April 15, 2026 Regular Meeting Amended
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Fernando “Nene” Torres Council Chambers
608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California
www.calexico.ca.gov
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
5:30 PM
Lorenzo Calderon, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair Person
Adriana Marquez, Council Member
Lisa Tylenda, Council Member
Diana Nuricumbo, Council Member
City Attorney
Mitchell A. Driskill
City Clerk
Veronica Luna-Alvarado
Next City Ordinance Number: 1253
Next City Resolution Number: 2026-21
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, April 15, 2026 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.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.
A “Closed” Session of the City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/ Calexico Financing Authority 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.
1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Title: City Manager
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives: Benjamin A.
Martinez, City Manager, Best Best & Krieger LLP
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.
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
3. Proclamation Honoring the 118th Anniversary of the City of Calexico.
4. Proclamation Declaring April 19-25, 2026, as National Library Week.
4A. Proclamation Declaring April 12-18, 2026, as Dispatch Appreciation Week.
5. Presentation by Police Advisory, Traffic, Code Enforcement Commissioner Rangel Regarding Traffic Control Devices Around Schools.
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.
6. Approval of City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/Calexico Financing Authority/Planning Commission Minutes for the Meetings of February 18, 2026, and March 4, 2026.
7. City Warrants Report from March 1, 2026 thru March 31, 2026.
8. City Salaries Report from March 1, 2026 thru March 31, 2026.
9. Authorize City Manager to Sign Partnership Agreement with Imperial County Office of Education (ICOE) Early Care and Education Program.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS
10. Official Signing of the Sisterhood Reaffirmation Agreement with the City of Mexicali from the State of Baja California of the United Mexican States and the City of Calexico from the State of California of the United States of America.
11. Appointments by the City Council to the Personnel Commission.
12. Adoption of a Resolution Approving a Temporary Fee Schedule for Planning Applications, Building Permits, and Encroachment Permits until June 30, 2029.
13. Approval of Bid Documents for Weakley Street Improvements Federal Project No. CML-5168(032) and Authorize the Public Works Department to Send the Project Out to Bid.
14. Creation of a City Council Ad-Hoc Committee to Discuss Potential Sales Tax Ballot Measure Related to Public Safety in the City of Calexico.
15. Adopt a Budget Amendment Resolution Reallocating $76,573 within Fund 255 (FEMA/ARPA) to Support the Costs of Equipment Repairs and Maintenance, Radios, and Fire Breathing Apparatus and Turnouts for the Calexico Fire Department and Authorize the City Manager to Execute any Necessary Documents to Implement the Appropriation.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
16. Informational Report in Reference to Grants Activities During the Period of FY25-26 Q3 January to March 2026.
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 1:00 p.m. April 10, 2026.
Veronica Luna-Alvarado, City Clerk