>> we're ready.
>> good evening. I will now call this meeting to an order at 6:00 p.m. Madam clerk,
can we please have the roll byte.
>> mayor protem salvania. >> here. >> council member martinez?
>> here. >> councilman raya. >> here. >> mayor medina, council member rayner absent.
>> now we're stand for flexion.
salute pledge
>> >> is there anybody in the audience that would like to entertain us at aoc.
I see no one could do a more in signs.
thank you. Let sit. Are there
any changes in the agenda? >> item 5. Approval of the agenda? >> yes. Item 5. I'm sorry.
>> no changes.
>> would you like to entertain a motion? >> I'll like to entertain a motion. >> to moved.
>> I'll second it. >> to approve. >> to approve.
>> who seconded council member?
>> madam clerk, roco? >> yes. Mayor protem salvania?
>> aye. >> council member martinez? >> aye. >> council member raya? >> aye.
>> motion by council member martinez, second by council member raya to approve the agenda as to form.
motion is approved with three ayes with mayor medina and council member rena absent.
>> now we're moving on to item 6. We have a presentation, recognition for the postal roles festival committee,
so I'm going name off the names of whoever's here. Can please stand up here by the podium, please?
I hang it on not here. Flo reveta, fred's president,
and davidson, wilburn, finance chair, chairman sharp, secretary.
kishner norid treasurer, angie cortez,
volunteer chair, chrissie johnson, parade chair,
stephanie, mexico, vendor chair,
stephen norid logistics chair, samantha jackson, board director,
and cesar rol, board director.
the city of wasco proudly presents a certificate to the wasco rods festival committee and honor for their dedication and
creativity and organizing a memorable festival under the theme all roads lead home.
their efforts brought joy, unity, and pride to the community.
with sincere appreciation, we celebrate you for making wasco bloom brighter than ever,
honored on september 16, 2025. [applause] I express
my gratitude
it takes a lot, and it's just unseen things that none of us will know,
but you guys as a committee are the ones that take care of it and it shows when the festival is really coming about. Thank you guys.
>> what an amazing job you guys did this year. My dad came into town for the rose festival this year and I'm 47,
so he hasn't been a rose festival since 1978 when he went to go get mill.
[laughter] but he was just he was amazed. He could not believe how many people were out there,
how big the parade was, the car show the dinner out at the lodge,
just the whole weekend of events. He was amazed that our little town could do that.
you guys are every year, it's just getting better and better,
and I look forward to what next year brings, so thank you guys.
>> definitely, you guys have brought back the wasco rose parade back.
better for our community. At one point, I remember it was changed to
october and they said for better weather and for better attendance,
but you guys brought it back to its old traditional date one weekend before labor day,
and you guys did a tremendous job and you guys just show what a community,
a group of people that is willing to work hard and organize it.
for the benefit of our community I think it brought a community together.
not only that, but it showcases or history or tradition and our values, so great job,
ladies. Thank
you [applause]. >> [background] is a button on. There we go.
>> you know we always laugh about how after not having a festival
for covid that we did it in three weeks that first year.
if it wasn't for those three weeks, then what all of this is now wouldn't have happened.
we started somewhere and a co-worker said to me today,
it reminded us of how rose festivals were years decades ago.
I realized like, we don't get to see all that because some of us are at the parade,
some of us are organizing at the park. None of us get to see everything,
and so hearing from the community your perspective
and from our community leaders is very appreciative because we don't get to see all those things.
but nothing happens without volunteers and sponsors and vendors and the community,
without everybody coming out and supporting and saying yes when we
reach out and all the things and big cities have advantages.
but there's nothing like a small town coming together to make something like this happen.
we're just grateful to be a part of it, and every one of us does it because we love wasco.
>> I just want to say that it's my first year on the committee,
but this year with the help of the orange chart foundation, which is a local nonprofit,
we actually are our own 5013c now as well.
shout out to these ladies. Come on.
they went out for sponsorships around the community, talked to wasco business owners,
and the amount of guesses that they
got this year was because of their face to face contact. I just want to give a shout out to them
because without the funding from the local businesses, we couldn't have done what we did this year.
we look forward to continuing the tradition and maybe bringing some more and making worser taste,
but I know wasco is thriving and it's time to award those initiatives and those successes.
that's all I want to say, so thank you all for your support.
>> thank you. >> thank you. >> we should give
a show up for one photo [noise].
>> this would not
happen [background].
>> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much.
>> item 7, public comments on items not on the agenda.
this portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the council,
including the council acting as a governing board for the successor agency.
on any matter, not on this agenda over which the council
and successor agency have jurisdiction speakers are limited to two minutes,
a maximum of 30 minutes will be allowed for any one subject.
please state your name for the record before making your presentation.
brown ac requirements, the brown ac does not allow action or discussion on items not on the agenda,
subject to narrow sessions. This will limit council members response to
questions and requests during this comment period.
is there any comments from the public?
>> no comments? >> is there any email comments?
>> there are no email comments for this item or any other agenda items.
>> now we just go to item 8. Successor agency business.
council finds the action and not a project, defined under section 15378 of the sqa guidelines.
adopt a resolution of the successor agency to the former wasco redevelopment agency authorizing
the signing authority for the successor agency bank accounts. Miss mosquera.
>> yes. Good evening, chairman and governing board. This item is really just a housekeeping item.
we're actually adding the accounting manager to the list of signers.
there's typically two times when you update the signers and that's usually when there's
a change in the governing board or there's new staff that's being added to the agency.
this will give us the recommendation is to proceed and adopt the resolution of
the successor agency to the former wasco redo agency authorizing the signing authority for the success agency bank accounts,
and give the authority to add the county manager as a signer.
>> thank you. Are there any public comments at this time?
I see none. Any comments from the members? Director martinez?
>> no comments. >> director raya? >> no comments. >> I have no comments myself,
so I would like to entertain a motion for approval.
>> so moved. >> second. >> madam karl, vote by roll call, please?
>> vice chairman saldana. >> aye. >> director martinez? >> aye. >> director raya.
>> aye. >> motion by director martinez, second by director raya, to adopt a resolution.
motion is approved with three ayes with chairman medina and director rena absent.
>> we move on to the item number 9, wasco public financing authority business.
council finds this action is not a project defined under the section 15378 of the ceqa guidelines.
adopt a resolution of the board of directors of the wasko public financing authority to add
rocio mosca as authorizing signer for all wasco public financing authority bank accounts. Ms. Mosca.
>> it's just similar sorry, honorable chairman and board of directors. This is just similar as the previous item.
this is to adopt a resolution of the board of directors of the wasco public financing authority to
rocio mosca wasco as authorized signer for all wasco public financing bank authority accounts.
>> thank you. Are there any public comments at this time?
I see none. Any comments from the members, director martinez?
>> no comment. >> director raya. >> no comment. >> I have no comments myself.
I would like to entertain a motion for approval. >> so moved.
>> I'll second.
>> vice chairman saldana.
>> [inaudible]. I'm sorry. >> no worries. >> vice chairman saldana.
>> aye. >> director martinez? >> aye. >> director raya. >> aye.
>> motion by director martinez, second by vice chairman saldana to adopt a resolution.
motion is approved with three ayes with chairman medina and director rena absent.
>> aye number 10. Public safety reports.
I go see chief a10. Wasco police department, lieutenant guerra.
>> good evening. Honorable mayor pro tem and council members.
I'll be presenting the public safety report for september. Just please keep in mind.
these numbers only cover about half the month. The totals may look a little lower, so far,
our department has handled 476 call for service and
312 officer initiative incidents for a total of 788 incidents.
based on that, we expect to finish the month with around 1,600 incidents,
which is consistent with our usual monthly average. We have had 44 arrests so far.
in terms of stolen vehicles, we have taken three reports and recovered one vehicle.
for traffic enforcement, our officers have been very proactive so far this month,
completing 202 traffic stops, issuing 51 citations, and making seven dui arrests.
this has been a big step forward in keeping our roads safer with these oirss.
on the community out each side, we have locked nine positive citizen contacts this month,
and we also participate in the wasco rose festival parade where
our pw kids probably took third place with their float.
in addition, we're currently planning our national night out for october 10th,
and we're looking forward to another successful turnout. That concludes my report.
thank you, and I'll be happy to answer any questions.
>> I have no question myself, but thank you for all you guys doing the good roads festival.
>> nice seeing you guys out to the rose festival. Thank you guys for being there. >> yes, sir.
>> thank you for your service and for being involved in the community. Like always, good job.
>> thank you, sir. >> thank you.
>> city council business, item number 11 consent calendar.
the the consent calendar consists of items that are
routine and non controversial in the staff's opinion.
these items are approved in one motion unless a council member or a member of the public requests the removal of a particular item.
this evening, we have items 11a to 11f.
>> one by one. >> after it, are we done?
>> the red. Jump down to the red. >> all right. >> at this time, I would like to ask the members if they have
any conflict of interest on any particular item of the consent calendar, member martinez?
>> no conflict. >> member raya? >> no. >> I have no conflict myself, either.
is there anyone in the audience that would like to remove an item?
is there any council members who would like to remove an item? Member martinez?
>> nothing sir. >> member raya? >> no. I have none myself.
>> I would like to entertain a motion for approval.
>> so moved. >> second. >> madam kirk, [inaudible].
>> mayor medina. >> aye. >> council member martinez? >> aye. >> council member raya.
>> aye. >> motion by council member martinez, second by council member ya,
to approve the consent calendar. Motion is approved with three eyes with mayor medina,
councilmember rina, absent. >> item number 12, public hearings. We have none.
item 13 deferred business. We have none.
item 14, new business 14a. Council finds his action in a project defined under the section
of 15378 of the ceqa guidelines.
adopt a resolution approving the amendment to the city's investment policy delegation of authority. Mr. Herbert.
>> yes, honorable mayor por pro tem and members of the council.
tonight's agenda for new business is all about finance department business.
you will see investment policy
has been well established with a few changes over the years,
but has stood the test of time and has served us well. Tonight, we are adding one paragraph in light of
the extraordinary circumstances we have with the absence or vacancy of our finance director position.
the policy was very specific in only naming two individuals or by
title who could execute the investment policy.
until we have a new director in place, staff is proposing the following paragraph, which I'll read,
but you have on your screen in front of you, which will get us through this period of time where we don't have
a specific finance department director.
the proposed language is in the event of a vacancy or
prolonged absence in any of the designated positions referenced above,
the city council may by resolution, authorize additional or alternate staff
to assume the responsibilities outlined in this policy. Such delegation shall remain in effect until the vacancy is filled,
the absence is resolved or the council takes further action.
all other aspects of the investment policy remain unchanged.
let me put this into a real world example we have,
as you know, operating account, a checking account, essentially, at wells fargo,
but we also maintain three separate investment accounts for our reserves.
the investment policy dictates how that money can be moved to and
from those investment accounts.
the resolution that this council passed last month following the departure of our finance director,
authorizing me as city manager to perform some of those financial transactions and what not.
I believe probably gave me the authority and do believe it gave me the authority to execute these functions.
but just out of an abundance of caution, I'd like to do two things tonight.
one is to approve this additional wording to our policy and also to specifically acknowledge and
retroactively my authority to do the one transfer that I did
in order to keep our operating accounts at a proper level last week.
so there was a transfer that was executed from one of our investment accounts.
if there are questions on this, happy to answer those and otherwise,
we'll be asking for a motion that also retroactively that adds this authority
for the transaction that already took place last week.
>> thank you. Are there any public comments at this time?
any comments from the members member martinez? >> no comments.
>> member raya? >>. >> no comments. >> I have no comments myself.
I would like to entertain a motion for approval. >> I'll make a motion to retroactively enact this since scott took over.
>> maybe just a little more clarification in the middle of your motion. I was named as the alternate on these accounts.
but so I was authorized as far as the account was concerned and and the banks were concerned.
it's just clean up on this policy. Just to make sure.
>> my second. >> that sufficient, madam clerk?
>> yes. That's sufficient, so retroactive.
>> to retroactively add the city manager's authority?
>> for for a transaction that occurred last week. >> for a transaction that occurred last week.
>> madam clerk, we have a vote by roll call.
>> okay. >> yes. Mayor saldana.
>> aye. >> council member martinez? >> aye. Council member raya?
>> aye. >> motion by council member martinez, second by council member raya,
to adopt the resolution to add to retroactively add city manager's authority for the transaction that occurred last week.
motion is approved with three eyes with mayor medina and councilmember rena absent.
>> thank you. We'll move on to 14b. Council finds the action.
that's not a project defined under the section 15378 of the ceqa guidelines.
adopt a resolution updating the authorized signatories for the local agency investment fund,
laif, mr. Herbert. >> yes, honorable mayor pro tem,
and members of the council. Now that the policy has been updated,
there was also some housekeeping that was overdue on the signatories for these three accounts.
there will be three items now virtually identical except they call out the particular investment account involved.
this one is the local agency investment fund known as laif this is
operated by the state and authorized for municipalities to invest funds.
and as you'll see in your staff report, if we can scroll that up just a little bit so we show the whole list.
this is the list. The upper list is removing
the authority of individuals that had previously been approved,
and this goes back a ways, as you can see, and those names will be removed,
and the list below adds myself, our assistant city manager, lamar, rodriguez,
as treasurer is still in office and adding the deputy treasurer rocio mosca.
>> all right. Thank you. Are there any public comments at this time?
>> I see none. Any comments from the members? Member martinez.
>> was the laif fund and the class fund click created at the same time or?
>> no. Class came later. [overlapping] >> the one that was just two years ago. >> for a while, yes.
>> laif had been around for a while. Class is much newer. >> I'll reserve my question for the next item then.
no for the comments. >> member raya? >> no comment. >> I have no comments myself.
I would like to entertain a motion for approval. >> moved.
>> second. Madam per approved by roco.
>> mayor pete. >> aye. >> council member martinez? >> aye. Council member raya?
>> aye. >> motion by council member martinez, seconded by council member raya,
to adopt a resolution. Motion is approved with three eyes with mayor medina and council member rena absent.
>> I'm going to move on to item 14c. Counsel finds that action is not a project defined under
the section 15378 of the sqa guidelines, adopt a resolution,
updating the authorized signatories for the california cooperative liquid asset security system,
ica class mr. Harbert. >> yes, honorable mayor pro tem and members of the council.
as I mentioned, this action is virtually identical to the previous in removing
previous individuals that had previously had
authority and adding to the list of those that will have authority moving forward,
except that it affects the ca class or california class account.
happy to answer any questions. >> are there any public comments at this time?
I see none. Any comments from the members member martinez?
>> if I remember correctly, we created the class account whenever I was the mayor, so like, two years ago.
daniel has been gone for five. How did he even get on the account?
>> that's a good question. >> is wouldn't he have to sign to be on the account?
>> he would have to research that or we may have an answer.
>> I think what? This is possibility that we had used
the previous resolution with the authorization of the lay for the other authorized signature,
and it had those people on there. >> thank you.
>> but it's a good point and we'll make sure that I don't think there's any harm in removing somebody that isn't there,
but it's it's worth looking into. Let me find out.
>> member wright? >> no I have no comment. >> no questions or comments. I'd like to entertain a motion for approval.
to second. Mr. Wright I would second.
>> item c vote by roll call.
>> mayor pro tem. >> aye. >> council member martinez. >> aye. >> council member raya.
>> aye. >> motion by council member martinez. Second by councilmember rina to adopt the resolution.
motion is approved with three eyes with councilmember rina and mayor medina absent.
>> oder to move in to item 14d. Council finds action is not a project defined under
the section 15378 of the sqa guidelines, adopted resolution dating and authorize signatories for the us bank, mr. Herbert.
>> yes, honorable mayor pro tem and members of the council. Again, virtually identical.
this, however, affects our us bank investment accounts.
us bank was authorized by the state through a particular government code that is contained in this staff report.
a little bit unusual compared to the other two, which are essentially jpa type of structures.
this one will add and subtract the same list of names as the previous two items.
>> thank you. Are there any public comments at this time?
I see none. Any comments from the members member martinez?
>> no comments. >> member ria? >> no comments. >> I have no comments myself.
I would like to entertain a motion for approval. >> I second. Madam, vote by roco, please?
>> mayor pro tem [inaudible]. >> aye. >> council member martinez? >> aye. >> council member raya.
>> aye. >> motion by council member martinez. Second by councilmember ria to adopt a resolution.
motion is approved of three eyes with mayor martinez and council member rena absent.
>> moving on to item 15, reports from commissions and committees.
mr. Medina, absent today, so there's no reports from that.
mr. Rena the item 15 b,
current council of government, mr. Renas. Absent and item 15 c,
wasco task was where we just look forward to collaborating in the citywide in october.
item 16, reports from the city manager.
>> yes. Thank you, honorable mayor pro tem and members of the council. A few items tonight other than the ones where
the lieutenant stole my thunder about the pal accomplishments recently,
so I'm glad to let you do that. Community breakfast happened at the state prison,
and there was the attendance was categorized as good.
there were a few that showed up, to our knowledge, no one actually took the inside tour,
but it was a good meeting. The rose festival, understand that was well attended.
I was out of town, but that run wine rose's dinner was a success.
the rose festival, which we talked about about 50 entries in the parade,
the pal float did, in fact, win third place, which is awesome.
there were city vehicles on display, city booths representing the police department,
animal control, and just the city in general. We're manned there,
and the rose tour, which was brought back this year,
using one of our ylide vans, was also well attended and very good reviews from those that took part in that.
something we plan to continue next year.
some items coming up. Ribbon-cutting linda or this one has occurred,
linda pena was last week on 912. Very good turnout.
the owner was touched by the event from what I understand, very appreciative of the ribbon cutting.
the kdc annual dinner also was very well attended.
very few empty seats in good speakers this year.
>> thank you. >> appeared to be very well enjoyed by everybody that was there.
dyloid will be transporting up to 24 seniors to the kern county fair on friday 919.
that's this coming friday. Got that going.
the walmart remodel is reopening is happening on 926.
we're waiting for the exact time, but there will be a grand reopening for their remodel over there.
the fiber optic project, next gen, will be holding their groundbreaking ceremony on 925 at 9:00
a.m. Over on the city property across from the central avenue park.
if you need any more details, the city clerk can help with that.
getting out into october. There's a snip event scheduled for october 1 at 8:00 a.m. At the usual place.
national night out, as was mentioned, will occur friday, october 10,
from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. The community cleanup that was also mentioned,
saturday, october 18, from nine to noon. Location, I don't know if the location has been
identified or will it just be headquartered out of public works.
we'll find out and I'll give you additional information.
truck street is scheduled for thursday, october 30, from 6:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. At barker park. So that's coming.
mark your calendars on that. We're also anticipating a refuse schedule change.
there have been some issues with the city trucks,
the american refuge trucks, the type of carts that are being collected on different days of the week.
staff is working on that. There will be notifications supplied here and out
directly to our citizens before that occurs,
so there won't be too much confusion hopefully. I think we're still waiting for details on that.
>> [inaudible]. >> we'll also use our social media to put on the screen.
there it is, so we aren't waiting for details anymore [laughter].
we have the details. It's just me that's behind,
so we'll get the word out. That's what I have for tonight.
if there are any questions, I'm happy to entertain those. >> thank you, mr. Hober.
>> questions from members. >> questions from the members.
>> no questions. >> no questions. >> I have no question myself.
item 17 reports from the city council member martinez to report.
>> I just want to say thank you to city staff for everything that she did at the parade. You guys were everywhere and getting stuff done
and like you guys really coalesce it and bring it all together,
I think for the other organizations. Thank you guys. >> member ria.? >> I'm just just want to say the parade was well organized, well attended.
I like the idea with the the tour bus or the roses,
instead of the hot bus. Now you guys have [inaudible] the ac works faul makes a way difference.
the things I wanted to share, I came across a vendor that when I was a kid,
I was like in third, fourth grade. I used to go with my mom with my parents to to the parade,
and my mom always popped plants, some green plants from this man, and I seen them and I was like wow still here and I was a kid.
I thought he was old already [laughter]. I was like, sir, I remember he been coming here to this parade since the 80s, right.
he's like, yes, I go. I'm going to ask, how old are you? He says 90. Like 90-years-old.
>> ninety oh, my god. And he was still here. Now he had his grandchildren helping on selling plants,
and it goes very well for him. He was selling quite a few plants. >> that's great. >> he's been here since the 80s with.
and this was all plants or roses in particular? Just.
>> green plants. >> great. >> thank you. As all the other members,
I think it was an awesome outcome. I mean, I didn't really notice
how they brought back certain things because I guess on some of them, I've been absent for the other ros parades, I guess. I don't know.
but it was it was a good experience and a good outcome. I got to see a lot of familiar faces and people that hasn't been in town for a while,
and now they came back and good feedback from everybody. >> thank you. Now we we going into a closed session or do it close this?
>> yes. Just item 18 close session. >> item 18 closed session. This evening.
we have items eight and eight through eight and d. Are there
any public comments regarding the closed session items at this time?
I see none. We now
enter into closed session and return to report out. Thank you.
>> meeting is adjourned. >> it is 6:50 is 6:55 p.m. Thank you.