These
five topics should interest Yorba Lindans:
--The
city's investment policy for the current fiscal year has been
modified to permit the use of financial institutions and brokers
throughout the United States, changing the prior requirement that the
city partner only with establishments physically located in
California.
Finance
Director Scott Catlett reported that investment relationships are now
“largely digital,” making physical location “of little
importance.” He also noted bank certificate of deposit rates in
other states often exceed rates available in California.
The
city's current investments total nearly $95 million.
--An
agreement extending the 14-year-old Senior Mobility Program, also
known as TRAILS, “taking retired adults into local services,”
into 2021 has been signed with the Orange County Transportation
Authority. The program operates 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday.
Some
310 seniors use the door-to-door transportation system monthly, noted
a report from Recreation Superintendent Jeff Ruth, operating within
and one mile beyond city limits. This year the county agency will pay
about $72,000 and the city has budgeted $21,000.
--A
new provision in the no-cost agreement for participation in the
county Mass Notification System, known as Alert OC, allows the city
to use the system “to disseminate 'government-related'
notifications to citizens and businesses within its jurisdiction,”
a city report stated.
A
“non-emergency notification situation” is defined as “instances
when a participant deems non-emergency information to be of
significance to a participant's jurisdiction and the partic-ipant
uses the system to distribute such information.”
The
city-county agreement has been extended into 2021 for emergency –
and now non-emergency – notifications through landlines, cell
phones and e-mail for registered users.
--Spraying
a generic version of Roundup herbicide in city medians along Vista
Del Mar near Via Sanlucar resulted in a claim filed with the city to
reimburse a sick dog's veterinarian bills.
The
$1,529 claim was denied by the city. Officials noted the spraying
occurred Oct. 27, 2015, and the first evaluation and treatment of the
pet was on Jan. 29, with follow-ups February and March.
The
herbicide was sprayed under EPA and county regulations and “has a
drying time of approximately 25-30 minutes, so the herbicide had
likely dissipated over a three-month period,” with mandated signage
used during the process, officials reported.
--The
usual $25,000 annual city payment to the Chamber of Commerce has been
approved, along with some minor revisions in the 103-year-old
organization's contract with the city.
Still
in the contract is a page-long provision prohibiting various
political activities, added after a smaller $16,000 payment was
questioned in 2007 because two City Council members and some
residents accused the chamber of involvement in local campaign
issues.