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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2012.01.03 CITkoh MPUNGAME Woo Qoe H4T[D dUMe 6. BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of January 3, 2012 1. CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above date in the City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Jerry Deal called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION CA Guinan advised that Council met in closed session prior to the meeting and discussed an existing litigation case. CA Guinan said that Council gave direction on the item and there was no further reportable action. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by JoAnneh Nagler. 3. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Baylock, Brownrigg, Deal, Keighran, Nagel COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: None 4. MINUTES Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 5, 2011 regular Council meeting; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. CONTINUATION OF LEAF BLOWER STUDY SESSION CM Nantell requested that Council continue their discussion on the leaf blower issue since they did not have time to finish during the study session prior to the meeting. In the discussion that followed the Council members outlined the elements that they would like to have incorporated in a proposed leaf blower ordinance. 5. PUBLIC HEARING There were no public hearings. 1 Burlingame City Council January 3, 2012 Approved Minutes 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS Lois Ward from HIP housing thanked the City of Burlingame and Council for their support and presented each Council member with a calendar designed by the children of HIP housing. Burlingame resident Art Labrie submitted a letter and spoke about the construction activity near his home on Adeline Drive. Burlingame residents Mike and JoAnneh Nagler spoke about the leaf blower issue. There were no further comments from the floor. 7. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a. MODIFICATIONS TO CONTRACT FOR CITY MANAGER SERVICES HRD Dolan reviewed the staff report and requested Council approve Resolution No.l-2012 approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an employment agreement with James Nantell for the professional services as City Manager for the City of Burlingame. HRD Dolan advised that CM Nantell had retired on December 31, 2011 and had agreed to stay on another year as a contract employee. Council praised CM Nantell for his years of dedicated service to the City and his willingness to serve another year as City Manager during a critical time. Councilman Brownrigg made a motion to adopt the Resolution 1-2012 to; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. b. ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING SALARY AND BENEFIT CHANGE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY HRD Dolan requested Council adopt Resolution No. 2-2012 modifying the salary and benefits for the City Attorney, commensurate with the changes made to the Department Head and Unrepresented employees compensation and benefit plan. Councilwoman Nagel made a motion to adopt the Resolution 2-2012; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. c. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION Council agreed to call for applications by February 10, 2012 for one vacancy on the Beautification Commission. 8. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve items 9a, 9c, 9d, & 9e of the consent calendar; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. a. ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS WITH HANNA GROUP, INC. AND SCHAFF & WHEELER, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARSTEN STORMWATER PUMP STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT 2 Burlingame City Council January 3,2012 Approved Minutes DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 3-2012 approving and authorizing professional services agreements with Hanna Group, Inc. and with Schaff& Wheeler, Inc. for the construction of the --. Marsten Pump Stormwater Pump Station Rehabilitation Project. b. RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT 2012 CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR CC Kearney requested Council adopt the 2012 City Council calendar. Councilwoman Nagel made a clarification to the calendar that December 1, 2012 was not a Thursday, however,the item was already removed from the calendar. Vice Mayor Keighran made a motion to approve item 9b; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. c. APPROVAL OF 2012 CITY OF BURLINGAME INVESTMENT POLICY FinDir Nava requested Council approve the 2012 investment policy. d. AUTHORIZATION TO RECLASSIFY THE POSITION OF PARKS SUPERVISOR TO PARKS SUPERVISOR/CITY ARBORIST HRD Dolan requested Council concur with staff and approve the reclassification of the Parks Supervisor position to Parks Supervisor/City Arborist. e. APPROVAL FOR OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR/TREASURER FinDir Nava requested Council approve travel to San Antonio, Texas to attend the International Hispanic Network Conference. 9. COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND ACTIVITIES REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Council reported on various events and committee meetings each of them attended on behalf of the City. 10. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no comments from the floor. 11. OLD BUSINESS a. HIGH SPEED RAIL UPDATE AND DISCUSSION—HIGH SPEED RAIL BALLOT MEASURE Council discussed the high speed rail project and Councilman Brownrigg reviewed the California High Speed Rail Peer Review Group report which criticized the authority's business plan as being incomplete and inadequate and questioned the viability of the business plan. Council concurred that working with neighboring cities would emphasize there are many problems with the plan and as a group they could advocate for a statewide ballot measure to halt it. 12. NEW BUSINESS 3 Burlingame City Council January 3,2012 Approved Minutes a. APPOINT SUBCOMMITTEE FOR CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT Mayor Deal appointed Councilwoman Baylock and Councilman Brownrigg to serve as the subcommittee to work with the Human Resources Director for the City Manager recruitment. 13. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Beautification,December 1, 2011; Planning, December 12, 2011 b. Department Reports: Building,November 2011; Fire,November 2011 14. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Deal adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, /V Mary Ellen Kearney City Clerk 4 Burlingame City Council January 3,2012 Approved Minutes