LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council will hold a special meeting this week to accept final election results from the Nov. 8 general election and conduct some other end-of-year business.
The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, for a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Clearlake Police Officer Association before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel. Community members also can participate via Zoom or can attend in person.
The agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to City Clerk Melissa Swanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments before 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8.
Each public comment emailed to the city clerk will be read aloud by the mayor or a member of
staff for up to three minutes or will be displayed on a screen. Public comment emails and town hall public comment submissions that are received after the beginning of the meeting will not be included in the record.
On Thursday, the council will make a presentation to Mayor Dirk Slooten at the end of his second term of office. Slooten and Councilman Russ Cremer were both reelected in November, and now the gavel will pass to another council member for the year.
On the agenda is the acceptance of the November 2022 Election Results in the form of Resolution No. 2022-75. The Registrar of Voters Office must wrap up the official canvass that day.
In other business is the authorization of an amendment to the Clearlake Police Officers Association memorandum of understanding to modify the salary amounts.
The council also will consider adoption Resolution 2022-74 to approve and implement the Cannabis Equity Program.
Another resolution the council will consider is Resolution No. 2022-73, Related to providing grant funds to Chelsea Investment Corp. for affordable housing.
Chelsea is the firm that is developing an affordable housing development on a 15.5-acre property at 15837 18th Ave. that the county traded to the state earlier this year in exchange for the Lakeport Armory property, located on seven acres at 1431 Hoyt Ave. in Lakeport next to the Lake County Jail. The armory is due to be the new sheriff’s office headquarters.
The housing project is supposed to include 82 affordable housing units.
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Clearlake City Council to hold special meeting Dec. 8
- Elizabeth Larson