Votes at a glance: Placerville City Council actions on Sept. 9, 2025

The Placerville City Council took several formal votes at its Sept. 9 meeting. The following list summarizes motions, outcomes and key details taken on agenda items and staff recommendations.

• Agenda adoption (amendment): The council adopted the meeting agenda as amended to remove public hearing item 11.1 for notification purposes; the amended agenda passed (voice vote recorded as Aye; no opposition recorded).

• Consent calendar: The council approved the consent calendar (roll-call recorded with Ayes). The minutes were corrected to show Vice Mayor Gottberg as maker/second where noted.

• Item 12.1 — Placerville Drive Pedestrian Connectivity Project: Council approved budget appropriations totaling $2,203,376; issued NTP #3 to REY Engineers ($36,913); approved an engineering services agreement with Dewberry Engineers ($362,390.72); and awarded the construction contract to Doug Vierkamp General Engineering Inc. ($1,570,798.78). The measure passed on a roll-call vote with Council member Carter, Council member Noe, Vice Mayor Gottberg and Mayor Clerici recorded as Aye.

• Item 12.2 — Finance department reorganization: The council approved abolishing the assistant city manager/director of finance position effective Oct. 4, 2025, and establishing a director of finance position effective the same date; the council also approved a job description and affirmed a revised salary schedule (effective Sept. 27, 2025). The council intends to underfill the soon-to-be-vacant assistant finance director position with an additional accountant position and to hire a temporary retired annuitant during recruitment. Projected annual savings from the reorganization were stated as $124,225, with $93,885 in savings projected for fiscal year 2025–26. The item passed on a roll-call vote.

• Item 12.3 — Retroactive pay resolution for sworn administrative police positions: The council rescinded resolution 93 96 and adopted a replacement resolution retroactively approving and affirming increases in holiday pay, master police officer pay, POST incentive pay, uniform allowance and longevity pay for the chief of police, police commander and police lieutenant, effective the first full pay period in July 2021. Staff said CalPERS required a corrected resolution to make those pay types credible for retirement base purposes. The council adopted the resolution on a roll-call vote; the projected annual cost was stated as $12,636 and is included in the 2025–26 operating budget.

• Local advanced construction authorization — Placerville Drive bridge replacement: The council authorized staff to submit a local advanced construction (AC) request for fiscal year 2025–26 and authorized the city manager to execute the letter. The authorization passed on a roll-call vote; staff advised the AC path splits HBP funds over two fiscal years and requires conversion steps with Caltrans.

Several items passed unanimously on recorded roll calls where council members were recorded as Aye; the transcript records multiple roll-call sequences naming “Council member Carter,” “Council member Noe,” “Vice Mayor Gottberg” and “Mayor Clerici.”