Recommendation
A. Approve a fee waiver and refund request from Girsh Park in the amount of $7,342.47 for permitting fees associated with its soccer field lighting project, based on the City Council’s determination that the project provides a community benefit and that the refund serves a legitimate public purpose and does not constitute a gift of public funds; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 25-__ entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California, Amending the City of Goleta Operating and CIP Budget for Fiscal Year 2025/26, Amending the City of Goleta Schedule of Authorized Positions for Fiscal Year 2025/26, and Amending the City of Goleta Salary Schedule and Classification Plan for Fiscal Year 2025/26 (Effective December 27, 2025).”; and
CONTINGENT UPON DECEMBER 16, 2025, CLOSED SESSION:
C. Receive an oral report, read by the City Clerk or staff, summarizing the recommendation for final action on the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid to City executive employees, as follows:
1. For all executive management employees except the City Manager: Adoption of amended salary schedules that: (a) establishes a fixed percentage salary increase to be determined at the December 16, 2025, public meeting and effective January 10, 2026 (replacing the prior contingent CPI formula that provided a base 3.0% plus an additional amount of up to 1.0% based on the year-over-year October Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim region); and (b) amends the formula for the January 2027 increase to utilize the September CPI-U instead of October, and establishes a fallback method in the event the September CPI-U is not published, consistent with the negotiated side letter with SEIU; and
D. Adopt Resolution No. 25-__entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California, Approving Side Letter Agreements with SEIU Local 620, Amending the City of Goleta Salary Schedule and Classification Plan for Fiscal Year 2025/26 (Effective January 10, 2026), and Approving Certain Future Salary Increases.”
Staff
Luke Rioux, Finance Director
Tony Gonzalez, Accounting Manager
Shawna Stokes, Budget Analyst
Estimated Time
30 minutes