Legislative Subcommittee - Regular Meeting

Do. Chair with Life.

All right. Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody. This is our first meeting of the city selection committee for 2025. It is 10:15 on January 21. So can we get a roll call vote, please?

Yes. Mayor Doring? Here. Mayor Williams?

Present.

Mayor Washington? Here. Vice Chair, Mayor Stedgley?

Here.

Chair, Mayor Moeller?

Here. Thank you. We don't need to the pledge of allegiance. I didn't see it on the agenda. Let's do it anyway. What the heck? We have a new president.

All right.

Thank you. And can we get a roll call vote, please?

Oh, we don't need a roll call vote.

Don't need a roll call vote. Okay. Even though it says so on the agenda. A call to order. Okay. All right. Yes, I did. Can we get need to approve the minutes? Any public?

First, we're going to actually take up 1A, which is election of a new chairperson and vice chairperson. So right now it's Chair Moeller and Vice Chair Sedgeley. So you can see in the staff report the history of the rotation schedule, if you want to reference that. And today, we need to elect a new mayor or a new mayor, a new vice chair.

The rotation But

that was That's why

so we can

have a mayor here. Yeah. So Calistoga would done in rotation would be the chair. That was mayor Williams

actually would be

actually Sedgley Sedgley would be chair, and Mayor Williams would be vice chair in our rotation, if you choose to have it that way.

All right. Do we have any public comment on this item? Anybody want to make a motion or have a discussion?

I'll make that motion.

Okay. Just one question. In the staff report, it shows different vice chairperson that if I'm reading this correctly.

Can you speak into the mic? I'm sorry. I didn't catch all of that.

I just wanted to make sure that we've given public notice properly that it says Calistoga Vice Mayor Erez Lopez Ortega is listed here. Is that oh.

That's go

ahead. It's okay to nominate someone else that this is just a recommendation.

Okay. I just wanted to make sure we're in proper order because we have a different name than

Yes.

Than what's happening there. That's correct. And that's fine with me. I'm okay with that. Okay. Thank you.

Mayor Williams came to us this morning and stated that he will be at this meeting going forward and not vice chair.

Okay. That's the clarification I need. I'm fine with that.

Thank you. We just found out this morning. Thank you very much. It will be corrected on the next agenda.

Okay. We have a motion and a second. All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye. The opposed and abstain, that passes unanimously. So you guys want to switch seats or No.

I'll stay right here.

All right. All right. You run the game.

You can give me the mic. Yep. That'll get it. So thank you. Thank you. I accept your nomination and your be the chairperson for this year. So now the second order of business is approval of minutes of the June 18 meeting.

I'll move approval.

Motion by Noring.

Moeller seconds.

Second by Moeller. All in favor? Aye. Opposed?

I need to abstain.

One abstention.

And I

abstain as well. And a second abstention, Washington and Williams. Item three, we have four administrative items. And 3A is adopt a resolution to amend the Neth County City Selection Committee rules and regulations to revise the regular meeting time of 10AM to 9AM or as soon thereafter, immediately following the January, April, and June meetings of the Napa County flood control and water conservation district to clarify the meeting start. I think everybody understands that. We moved it to nine following that.

I'm not sure if I understand because flight control starts at nine. So but we're gonna schedule this for nine or thereafter. Immediately. Just so that we could possibly do it at 09:30?

Correct. It's just for the public's benefit. So that way

Got it.

If they're coming just for city selection, they know they need to wait until flood's over.

Got it.

Okay. And we have you guys here. You're tied. Mhmm.

So That is true. Okay.

Yep. So that's how we do it. Okay.

Any other questions?

No, sir.

Any public comment? I entertain a motion to adopt the resolution.

So move Moeller.

I'll second it, Washington.

Motion by Moeller, second by Washington. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? No. Carried unanimously. Thank you. Our item 3B is to appoint the City Of American Canyon Mayor, Pierre Washington

Chair Sedgley, can you use the microphone, please? You.

So 3B is to appoint the City Of American Canyon mayor Pierre Washington as the representative and discuss the appointment of one alternate executive board of the Association of Bay Area Governments, otherwise known as a bag with the term commencing immediately and expiring in 06/30/2026.

Thank you, chair. So this one, to just wrap it up real quickly, is the ABAC representative is finishing Abidavans' term. So that is mayor Washington.

Yes. Our counsel actually selected David Orrill. I think that information was sent in error.

We actually called when you told me that information this morning. So that's actually for LAFCO or ABEG. I'm sorry. Is for ABEG. We're right now

We are on ABAG.

We are on ABAG. And the other one says, LAFCO. Just kidding.

Yeah. Okay. ABAG.

Yes. So for ABAG.

Yep.

Yes. For ABAG.

It's

So for Lavko, it will be David Oro. Correct. For Abag, it will be It

would me. You. Yes.

Okay. Thank you for the clarification. And so he's finishing out a term and then our alternate is open because Anna Chateau from Saint Helena resigned from her position. And so we need to fill that seat today. So we need to appoint an alternate from any city or town, please.

Saint Helena, you wanna step into that since it was prior Saint Lina as an alternate?

That's fine.

Okay. So mayor Doring, you want to be the I

stepped into it all the time. But we all

Okay. Thank you, mayor Doring.

So we can entertain that motion to make those appointments to a bag, the representative and the alternate. Past chair?

I'll make the motion. I'll make that motion.

And I'll second.

Moved by the motion, second by Washington. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Thank you very much. Yeah. You'll get it. I think he's up next too. So item three c, to appoint City Of American Canyon, mayor Pierre Washington on our agenda, but I thought this might be a little change in who we're going to do as the alternate to the South Valley seat on Napa County Local Agency Formation Commission, otherwise known as LAFCO, to commence immediately and expire on 05/01/2027.

So I'd like to read the correction into the record, please, if I may. So David Oro, city council member from American Kenyon, will be the alternate to the South Valley seat on the Napa County Local Agency Formation Commission or LAFCO.

Correct. But I had the our city manager send that memo

Okay.

To you guys. Okay.

Correct. And we confirmed right before this meeting, we called your city clerk's office. Thank very much. And we apologize for the error.

Mayor Washington, you, like to make that motion?

I will make that motion.

I would like to make a substitute motion after some discussion. Is, that there's gonna be some interesting, important decisions that are gonna be coming up for LAVCO in in that time. I know you have the alternate seat, but is that something that mayor Washington you would consider just filling out that alternate term on LAVCO? I know there's some county contracts with American Canyon.

Yeah. Mayor Mueller, I'm actually flattered that you would like for me to stay on that as written. However, my my workload right now is is rather difficult. I'm still finishing out my last eighteen months of my day job. And I just wanna make sure that when I commit, I could commit a 100%. I just can't do that at this moment.

Okay. I will withdraw my substitute motion.

Thank you.

So we do have a motion to appoint David Borough from American Canyon as the alternate on Alaska. We have a motion by mayor Washington. Do I have a second? I'll second. Second by Mayor Williams. All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed? Thank you very much. Moving right along. On item 3B, submit three nominees to the Napa County Board of Supervisors for appointment for consideration of appointment to a representative to finish serving the term of the MTC Commission to commence immediately and expire on 02/09/2027. The way I read it, we had three names submitted in total.

We actually had four.

Had four?

Mhmm. So we had so the emails were sent to the city town clerks of each jurisdiction 09/19/2024 requesting that they solicit interest and nominations from each of their jurisdictions. To date, the city of Napa nominated Bernie Navarrez and Liz Alessio, the city of Calistoga nominated Amber Bantry, and the city of American Canyon nominated Liz Alessio and the City of St. Helena nominated Paul Doring. So that, again, is four names. So we have MTC nominations for Bernie Navarre, Liz Alessio, Amber Manfrey and Paul Doring. Mayor Paul Doring. That's what we received from your city clerks.

I missed Mayor Dorring?

Oh, we just want to.

All right. Any questions, clarifications? Any motion to submit three of those four names forward?

May I just make a comment about the genesis of my nomination? So we have a very new council, three brand new members, one relatively new. And so they they understood that I've been serving on MBTA for some time. There was not a lot of deep discussion on this. So I I'd be happy to withdraw my my my name and and just submit the other have the other three submitted if that is okay with the with this board. I don't need to do that. I don't know if I can do that technically, but my interest I'll I think, informally, I would would be happy to withdraw to allow the other three to go forward.

You for that. Looking at the history too, it's most likely going be a Board of Supervisor anyway when you look at the history. So we could submit.

I recognize that. Yeah.

Yes.

Do we have the authority to Yes. Rank order

Yes.

Of the nominations, or they're all equal because the supervisors approve them?

The way the statute is written, you can rank order, but the statute really just requires three names, and the board of supervisors makes the ultimate call.

Okay. The reason I was Yes. You know, bringing it up for rank order, I've been on MBTA for a while too, and I know this the MTC seat is very important to us, especially in terms of funding. So just, you know, understanding all the mechanics of, MBTA and then the MTC, how that brings funding and a lot of important information kind of back to us. That's what I was just going to suggest. We rank order based on perhaps experience. So just something to think about.

And I believe there was a comment to be made.

Thank you. Public comment before we take action?

Yeah, just want to clarify with Mayor Williams about the nomination because I recall that we nominate Lisa Alessio and Amber Murphy as alternate. So just want to be sure that it goes on the right order. Thank you. All

right. Any more discussion? We have the public comment? Okay. So I'm looking for someone to put three names forward.

You need a mic. Thank you. I'll nominate Councilman Navarro and Supervisor Alessio and Supervisor Mantry. All right. So we have the motion to move the three names forward as Nirvaez, Alessio and Manfrey with motion by Mayor Williams.

I'll second that.

We have seconded by Mayor Washington. Any more on the subject? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Carries unanimously. Good luck to the three of those. Public comment, general public comment on anything that is not on the agenda? Thank you. Any reports or announcements from our committee?

Looking good. Any future agenda items? Other than, we'll meet in whatever that was due. So if there's no future agenda items, no further business before us today, we will adjourn.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.