Avenal public meetings in 2023
3 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Thu Aug 17, 2023
City Council/Successor Agency/Public Finance Authority
✓ Decided: City Council establishes new dress code and meeting procedures
The City Council adopted a business casual dress code for staff and councilmembers. The body also established new protocols for public comments, agenda item discussions, and the use of electronic technology.
- Required business casual attire for Council and staff
- Mandated public comment cards for non-online comments
- Set 3-minute limit for public comments with 30 and 10-second warnings
- Allotted up to 25 minutes for Public Comments on agendas
- Established rotation-based procedure for councilmember comments on agenda items
- Required councilmembers to submit agenda questions to City Manager by Wednesday noon
- Issued cellular iPads to councilmembers for official communications
Thu Aug 10, 2023
City Council/Successor Agency/Public Finance Authority
✓ Decided: Avenal City Council ratifies police officer cost-of-living agreement
The City Council approved a tentative agreement with the Avenal Police Officer’s Association for cost-of-living adjustments. The council also approved the retirement of a police service dog and rescheduled a September meeting to accommodate a community event.
- Ratified tentative agreement with Avenal Police Officer’s Association for FY 2023/2024 & FY 2024/2025 (4-0)
- Approved transfer of ownership and indemnity agreement for the retirement of a police service dog (4-0)
- Approved professional service contract with Workforce Investment Board of Tulare County (4-0)
- Rescheduled September 28, 2023 meeting to September 27, 2023 (4-0)
- Directed staff to advertise two vacant Planning Commission seats
Mon Jul 31, 2023
City Council/Successor Agency/Public Finance Authority
✓ Decided: City Council and Planning Commission hold informational ethics training
The meeting was informational only and no actions were taken. City Attorney Moses Diaz provided two hours of Brown Act and AB1234 Ethics Training for elected and appointed officials.