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Home My WebLink About01-15-1983 Special City Council Meeting 12 , ,. CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1983 CITY COU~CIL CHAMBERS 130 SOUTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL TO ORDER The Speci a 1 Meeting of the Ci ty Counci 1 was called to order by r~ayor Unsworth at 2: 07 p . m . ROLL CALL - The Ci'ty Cl erk ca.11 ed the roll: PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: KNIGHT, TORN, VALENZUELA, UNSWORTH ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: MAC MURRAY Also present were City Attorney Porter and City Clerk Harrington. BUSINESS ITEM - PERSONNEL MATTER 1. Letter of Resignation of Manuel Rede, City Manager, effective Wednesday, January 19, 1983 at 8:00 a.m. Mr. Torn felt the letter of resignation should be put into the minutes and felt the Council should make a statement. Mr. Torn's main goal was to maintain the continuity of what is happening in the City and make sure the public feels that even if there is a change in managers the Council is still firm in its policies and the public can still receive the services they always have. Mr. Torn asked the City Attorney to draft a statement for the Council to be used as a press release. Ms. Valenzuela felt there was a statement in Mr. Rede's letter which was very strong and felt the Council did not mean to run the City under the management bracket. The Council was trying to eleviate some things that were contrary to policies the Council wanted. ...." Mr. Unsworth felt the public was not aware of how time consuming Redevelopment has been for the City Manager. MOVED BY TORN, SECONDED BY KNIGHT AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION WITH REGRET AND SEND HIM A LETTER WITH WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE. Mr. Torn asked that Mr. Rede draft a closing letter, summarizing projects that are in process and make whatever suggestions he can offer as a resigning manager. -Council Mr. Torn suggested John Porter handle the transition of the contract of Mr. Rede. Mr. Torn felt this may be necessary to discuss in Closed Session. 2. Engineer Assistant Interviews Ms. Valenzuela stated Mr. Rubel was waiting for approval to conduct interviews for the Assistant Engineer from Mr. Rede. Mr. Rubel has the potential candidates ready to interview.but is waiting for approval. Mr. Rubel has requested Mr. Stevens, who is presently working part-time remain until an Assistant Engineer is hired. Mr. Rubel would like to hire Loren Culp on the weekends and at night to assist in plan checking. It was stated that if Loren Culp is hired he would have access to files pertaining to the City in Joe Kicak's office, the former City Engi neer. Mr. Unsworth stated that Mr. Kicak has indicated that the city does have copies of everything he had done as City Engineer. However, staff has not been able to locate the files. Mr. Torn felt the plan checker should be available during the day to discuss any revisions with developers. Mr. Torn stated if the city is looking for a plan checker, there are several retired engineers in the valley. He would prefer to have the same person plan checking three days a week during regular city hall hours so they can discuss revisions with the developer. Mr. Torn felt Loren Culp was a very good plan checker from matters. he has delt wi.th him on. Council is under the impression that Loren Culp is an applicant for t~e Assistant Engineer. - <\ ~. t 3 Page two City Council Minutes January 15, 1983 2. Engineer Assistant Interviews - Continued. Mr. Knight stated he would like to see what type of backlog of engineering projects there are within the department. Mr. Torn suggested it may be helpful to have a board listing the different projects showing when the first submittal of the plans was and feels there should be just as much pressure on the developer to return plans from the first review as there is from the City to get them back to the developer. Discussion ensued regarding Mr. Rubel's role as City Engineer and Public Works Director and the fact that the Associate Engineer would free Mr. Rubel to take care of more public works related items. MOVED BY TORN, SECONDED BY VALENZUELA AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY TO AUTHORIZE MR. RUBEL TO GO AHEAD WITH THE INTERVIEWS AND IF A PROBLEM COMES UP, COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS IT FURTHER. Mr. Torn felt the City should have one full-time plan checker on staff. The developers should know within a certain period of time when their plans will be reviewed by the City and whether they will be approved or revisions will be required. Mr. Torn felt that if there is a heavy demand from someone to get a particular project reviewed and it will require additional staff time to get the project done, the person making the request should pay for over- time or weekend work. Mr. Unsworth stated on Monday he would like to check to see if the funds are available for the additional staff member, what the backlog of projects are and if there are local people available to be hired on a part-time basis. Mr. Unsworth stated another reason Mr. Rubel would like to hire Loren Culp is because Loren knows the information which Mr. Kicak (former City Engineer) r-- has and has access to the files. Also Loren has been working on a number of I i projects of the City until recently. COUNCIL ADJOURNED INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 2:37 P.M. TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND LEGAL MATTERS. COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 5:25 P.M. Mr. Unsworth announced that no decision was made in Closed Session. However, the Council will be calling a Special Meeting at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 1983, which will be a personnel matter and a discussion on an annexation. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY TORN, SECONDED BY VALENZUELA AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT 5:30 P.M. 1 j; nJ ~ (h~b.." . / j J~N G. UNSWORTH, MAYOR CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ATTEST: r I ~~4~~~ "DEBORAH A. HARRINGTON, Y CLERK