September 3, 2025 Regular Meeting Amended
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Fernando “Nene” Torres Council Chambers
608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California
www.calexico.ca.gov
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
5:30 PM
| Council Members | City Manager | |
| Diana Nuricumbo, Mayor/Chair Person |
Benjamin A. Martinez |
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| Victor Legaspi, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair Person | ||
| Lisa Tylenda, Council Member | City Attorney | |
| Adriana Marquez, Council Member | Carlos Campos | |
| Lorenzo Calderon, Council Member | ||
| City Clerk Veronica Luna-Alvarado |
Next City Ordinance Number: 1247 Next City Resolution Number: 2025-59 |
Members of the public will be able to make public comments in the following ways:
a) In-person comments.
b) Submit public comments via email by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 to cityclerk@calexico.ca.gov or via fax to (760) 768-2103. Public comments will be distributed to the City Council for their consideration and made available for public inspection. Public comments will not be read aloud by the City Clerk during the council meeting. They will be retained for the official record of the City.
ROLL CALL
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
A “Closed” Session of the City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/ Calexico Financing Authority/Planning Commission may be held in accordance with state law which may include, but is not limited to, the following types of items: personnel matters, labor negotiations, security matters, providing instructions to real property negotiators and conference with legal counsel regarding pending litigation. The Closed Session will be held in the City Hall Conference Room located at 608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California. Any public comment on Closed Session items will be taken before the Closed Session. Any required announcements or discussion of Closed Session items or actions following the Closed Session will be made in the City Council Chambers, 608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California.
- CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager, Carlos Campos, City Attorney
Employee Organizations: Calexico Municipal Employees Association, Calexico Firefighters Association, Certified Operators Association/SEIU Local 221, Calexico
Police Officers Association, Supervisors Association, Calexico City Management Association.
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager, Carlos Campos, City Attorney
Unrepresented Employee: City Clerk
3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
Title: City Attorney
4. CONFERENCE WITH PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Property: 352 1st Street (Former Orthopedic Clinic) Parking Lot, APN: 058-535-001
Agency Negotiator: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager and Carlos Campos, City Attorney
Negotiating Parties: Michael Choutka, Hensel Phelps
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
5. CONFERENCE WITH PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Property: Border Friendship Park, APN’s: 058-510-004 and 058-521-006
Agency Negotiator: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager and Carlos Campos, City Attorney
Negotiating Parties: Michael Choutka, Hensel Phelps
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
6. Proclamation - September 2025 as Library Card Sign-Up Month.
7. Presentation by Linsey Dale, Imperial County Registrar of Voters - Voter's Choice Act - Modernizing Elections in Imperial County.
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REPORTS OF MEETINGS ATTENDED
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/Calexico Financing Authority/Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately by the City Council.
9. Authorize City Manager to Sign Deductive Change Order No. 6 with Rove Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $229,050.50 for Cole Boulevard between M.L. King Avenue and Bowker Road Rehabilitation Federal-Aid Project No. STPL-5168(035).
10. Authorize City Manager to Sign and File Notice of Completion for Cole Boulevard between M.L. King Avenue and Bowker Road Rehabilitation Federal-Aid Project No. STPL-5168(035).
11. Approve a Contract with The Pun Group Accountants & Advisors to Provide Financial Audit Services for the City of Calexico for Fiscal Year 2025, with Options to Extend Through Fiscal Year 2026 and 2027.
12. Authorize City Manager to Issue Purchase Order to Veolia WTS Services USA, Inc. in the Amount of $603,235.00 for the Rental of Three (3) Mobile Clarifiers During the Rehabilitation of Clarifier “B” and “C” Project at Water Treatment Plant.
13. Authorize City Manager to Sign Deductive Change Order No. 10 with Mountain Cascade, Inc. in the Amount of $63,585.84 for the New River Improvement Project – Calexico Reach.
13A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calexico Approving the Final Map for Phase 1 of the Las Palmas Mobile Home Park Consisting of 72 Manufactured Dwelling Units and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Associated Subdivision Improvement Agreement.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
15. Approval and Adoption of City Council Charitable Donation Policy.
16. Authorize City Manager to Sign Change Order No. 1 with Rove Engineering, Inc. in the Amount of $88,776.00 for Scaroni Road Pavement Rehabilitation State Project No. LPPSB1L-5168(034).
17. Appointment of General Commissioner to the Calexico Housing Authority Board.
18. Removal and Replacement of Current Appointee to the Police Advisory, Traffic & Code Enforcement Commission with a New Appointment to the Same Commission by Mayor Nuricumbo.
19. Appointment by Mayor Pro Tem Legaspi to the Police Advisory, Traffic & Code Enforcement Commission.
INFORMATION ITEMS
20. Receive and File Community Services Commission Minutes for Special Meeting of June 9, 2025.
21. Receive and File Library Board of Trustees Minutes for Meeting of June 2, 2025.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
It is the intention of the City of Calexico to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in all respects. If you are a person with a disability who requires a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please request such modification or accommodation from the City Clerk at (760) 768-2102. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting. Please advise us at the time whether you will require accommodations to participate in meetings on a regular basis. Any person affected by any application on this agenda may submit their concerns in writing prior to the meeting or appear in person and be heard in support or opposition to the proposal at the time the matter is considered on the agenda. The staff reports, applications and environmental documents may be viewed at either the office of the office of the City Clerk, 608 Heber Avenue from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, except legal holidays. Telephone inquiries may be made at (760) 768-2102. If you challenge any agenda issue in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues that you or someone else raised at the public meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Calexico at, or prior to, the public meeting.
This notice of the agenda is hereby certified to have been posted on or before 5:00 p.m. August 29, 2025.
Veronica Luna-Alvarado, City Clerk
