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Atwater council approves midyear budget amendments and hires new community development director
Summary
Council approved midyear budget amendments and the employment agreement for a new community development director (staff listed in materials as Johnny Hanson Land; later references used Johnny Lan). The council also approved a consent calendar and a CDBG closeout resolution.
The Atwater City Council approved proposed midyear operating-budget amendments and confirmed an employment agreement for a new community development director.
Finance staff presented a midyear review that revised revenue estimates (including higher-than-expected investment earnings in LAIF) and incorporated updated CalPERS health-care premium figures. Staff said the revisions and departmental efforts narrowed the city's general-fund structural deficit and recommended modest amendments detailed in the agenda packet. The council approved staff's recommendation by motion and roll-call vote.
City Manager Chris introduced the candidate for community development director, recorded in the staff report as "Johnny Hanson Land"; councilmembers later referred to the incoming director as "Johnny Lan." The council approved the employment agreement and welcomed the new director, whose start date was announced as Feb. 24. A public commenter asked about a vehicle allowance in the contract and urged fiscal restraint; a city resident asked the council to revisit vehicle assignment language during final contract review.
Additionally, the council approved the closeout resolution for the 2022 CDBG owner-occupied rehabilitation award during a public hearing earlier in the meeting.
Why it matters: The midyear budget action adjusts appropriations and accounting assumptions and the new hire fills a senior staff role that will oversee community-development and economic projects; public concerns about contract perks (vehicle assignment) were raised and may be revisited.
