The July 3rd City Council meeting agenda is available. Click HERE to view!
Yes, that means a meeting on Monday as well as Tuesday!
July 3, 6:30PM, City Council Chambers, 303 W. Commonwealth Avenue
1. MAYOR PRO TEM / VICE CHAIR SELECTION
The City Council / Successor Agency / Public Financing Authority / Housing
Authority selects a member to fill the Mayor Pro Tem / Vice Chair vacancy.
Recommendation by the Office of the City Clerk:
Pleasure of the City Council for appointment of Mayor Pro Tem / Vice Chair.
2. WATER UTILITY COLLECTION OF IN-LIEU FRANCHISE FEE AND PROPERTY TAX CHARGE
Consider reduction in current Water Utility rates in regards to collection of the ten percent of gross water sales, which the City transferred to the general fund in-lieu of franchise fees and property taxes prior to May 1, 2012.
Recommendation by the Engineering Department:
Pleasure of the Council; direct staff accordingly.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
City Council Special Meeting Scheduled for July 2nd
1. DECLARATION OF JUNE 5, 2012 MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS
The City of Fullerton held a Municipal Election on June 5, 2012 to consider the recall of three Members of the City Council and vote for replacement candidates should any of the recalls succeed. The Orange County Registrar of Voters has certified the results of the June 5, 2012 election.
Recommendation by the City Clerk’s Office: Adopt Resolution No. 2012-57.
RESOLUTION NO. 2012-57 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 5, 2012, DECLARING THE RESULT AND SUCH MATTER AS REQUIRED BY LAW
ADJOURNMENT – The next special City Council / Successor Agency / Public Financing Authority / Housing Authority meeting is July 3, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, California. The next regular City Council / Successor Agency closed session meeting is July 17, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, California. The next regular City Council / Successor Agency / Public Financing Authority meeting is July 17, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, California.
Taking Office
"So when do you take office?" That seems to be the big question on many people's minds.
It's needlessly convoluted so stay with me.
Thursday morning, June 28, at or about 9:00AM, a City Council meeting was to be held in the Council Chambers to accept the results of the recall election. However, the City Manager reports that recalled council member Dick Jones backed out. Mayor Quirk-Silva and Member Bruce Whitaker were willing to be there.
As of this morning, Mayor Quirk-Silva was planning on calling for a special meeting on Monday morning, July 2nd, at 9:00AM. I have been told by City Manager Felz and City Attorney Jones that recalled council member Pat McKinley has promised to participate. According to City Manager Felz, Mr. McKinley has planned to be out of town this week for perhaps several months.
Regardless of whether the July 2nd meeting occurs, I have been told that Mayor Quirk-Silva will have a meeting Tuesday night. This would be a normal meeting but it had been canceled due to the July 4th celebration on the following day. So, if Monday's meeting is canceled, perhaps Tuesday's meeting will result in the new council being able to act.
If Monday's and Tuesday's meetings fail to have a quorum and seat the new council, I have asked City Attorney Jones to take the matter before a judge on July 5th. If that does not happen, I am preparing to take the matter before a judge on July 6th myself.
July 17 is tentatively scheduled to be the first regular City Council meeting though will be largely ceremonial including public ceremonial swearing in of the new members. There may be an item or two that will be addressed but I don't know what those will be.
As we approach this tumultuous transition in Fullerton's governance, I reflect upon President George Washington's Farewell Address and the elegance with which he stepped down. With quiet dignity and gentle words of wisdom, he stepped aside to allow someone else, John Adams, to preside over the United States. It is too bad that some of the recalled council members appear to have neither dignity nor wisdom to do what is right.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Administration devoured more than half of redevelopment dollars in two cities
A big beef of redevelopment-haters was that those dollars went to pay city staffer salaries, rather than to truly battle blight.
And that beef may be valid in at least two Orange County cities — Placentia and Fullerton — where more than half of redevelopment dollars went to administration costs, according to a new report from the Orange County grand jury.
- In Placentia, 67.8 percent of redevelopment dollars went to administration,
- while in Fullerton, 55.5 percent of redevelopment dollars went to administration.