June 3, 2026 Regular Meeting
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Fernando “Nene” Torres Council Chambers
608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California
www.calexico.ca.gov
Wednesday, June 3, 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: 2026-33
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, June 3, 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. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives: Benjamin A.
Martinez, City Manager, 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. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Title: City Manager
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
3. Proclamation Declaring the Month of June as Men’s Mental Health Month.
4. Presentation by Chief Orozco regarding the Citizen Reporting Application.
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.
5. Approval of City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/Calexico Financing Authority/Planning Commission Minutes for the Meeting of April 1, 2026.
6. Authorize City Manager to Sign and File Notice of Completion for Community Center and Senior Hall Kitchen Upgrade Project No. 2025-600.
7. Authorize Public Works Director/City Engineer to Sign and File Notice of Completion for Scaroni Road Pavement Rehabilitation State Project No. LPPSB1L-5168(034).
8. A Ratification of Grant Application Submittals and Acceptance of Imperial Irrigation District (IID) GLOW Grant Funds for Park Lighting Replacement Projects.
9. Authorization to Apply for Funding Through the California Active Transportation Program (ATP), Authorization to Accept Awarded Funds, and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute Grant Agreements and Related Documents.
10. Approve List of Selected Consultants for On-Call Engineering, Plan Check, Surveying, Inspection Services, Geotechnical, Landscape and Architectural Design Services.
11. Adopt a Budget Amendment Resolution for $20,000.00 HVAC Grant Funds from Imperial Irrigation District (IID) GEMS Program and Authorize Purchase Order to Baker Distributing Company for HVAC Equipment at Camarena Memorial Library in the Amount of $35,631.03.
12. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calexico Adopting a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS
13. Authorize the City Attorney to Prosecute Designated Municipal Code Violations.
14. Propose Moratorium on Data Centers.
15. Potential Ordinance for Council to Annually Allocate 58% of Unrestricted General Funds to the Police (30%) and Fire (28%) Departments through the year 2047 (20 years).
16. Hearthstone Community – Discussion Regarding Potential Second Road Entrance.
17. Adopt Budget Amendment Resolution to Reallocate Fund No. 255 – American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in the Amount of $349,279.00 and Fund No. 111 – General Fund in the Amount of $19,000.00 for the Purchase of Thermoplastic Striping Equipment, Asphalt Crack Sealing Equipment and Supplemental Funding for Temporary Part-Time Employees for Various Street Maintenance Projects.
18. Weakley Street Improvement Federal-Aid Project No. CML-5168(032):
a) Award Bid Proposal and Authorize City Manager to Sign Construction Agreement between the City of Calexico and Rove Engineering, Inc. in the Amount of $645,279.80 (Base Bid plus Alternate Bid) for Weakley Street Improvement Federal-Aid Project No. CML-5168(032).
b) Authorize City Manager to Approve Any Future Change Orders Not-to-Exceed $96,791.97 (15% of Rove Engineering, Inc. Base Bid plus Alternate Bid) as per City Ordinance No. 1218.
19. Receive and File Library Board of Trustees Minutes for Special Meeting on April 13, 2026.
20. Receive and File Community Services Commission Minutes for Regular Meeting of April 8, 2026.
21. Draft Budget Prioritization Plan FY 2026-27.
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 5:30 p.m. May 28, 2026.
Veronica Luna-Alvarado, City Clerk