LIVE OAK, CA (MPG) - Live Oak City Council addressed somewhat routine business at last week’s city council meeting.

A six item consent agenda included the City of Live Oak’s approval of the City of Yuba City’s Councilwoman, Grace Espindola to the Feather River Air Quality District and the reappointment of Suzanne Gallaty to the Region Housing Authority Board of Commissioners as Tenant Commissioner. 

Following those approvals, council reviewed the 2019 past due water and sewer accounts, totaling $5,022.18. Council was recommended to allow the amount to be written off as loss to the city by Finance Director Joe Aguilar.

Council then considered the recommendation to true-up the City Parks and Recreation Director’s position salary to be on par with other city department head positions. In order to repair a 61 percent disparity between what the current Parks and Rec Department Directors receive when compared to other department head salaries, council would vote to increase the salary from $66,971.22 to $101,854.85 per year.

Wrapping up the consent agenda, council addressed the need for engineering guidance and management services over several capital projects, such as Well 7, the P Street lift station, the Well 8 project, east-side water storage tank, the Hwy 99 project and more. Currently and over the past several years, Interwest Consulting Group has been providing plan check and building plan services for the City of Live Oak. To retain those services, council was asked to authorize a professional agreement between Interwest Consulting Group and the City of Live Oak in the total amount of $240,00 for the (FY)2019-20 and $360,00 for (FY) 2020-21.

Council then heard the audits of its financial statements from 3^rd party audit firm LSL CPAs and Advisors. The audit found that the financial statements provided by the city as part of the yearly audit (2019) were presented fairly and the respective changes in financial position and cash flows ended in accordance with standard accounting principles.

Finally, council was given an update on the Well 7 project. City staff provided council with a background and history of the well, followed by the current status of repairs and upgrades, with the estimated completion costs of the project.