Placerville council approves retroactive police-pay changes, fee adjustment and parking-pay-station upgrade; acknowledges sales-tax report

Key votes at the Placerville City Council meeting on Feb. 11, 2025: the council approved several routine and staff-recommended items by roll call, including retroactive pay adjustments for certain sworn administrative police positions, a 1.6% TIM fee increase, a downtown parking pay-station upgrade contract, and acknowledgement of the quarterly sales-tax and economic reports.

Summary of actions and outcomes

1) Retroactive sworn-administrative pay adjustments (Agenda item 7.5) — Approved Motion summary: Retroactive approval and affirmation of increases in holiday pay, master police officer pay, POST incentive pay, and uniform allowance pay for the chief of police, police commander, and police lieutenant positions effective the first full pay period in July 2021. Staff said these ad pays were already being paid but require council resolution so the amounts are Creditable to CalPERS retirement pay calculations. Votes: Council member Carter — Aye; Council member Noe — Aye; Council member Yarbrough — Aye; Vice Mayor Gabbard — Aye; Mayor Clerici — Aye. Tally: 5–0. Staff projected the annual cost for the sworn administrative positions at $12,636; the adopted FY 2024–25 operating budget assumed roughly $12,000 for these ad pays.

2) Traffic Impact Mitigation (TIM) fee increase (Agenda item 12.2) — Approved Motion summary: Approve a 1.6% increase in TIM fees, reflecting the engineering new-record construction-cost index change from January 2024 to January 2025; fee change effective April 14, 2025. Staff noted the application cutoff date is close of business Friday, April 11, 2025 (staff report had an incorrect calendar date that was corrected in the meeting). Votes: Carter — Aye; Noe — Aye; Yarbrough — Aye; Vice Mayor Gabbard — Aye; Mayor Clerici — Aye. Tally: 5–0.

3) Downtown parking pay-station upgrade (Agenda item 12.3) — Approved Motion summary: Authorize the assistant city manager/finance director to negotiate and execute a contract with Flowbird Urban Intelligence for a front-panel/pay-station upgrade for nine daily pay stations in the downtown parking system for $32,576.75 and approve $35,000 in budget appropriations from the downtown parking fund. Staff said the upgrade replaces the front panels and electronics, reduces maintenance costs, and is substantially less expensive than replacing full units. Votes: Carter — Aye; Noe — Aye; Yarbrough — Aye; Vice Mayor Gabbard — Aye; Mayor Clerici — Aye. Tally: 5–0. Staff estimated installation lead time at about eight weeks with an expected late April/early May installation window and a 13-month warranty for the new front door.

4) Consent calendar (excluding item 7.5) — Approved Motion summary: All consent calendar items except for item 7.5 were approved by a single roll-call motion. Votes: Carter — Aye; Noe — Aye; Yarbrough — Aye; Vice Mayor Gabbard — Aye; Mayor Clerici — Aye. Tally: 5–0.

5) Acknowledge and file ACL sales-tax and economic reports (Agenda item 15.1) — Acknowledged Motion summary: Council acknowledged and filed the ACL sales-tax and economic report for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2024. Staff reported an 8.8% decrease on a cash basis that included prior-period adjustments; excluding adjustments the decrease was 2.6%. The drop reflected lower auto and transportation revenues and retail closures; staff noted new local openings that are expected to bolster future receipts. Votes: Not individually recorded for this summary item; staff report accepted as presented.

Notes on procedure and staffing

• Several motions were moved and seconded during the meeting and carried on unanimous roll-call votes as recorded above. When staff presented corrections (for example, the TIM fee application date), staff noted the correction on the public record. • For the police pay resolution (7.5), staff and a resident commenter characterized the item as a housekeeping action necessary to make certain pay components Creditable for CalPERS retirement purposes; the city attorney previously reported the tentative agreement with the Placerville Police Officers Association (PPOA) and the council approved the tentative agreement points in 2021.

Ending: The council’s unanimous votes advanced final design and procurement steps on the street- and parking-related projects and formalized the retroactive pay adjustments for sworn administrative positions; the minutes and staff reports contain the full roll-call records and supporting documents.