village Oaks Terrace, 1981-3 Muir Station Park, 1983-3 Vista Oaks, 1988-1 Center Martinez, 1994-1 Creekside, 1997-1 Brittany Hills, 2000-2 Terra Vista, 2001-1 Alhambra Estates.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi
Absent
McKillop
Context
Why Under a 1972 state law, the city formed these eight districts over the last 40 years to pay for street lighting, landscaping and upkeep, and the law requires the council to confirm the charges every year.
The council voted to hear from anyone who wants to speak, take written protests, then decide if most protested; if not, set the yearly sewer charge per unit in Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 6 at $3,900 in budget year 2026-27, $4,200 in 2027-28 and $4,500 in 2028-29 and accept the Annual Written Statement of the Engineer; if so, keep the charge as already approved; either way, collect the 2026-27 charges on the county tax bill.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi
Absent
McKillop
Context
Why Repairs and equipment replacements needed to prevent sewer overflows and meet water board permit requirements created a deficit in the district's funds that the rate increase would reduce.
The council voted to meet as the board of directors of Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 6, then go back to meeting as the City Council of the City of Martinez.
PassedConflict of Interest Codemoney disclosure rules
The council voted to tell the city clerk, working with the city manager, city attorney and department heads, to carry out the 2026 review the city does every two years of its rules on which officials must report their money and property (its Conflict of Interest Code) and come back to the council by October 1, 2026 either saying no change is needed or proposing changes for the council to consider.
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Why State law requires the city to review its rules on which officials must report money and property every two years, and the city last changed them in 2024.
The council voted to let the city keep a hiring incentive program for police officers that pays bonuses for referrals, helps with moving costs and pays back academy costs.
Context
Why The police department is short-staffed, with four vacant, full-time officer positions to fill and two more on long-term injury leave, and the program has already helped with recruiting officers before.
The agenda does not say how much the bonuses or the help are worth.
The council voted to take the final vote on city law No. 1488, which changes the city's rules on Senate Bill 9 land splits and building projects, small lot splits, tentative maps, R-12.0 One-Family Residential zoning districts, uses allowed only with conditions, and temporary use permits.
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Why State law requires local agencies to let single-family lots be split and built with more homes, and a newer law limits how the city may regulate such projects.
The council voted to let the city manager sign a contract with Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS) for up to $46,525, paid from the City's Affordable Housing Fund, to study the fee builders pay instead of including affordable homes in a project (an Inclusionary Housing In-Lieu Fee study).
Context
Why State law requires the city's affordable housing program to let developers pay a fee instead of building affordable units on site, and the city has not yet set that fee.
PassedCommunity Facilities Districtspecial local taxes
The council voted to charge the special taxes inside Community Facilities District 2021-01 (Public Services) for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027.
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Why The city formed Community Facilities District 2021-01 at the request of property owner Traditions at the Meadow LLC to fund public services within the district.
The agenda does not say how much the special taxes are.
The council voted to let the city manager sign a change to the contract with Coastland Civil Engineering for design work on the Howe Road, St Mary's Road, and Arnold Drive Pump Stations, raising the contract for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027 from $250,000 to $390,000.
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Why Combining design work for the three pump stations saves money and standardizes equipment, but it goes over Coastland's current yearly contract limit, and Coastland was the only consultant to submit a proposal.
The council voted to let the city manager sign an eleventh agreement with New Leaf Collaborative and the Martinez Unified School District for Recycling Program Education Services for the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027, in a form the city attorney approves.
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Why The agreement keeps funding a recycling education program at Martinez Unified School District's elementary schools that began through a grant years ago.
The council voted to approve the drawings and written requirements for the Intermodal Elevator and Security Improvements Project and let staff advertise it.
PassedJanitorial services contract
The council voted to let the city manager sign a change to the contract with Rangel Janitorial Inc for continued and expanded cleaning services at City facilities for the budget years 2026-26 and 2027-28.
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Why Rangel has served the city for more than 10 years and has been reliable and competitively priced, so the contract change continues and expands its cleaning coverage.
The council voted to set the cap on how much tax money the city may spend in the budget year from July 2026 to June 2027.
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Why State law requires the city to set a limit on tax money it can spend each year, adjusted for population and inflation changes, and requires yearly review of how the limit is calculated.
The council voted to update the City's Classification Plan, create and end job classifications, and move employees and positions into different classifications.
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Why The city periodically updates job classifications so job titles match current duties, supporting hiring, pay and career growth; the Civil Service Commission recommended these changes on June 2, 2026.
The agenda does not say which jobs are created or ended.
The council voted to approve the list of checks the city wrote from May 22 through May 29, 2026.
Reports and discussion, no vote
Sewer System Management Plansewer system rules
The council was asked to approve the March 2026 update to the Sewer System Management Plan for Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 6.
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Why State rules require public agencies with more than a mile of sewer pipes to keep an updated plan for preventing sewage spills, and the district's board approved this update on December 18, 2024.