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January 27, 2026 ·4:00 PM Final ·Closed Session 4:00 PM :: Regular Session 5:30 PM

Council Chamber, City Hall, 425 N. El Dorado Street, Stockton CA

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Agenda — 43 items

  1. 1. CLOSED SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
  2. 2. ADDITIONS TO CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
  3. 3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION
  4. 3.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Number of Cases: One Name of Case: Police Lieutenant Dean Happel, (Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Case Nos. ADJ19839394 and ADJ15809340) This Closed Session is authorized pursuant to section 54956.9(d)(1) of the Government Code to discuss matters pertaining to existing litigation. 26-0035
  5. 3.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION Number of Cases: One The City is in receipt of information concerning facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the City which are known to a potential plaintiff and that pertain to potential employment-related claims by the potential plaintiff against the City. This Closed Session is authorized pursuant to section 54956.9, subd. (d)(2), (e)(2) of the Government Code. 26-0050
  6. 3.3 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE / PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT: 26-0102
  7. 3.4 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR 26-0103
  8. 4. CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENT
  9. 5. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
  10. 6. REGULAR SESSION CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
  11. 7. INVOCATION/PLEDGE TO FLAG
  12. 8. REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
  13. 9. ADDITIONS TO REGULAR SESSION AGENDA***
  14. 10. RECOGNITIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR REPORTS
  15. 10.1 COMMENDATION: STOCKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION FOR ACCREDITED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (ACE) RE-ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION OF DISPATCH PERSONNEL 26-0106
  16. 11. PUBLIC COMMENTS* – MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
  17. 12. CONSENT AGENDA
  18. 12.1 ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TARYN N. JONES, AS ACTING CITY ATTORNEY, TO ACCEPT DEEDS AND GRANTS OF REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS THEREIN 26-0085
  19. 12.2 RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMISSION AND COUNCIL CHARTER REVIEW AD-HOC COMMITTEE 26-0104
  20. 12.3 ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE SUBAGREEMENTS FOR THE 2026 CALIFORNIANSFORALL YOUTH JOBS CORPS PROGRAM 26-0043
  21. 12.4 ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POSITION ALLOCATIONS, FUNDING REALIGNMENTS, AND APPROPRIATIONS TO SUPPORT COUNTYWIDE AMBULANCE DISPATCH OPERATIONS 25-1435
  22. 12.5 ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE STOCKTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD TITLE 8, CHAPTER TO 8.38 TO REGULATE SECURED STORAGE OF PALLETS BY COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS 26-0027
  23. 12.6 ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CARRY-FORWARD APPROPRIATION OF $1.0 MILLION FROM FY 2024-25 FIRE DEPARTMENT YEAR-END SAVINGS FOR USE IN FY 2025-26. 26-0084
  24. 12.7 APPROVE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A NEW SPECIFICATION OF SENIOR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TECHNICIAN AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED SALARY RANGE 26-0038
  25. 12.8 APPROVE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH NEW CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE STOCKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED SALARY RANGES 25-1358
  26. 12.9 ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 5 WITH KEMIRA WATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF FERRIC AND FERROUS CHLORIDE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT 25-1423
  27. 12.10 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 3.02 OF THE COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL - CITY COUNCIL AND MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS 26-0055
  28. 12.11 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF AN INDUSTRIAL WASTE COLLECTOR PERMIT 25-1434
  29. 12.12 APPROVE MOTION TO AWARD A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE MAIN STREET AND MARKET STREET COMPLETE STREETS PHASE 1 PROJECT 25-1398
  30. 12.13 ADOPT RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE AND RATIFY EXPENDITURES RELATED TO STAFF RELOCATION FROM 400 EAST MAIN STREET 25-1166
  31. 13. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
  32. 14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  33. 15. HEARINGS**
  34. 16. NEW BUSINESS
  35. 16.1 ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADJUSTMENTS TO STORMWATER RATES AND CHARGES AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAIL THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 25-1410
  36. 17. CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE
  37. 18. COUNCIL COMMENTS
  38. 19. ADJOURNMENT
  39. 1. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
  40. 1.1 MEASURE W CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ADOPTED ANNUAL REPORT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 25-1429
  41. 1.2 COUNCIL COMMITTEE/BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES 26-0112
  42. 42 CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am employed by the City of Stockton and that I caused this agenda to be posted in the City Hall notice case on January 22, 2026 in compliance with the Brown Act. Katherine Roland, CMC, CPMC City Clerk By: ________________________________ Deputy
  43. 43 PUBLIC COMMENTS *Citizens may comment on any subject within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Public Finance Authority/Parking Authority, including items on the Agenda. The time limit for public comment is four (4) minutes and remains at the discretion of the presiding officer and changes shall be set at the start of the meeting. Speakers must submit “Request to Speak” cards to the City Clerk, and be prepared to speak when called. No speaker cards will be received after the close of the Citizen’s Comments portion of the meeting. **Speakers should hold comments on items listed as a Hearing until the Hearing is opened. The City of Stockton invites public comments in multiple forms. You provide your comments by using one of these methods: 1. Email - you may email your comments to publiccomment@stocktonca.gov 2. Voicemail - you can leave a voice message by dialing (209) 937-8459. 3. In-Person Comments - a) Speakers must submit "request to speak cards" to the Clerk prior to the Public Comment portion of the agenda. No speaker cards will be accepted after the close of Public Comment. b) Address only issues over which the meeting body has jurisdiction. c) The time limit for public comment is at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall be set at the start of the meeting. Donating time is not authorized. d) Your time will be displayed on the speaker podium for convenience. *All written and voicemail public comments received by the Clerk's Office 90 minutes prior to the meeting start time will be forwarded to the meeting body members as correspondence and attached to the minutes. All comments received after that time will be forwarded as correspondence the following business day. Written and voicemail comments will not be read into the record. In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and California Law, it is the policy of the City of Stockton to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. If you are disabled and require a copy of a public hearing notice, or an agenda and/or agenda packet in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require other accommodation, please contact the Office of the City Clerk located at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202 during normal business hours or by calling (209) 937-8458, at least 5 days in advance of the hearing/meeting. Advance notification within this guideline will enable the City/Agency to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202, during normal business hours. Such documents are also available on the City's website at www.stocktongov.com subject to staff's ability to post the documents before the meeting. CHALLENGING CITY DECISIONS: The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge, which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Stockton, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies. Council Policy Manual Chapter 4.07 DECORUM § 4.07.010 Policy. 1) COUNCILMEMBERS The City Council will practice civility and decorum in their discussions and debate. Councilmembers will value each other's time and will preserve order and decorum. A member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings of the Council, use personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks, nor disturb any other member while that member is speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer or the Council, except as otherwise provided herein. A) All Councilmembers have the opportunity to speak and agree to disagree but no Councilmember shall speak twice on any given subject unless all other Councilmembers have been given the opportunity to speak. B) The Mayor has the affirmative duty to maintain order. The City Council will honor the role of the Mayor in maintaining order. If a Councilmember believes the Mayor is not maintaining order, the Councilmember may move that the Vice-Mayor enforce the rules of decorum and otherwise maintain order. If that motion receives a second and is approved by a Council majority, the Vice-Mayor shall enforce the rules of decorum and maintain order. C) Any Councilmember who violates the rules repeatedly shall be sanctioned by the City Council, including, but not limited to, barring the Councilmember from further participation (other than voting) on the subject. 2) PERSONS ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL Persons addressing the Council shall not make personal, impertinent, unduly repetitive, slanderous or profane remarks to the Council, any member of the Council, City staff or the general public, nor utter loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, nor engage in any other conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of the Council meeting. Any person who makes such remarks, who utters loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, who is unduly repetitious or engages in extended discussion of irrelevancies, or who engages in any disorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of any Council meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the Council, be barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting. 3) ENFORCEMENT The rules of decorum set forth above shall be enforced in the following manner: Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the Council meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at the meeting to remove that person from the Council Chambers. 4) RULES PERTAINING TO SIGNS, OBJECTS, SYMBOLIC MATERIALS, AND FIRE SAFETY WITHIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS A) Objects and symbolic materials such as signs which do not have sticks attached or otherwise create any fire or safety hazards will be allowed within the Council Chamber during Council meetings provided that they are not so large as to infringe upon the space of those in adjacent areas, and are no wider on their longest side than the audience chairs. B) Persons with objects and symbolic materials such as signs must remain seated when displaying them except when making an oral presentation to the Council and must not raise them above shoulder level or otherwise use them to obstruct vision or passage or disturb the conduct of the Council meeting. Such materials may not be placed on or against the walls, doors or furniture or in the aisles. C) Exits shall not be obstructed in any manner. Obstructions, including storage, shall not be placed in aisles or other exit ways. Hand carried items must be stored so that such items do not inhibit passage in aisles or other exit ways. D) Exit ways shall not be used in any way that will present a hazardous condition. E) Overcrowding and admittance of persons beyond the approved capacity of a place of assembly are prohibited. F) The Fire Marshal may establish designated areas for media equipment. 5) PERSONS AUTHORIZED WITHIN RAIL No person except City officials and City staff shall be permitted within the rail in front of the City Council dais without the express consent of the presiding officer.