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City Council approves resolutions on appropriation limits, budgets and fees By Rick von Gelder Express staff writer The Winters City Council met on June 21 for its regularly scheduled meeting, working through the agenda in under 40 minutes and unanimously approved all agenda items. Highlights from the meeting and business conducted include: Resolution 2022-52: The resolution establishes the City of Winters Appropriation Limit, which by law restricts the amount of government revenue that can be appropriated in any fiscal year. The Appropriation Limit applies to revenues defined as “proceeds of taxes.” The calculation is based on actual appropriations during the 2021-22 fiscal year and is increased by applying specific economic and population growth factors. Based on these factors, the city’s Appropriations Limit was increased over last fiscal year by a factor of 1.078834, yielding an Appropriation Limit for fiscal year 2022-23 of $9,904,986. Ordinance 2022-06: The ordinance permits the Winters Police Department to enter into a Tow Service Agreement (TSA) with Winters Tow Service, which has been vetted by the CHP. The TSA is non-exclusive and allows WPD to add another tow company into the rotational tow list should one become available. “Essentially, we’re
“Essentially, we’re not changing the policy we’ve already had in place, we’re just making it formal, putting it on the books. We’re not changing any of our procedures for towing.” Bill Biasi, Mayor Pro Tem not changing the policy we’ve already had in place, we’re just making it formal, putting it on the books. We’re not changing any of our procedures for towing,” Mayor Pro Tem Bill Biasi clarified. Resolution 202254: The resolution approved the adoption of the California Concealed Weapons (CCW) fee schedule. Winters Police Chief John P. Miller introduced the item to council making clear that the resolution relates only to adding a $150 fee to the fee schedule for processing Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) applications. Miller said the California Penal Code gives a police chief authority to issue CCW permits, but by mutual agreement and for decades the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department has handled issuing permits to residents of Winters. In April, Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez notified WPD they would no longer process CCW permits cit-
ing it has become too much of an administrative load. As of July 1, the WPD will be responsible for screening and processing CCW applications and renewals. Miller advised that WPD will contract processing out to a company that utilizes an automated processing system. An upfront fee of $3,000 is required, but over time the processing fees are expected to zero out the upfront fee. Resolution 202256: The resolution adopts the City Conflict of Interest Code. City Manager Kathleen Salguero Trepa said every two years the city is required to update its conflict of interest code. Trepa explained the recommended changes are “very minor” and made only to reflect job title changes for the Director of Administrative Services, Executive Assistant to the City Manager, Deputy City Clerk and adding the job title of Senior Planner. Resolution 2022-57: Council approved the
adoption of the fiscal year 2022-23 operating budget. Council received an operating budget workshop at the June 7 council meeting. With some “minor changes” made to the operating budget, like increasing building permit revenue by $23,000 and transferring that amount to the landfill fund to cover monitoring costs of the closed landfill and $7,100 in expenses in the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to purchase officer safety equipment. Additionally, the Special Revenue Fund was increased by $1.2 million to reflect recently approved block grants and American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding. The funding, Trepa said, has been earmarked for corresponding expenditures leaving a forecasted surplus of approximately $98,000 in the General Fund. Council approved 2022-58 — the 202223 fiscal year Capital Improvement Program Budget (CIP) that was discussed in detail in a CIP workshop during the June 7 council meeting. Added to the $6 million CIP was a 200K project funded by ARP money to install 15 to 20 ADA compliant transition ramps in the downtown area. Biasi raised his concern that building permit revenue is being over-projected given uncertainty in the economy and the
possibility of a recession. He noted council could review the matter in six months. Resolution No. 202251: Councilmembers adopted the resolution which calls for the Nov. 8 general election, to fill three seats on the City Council and requests the Yolo County Board of Supervisors to consolidate the election with the Statewide General Election. The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will be asked to take action at its next
meeting to call for the election on Tuesday. The next city council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 5. Council meeting agendas, minutes and meeting videos can be found on the city’s website, cityofwinters.org. The public can join in person at City Hall located at 318 1st St., or they can view the meeting via teleconference. The Zoom access link can be found on the City Council meeting agenda and the website.
APPOINT Continued from Page 1 so she knows the work of instruction from the classroom to the board room, and she has a parent’s perspective, which can be invaluable.”
Superintendent search Trustees hired McPherson & Jacobson, LLC as the firm to oversee the superintendent selection process. Green noted that McPherson & Jacobson is an executive search firm with a proven background of helping education organizations find the right-fit leader for their district and the community. “Please be assured that the Board will require the search
firm to study our organization, inside and out to help ensure we find the leader with the intellect, integrity, and passion that our schools, scholars and employees deserve,” Green said. Updates and progress related to the superintendent search will be posted on the school district website at wintersjusd. org. The next Winters JUSD Board of Trustee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 21 at 6 p.m. in the Walnut Room. The public can join in on Zoom. The meeting agendas, packets and past Zoom recordings are available on the Board of Trustees pages at wintersjusd. org.
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FORUM Continued from Page 1 that attending council meetings are but a piece of their responsibility. Representing Winters in state, county and local committees is also a responsibility and each council member has several committee assignments. Council members act as liaisons to about 30 committees and commissions, attend their meetings and report relevant information back to the council. Qualities mentioned that a councilmember should possess include being open-minded, collaborative and having a
“The welcome we’ve gotten has been overwhelming. Everybody has been super positive and excited and we’ve gotten heaps of great feedback.” Lorin Kalisky, owner Beyond the baked goods, Upper Crust Baking is also part café and part boutique. This means not only can one get coffee and tea, but third-party items from family farms like jam, honey, olive oil, nuts and
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