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Greenfield council approves consultant list, vehicle purchases, law enforcement funds and appointments; resident urges utility billing review
Summary
Council approved a three-year on-call consultant list, awarded two replacement trucks for $71,978, accepted $101,536.61 in supplemental law enforcement funds, and approved regional appointments; during public comment a resident demanded a citywide review after being billed for water at a vacant property.
The City of Greenfield approved several routine and substantive measures at its Jan. 13 council meeting, including a three-year on-call consultant list for professional services, the purchase of two Ford Ranger 4x4 crew cabs, an appropriation of supplemental law enforcement funds and a slate of regional board appointments.
City staff recommended the on-call consultant list to accelerate procurement for smaller professional services work — engineering, landscape architecture, geotechnical and related specialties — and said 13 RFQ responses were received. Staff described the list as effective for three years with the option to extend annually up to five years and noted the council could add a dollar cap to limit the use of on-call agreements for small projects. The council voted to adopt the resolution establishing the list on a voice vote.
On a separate agenda item, staff reported six bids were received for two 2025 Ford Ranger 4x4 crew cabs and recommended awarding the purchase to 1 Nation Distribution LLC for $71,978. Council discussed funding sources; staff said one vehicle is funded by the water enterprise fund and the other is split between water, Measure X and the wastewater enterprise. The council approved the award by voice vote.
Council also accepted $101,536.61 in supplemental law enforcement services funds for FY 2025-26, funds that staff said must be used to supplement frontline law enforcement and cannot be mingled with general fund dollars. Staff said allowable purchases fall within the chief of police's requests and cited applicable government code guidance during discussion. The appropriation passed by voice vote.
The council reviewed and approved appointments to regional agencies, including TAMSI/TAMC, AMBAG, the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority, Monterey-Salinas Transit, the Groundwater Sustainability Agency and the South Salinas Valley Broadband Authority. Several council members proposed swapping assignments and council approved the recommended slate by motion and voice vote.
During the public comment period, resident Mariela Millef urged the council to investigate widespread utility metering and billing issues after she said a vacant property received estimated usage of 4,000 to 9,000 gallons for several months and that the city took multiple emails to respond and corrected only one month of charges. Staff acknowledged that the city had used estimated reads while an electronic meter system was down and that one month was corrected; no council action to launch a citywide audit was taken during this meeting.
