A. Call to Order: at 7:30 p.m.
B. Roll Call: Councilmember Fitzgerald
Roush
Hill
Parkins
Mayor Strack

C. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

D. PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS:

1. Proclamation, Tehama County Mentoring Month, January, 2003.

E. BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR: If there is anyone in the audience
wishing to speak on items not already set on the Agenda, please come to
the podium, give your name and address, and briefly identify the matter you wish to have placed on the Agenda. The Council will then determine if such
matter will be placed on the Agenda for this meeting, scheduled for a
subsequent meeting, or recommend other appropriate action. If the matter
is placed on tonight’s Agenda, you will have the opportunity later in the
meeting to return to the podium to discuss the issue. The law prohibits the
Council from taking formal action on the issue, however, unless it is placed
on the Agenda for a later meeting so that interested members of the public
will have a chance to appear and speak on the subject.

F. CONSENT AGENDA: It is recommended that items 2 through 10 be acted
on simultaneously unless separate discussion and or action are requested
by a Councilmember or a member of the audience.

2. Waive reading, except by title, of any Ordinance under consideration
at this meeting for either introduction or passage, per Government Code Section 36934.

3. Waive the Reading and Approve the Minutes of December 10,
2002, with any necessary corrections.

4. Claim Warrant, January 14, 2003 - $235,858.10.

5. Wages and Salaries for the month of December, 2002 –
$166,046.51.

6. Building Permits for the Month of December, 2002 - $166,979.00.

7. Accept the Notice of Completion and Approve Payment of Final
Progress Pay Estimate, in the amount of $36,923.47, to Ray Toney
and Associates, for the WWTP Sludge Drying Beds and
Construction Repairs.

8. Approve the Refund of $388.46 to Barbara Morris for unused
Building Permit No. 10586.

9. New Business License Report.

10. ECO Resources, Inc. Wastewater Operation Summary Report,
December, 2002.

G. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA:

H. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS: Any person may speak on items
scheduled for hearing at the time the Mayor declares the Hearing open.
ALL LEGAL NOTICES PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

I. REGULAR AGENDA: All items listed below are in the order which we
believe are of most interest to the public at this meeting. However, if
anyone in the audience wishes to have the order of the Agenda changed,
please come to the podium, state your name and address, and explain the
reason you are asking for the order of the Agenda to be changed.

11. Ordinance No. 601, Adopting Informal Bid Procedures on Public
Works Contracts. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance.

12. Approve Agreement Between County of Tehama and Cities of Corning, Red Bluff and Tehama, to Establish the “Tehama County
Transit Services Agency”.

13. Louis Davies Request for Sewer Connection Outside the Sewer
Service Area.

14. Authorize $500 Participation in Historic Route 99 Promotion Campaign.

J. ITEMS PLACED ON THE AGENDA FROM THE FLOOR:

K. COMMUNICATIONS, CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION:

L. REPORTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS:

15. Fitzgerald.

16. Roush.

17. Hill.

18. Parkins.

19. Strack.

M. Adjourn to Executive Session:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to Litigation, pursuant to Subdivision (b) of
Government Code Section 54956.9 (One Potential Case).

N. Regular Session Reconvene.

O. REPORT ON EXECUTIVE SESSION:

P. ADJOURNMENT!

POSTED FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2003