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298 ADJOURNED COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 13, 1979 In accordance with notice duly and legally given, an Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Colton was held on the above given date at 6:00 p. m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Mayor Gonzales presiding. ROLL CALL: Council Members present were Hayes, Cisneros, Rehrer, Temby and Mayor Gonzales. Also present were Acting City Manager Elliott, City Attorney Edwards, Finance Director Helsley, and City Clerk Ramos. Planning Acting City Manager Elliott reported the Planning Director is requesting authoriza- tion to contract the service of VTN and Associates until such time as he is able to fill some of the vacancies in his department. Planning Director Gonzales stated he needs assistance in checking plans and pro- cessing projects in as much as he has lost his Planning Assistant. Mr. Gonzales said this company has been used by the City in the past to do a special study. Moved by Councilman Hayes, seconded by Councilman Rehrer, to contract with VTN and Associates for planning services on an interim basis. Unanimous vote. Finanra Finance Director Helsley requested authorization to hire an outside independent auditor to conduct an audit on the 1976-1 Cooley Ranch Sewer Assessment District. Mr. Helsley said this request comes from the City Treasurer calling his attention to the need to bring this assessment up to date on assessment splits because of the possibility of revenue loss to the City. The Council asked if action on this request could wait until next Tuesday. Finance Director Helsley said he felt a one week delay would pose no problem, however, he was not sure this would enable sufficient time to submit the audit- ed information to the County for adjustment to the tax rolls. Council requested that further information be forwarded to the City Council for consideration at the next regular meeting. Redevelopment Agency Council discussed the letter request from Attorney John Brown for a Special Meet- ing of the Redevelopment Agency, for one hour on Thursday, August 16, 1979. The consensus of the Council as Members of the Redevelopment Agency was that they would prefer to conduct the Redevelopment Agency Meeting following the regular Council Meeting of Tuesday, August 21, 1979. FlPrtinn City Attorney Edwards reported he had written a memorandum to the City Council ad- vising them it would be possible to place the issue of an amendment to the City Manager's Ordinance on the election bellot schedule for November, said election to be conducted by the County. Mr. Edwards stated he has been advised by the City Clerk that in the event the Council wishes to proceed with a November Election issue, the Council will need to take some action at their regular meeting of August 21, 1979. City Attorney Edwards said presently he would like to know whether the Council wishes to go with a November election date or whether it prefers to go with the regular City election scheduled for April, 1980. Council consensus was that they would like to properly study the proposed amend- ment and they would like sufficient time for the citizens to receive proper in- formation on this issue and for these reasons they would prefer to delay the elec- tion until the April 1980 date. Mr. Edwards said he would await future Council instructions on this matter before bringing it back for action. AUG i 3 1979