Beaumont City Council Agenda August 4, 2015

Beaumont City Council Agenda August 4, 2015: http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/DocumentCenter/Home/Index/33

Item 4.a Chamber of Commerce $5,000/month Contract

Are they Kidding?

Item 4.b. Donna and Maple Streets Neighbor Coalition Petition

Neighbors submit petition to repair roads. Good for them!

Item 4.c Macias Gini OConnell Phase II Review

Item 4.d Short Range Transit Plan

Item 4.e Salt Disposal Feasibility Study Award of Contract

Tetra Tech Bid: $74,725.00

Urban Logic/Infra Bid: $356,507.00

Item 4.f City Engineer Contract

Item 4.g Acting City Manager Agreement

Same pay – That’s not right.

Item 7.a City Clerk and City Treasurer Compensation

This has to wait until budget is presented.

Item 8.d Warrants

Item 8.f Resolution Delegating Authority (CSAC MOU)

Item 8.g GIS Services Program Letter of Agreement

Item 8.h York Risk Services Group

Item 8.i Agreement with Interim Finance Director

Relevant Issues

A Clear Conflict of Interest
The City of Beaumont's contract with Urban Logic presents a significant conflict of interest and therefore must be terminated.
Favoritism and Cronyism
The City of Beaumont, under Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas, has consistently demonstrated favoritism and cronyism in the awarding of pubic contracts.
Cost to Taxpayers
Urban Logic's contract with The City of Beaumont which allows it to profit from each approved development, along with their on-going practice of awarding high-dollar public contracts to a small group of friends and associates instead of to the lowest bidder, have cost Beaumont taxpayers millions.
Impact on Existing Businesses
The policies of Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas ignore the needs of existing businesses in favor of new development and big box stores.
Quality of Life
Urban Logic and City Manager Alan Kapanicas have damaged our quality of life by failing to uphold high development standards, depleting local resources, making local government less accessible to residents, and by destroying the small town feel of the City of Beaumont.
Tactics
Urban Logic protects its ability to extract money from the City of Beaumont at all costs, resorting to intimidation and threats when necessary.