6:30 p.m.

CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION

Call to order

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

City Council convenes in the Council Chamber and then adjourns to Closed Session to discuss the following: Labor Negotiations pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.8

Agency Negotiator: City Manager & Glenn Berkheimer, IEDA
Employee Organization: Albany Peace Officers’ Association; Albany Fire Fighters’ Association; Local 1021, SEIU; Albany Municipal Services, JPA & Safety Management.

7:30 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

3. REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION, IF ANY

4. CONSENT CALENDAR

(Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. By approval of the Consent Calendar, the staff recommendations will be adopted unless otherwise modified by the City Council. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council Member or a member of the audience requests removal of the items from the Consent Calendar.)
4-1. Minutes, November 15, 2010.

Staff recommendation: Approve

4-2. a. Ratification of City of Albany net payroll in the amount of $208,877.23; taxes, benefits & withholdings in the amount of $262,805.84. Total payroll in the amount of $471,683.07. Payroll period: 11/19/10.
b. Ratification of Albany Municipal Services JPA net payroll in the amount of $49,960.46; taxes, benefits & withholdings in the amount of $57,610.42. Total payroll in the amount of $107,570.88. Payroll period: 11/19/10.

Staff recommendation: Ratify.

4-3. Ratification of bills, claims and demands against the City of Albany in the amount of $291,165.02. Period: 11/12/10; $182.00, JPA. Period: 11/12/10.

Staff recommendation: Ratify.

4-4. Resolution No. 2010-54 – A Resolution of the Albany City Council Approving and Accepting Improvements and Directing the Filing of the Notice of Completion for Contract No. C09-11, 2009 Paving Project.

4-4A Staff Report
4-4B Reso 2010-54
4-4C Notice of Completion


Staff recommendation: Adopt.

4-5. Resolution No. 2010-60 – A Resolution of the Albany City Council, County of Alameda, State of California, Declaring the Results of the General Municipal Election Held on November 2, 2010.

4-5A Staff Report
4-5B Reso 2010-60
4-5C Certification

Staff recommendation: Adopt.

4-6. Speed Hump/Speed Table Design and Implementation Guidelines.

4-6A Staff Report
4-6B Exhibit Guidelines & Design
4-6C Exhibit Traffic Calming Criteria

Traffic & Safety Commission recommendation: Approve the Traffic & Safety Commission recommendation to adopt the speed hump/speed table design and implementation guidelines presented under Exhibit A, as an attachment to the existing Traffic Calming Policy.

4-7. Connect Academy at Albany High School Internship Program with the City of Albany.

4-7 Staff Report & Connect Materials

Mayor Wile recommendation: Authorize City staff to work with students from Connect Academy at Albany High School and Mayor Wile to place students in City internships.


5. OATH OF OFFICE

5-1. City Council
a. Marge Atkinson
b. Joanne Wile

6. GOOD OF THE CITY/PUBLIC FORUM/ANNOUNCEMENTS

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7. PRESENTATION/PUBLIC HEARING

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

8-1. Revisions to City Commissions, Committees and Boards.

8-1A Staff Report
8-1B Reso 2010-63

Staff recommendation: 1) Approve Resolution No. 2010-63 – A Resolution of the Albany City Council Revising Composition and Modifying Protocols for City Commissions/Committees/Boards. 2) Implement training expectations for appointees, beginning with a training session the evening of Monday, January 31, 2011.

9. NEW BUSINESS

9-1. Unaudited Financial Statements, June 30, 2010, Inter-fund Transfers, Self- Insurance Reserves and Appropriations Limit.

9-1A Staff Report
9-1B Statement of Rev., Exp & Chgs
9-1C Fund Transfers
9-1D Spending Limit Calculation
9-1E Reso 2010-61


Staff recommendation: 1) Accept the unaudited financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. 2) Approve the updated schedule of inter- fund transfers. 3) Approve the self-insurance reserve balance, as reported at June 30, 2010. 4) Adopt Resolution No. 2010-61 – A Resolution of the Albany City Council Establishing the Appropriations Limit for the 2010- 11 Fiscal Year.

9-2. Resolution No. 2010-62 – A Resolution of the Albany City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Letter of Support on Behalf of the City to the San Francisco Estuary Project (SFEP) Approving the City’s Participation in the San Pablo Avenue Stormwater Spine Project and Supporting the SFEP’s Grant Applications for the Project.

9-2A Staff Report
9-2B Support Letter 1
9-1C Fund Transfers
9-1D Spending Limit Calculation
9-1E Reso 2010-61


Staff recommendation: Adopt.

9-3. Progress Report on City Objectives.

9-3A Staff Report
9-3B Progress Report

Staff recommendation: Receive progress report on City Council Objectives for 2010-11.

10. OTHER BUSINESS, REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED, ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVENTS/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

(Council and staff announcements: Council Member reports on State, regional and local boards, commissions and committees to which they are appointed by the City Council; Council Member announcement of requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).

10-1. Council Reorganization will take place on Monday, December 13, 2010.

12. ADJOURNMENT

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