On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council is being asked to approve a $1.365 million contract for on-call homeless encampment cleanup services throughout the City of Antioch.
The move comes after the council agreed in a 4-0 vote (Torres-Walker abstained) at its July 25 meeting to spend up to $2.3 million for a third-party contractor to assist the city with homeless encampment cleanups.
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council is being asked to approve a $1.365 million contract for on-call homeless encampment cleanup services throughout the City of Antioch.
The move comes after the council agreed in a 4-0 vote (Torres-Walker abstained) at its July 25 meeting to spend up to $2.3 million for a third-party contractor to assist the city with homeless encampment cleanups.
City staff is recommending an approval with Sharjo LLC dba ServiceMaster Restoration Management for a period of 3-years—with an option to extend for two-additional years through 2028. The total contract amount over the 5-year period is not to exceed $2.316 million.
An RFP was issued April 26, 2023 and closed on May 31, 2023 where the city received a total of 6 qualified and competitive proposal submissions. ServiceMaster Restoration Management is from Benicia and the city staff said it provides the best value.
According to the staff report, funding for this agreement will require a budget increase to the approved fiscal year 2023/24 and fiscal year 2024/25 Street Maintenance Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining three (3) years of the agreement will be requested as part of the City’s biennial budget process. The estimated cost for the initial three (3) year contract is $455,000 each year, with a 3% increase for each successive year of the optional two (two) year extension for a total five (5) year contract amount of $2,316,360.
This comes after the Antioch Public Works Department had been performing the cleanups, however, it was now coming at the expense of other work needing to be done in the city while homeless cleanups were not the expertise of public works workers.
Other Items on the Agenda Include:
Item 2: DISCUSSION ON HIRING OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS
This item is for discussion and was placed on the agenda in response to a request by Councilmember Barbanica. The Acting City Manager, the Antioch Police Department, and the Human Resources Department are engaged in discussions to address current vacancies at the Police Department as soon as possible. Councilmember Barbanica suggested that the City consider hiring retired police officers to provide temporary coverage for certain non-sworn duties within the Police Department. The Acting City Manager will consider all options and make necessary efforts to address the current staffing concerns in the Police Department – see previous story
Item 5 – INTRODUCE ORDINANCE PROHIBITING RETALIATION AND HARASSMENT OF RESIDENTIAL TENANTS
This item returns after it was pulled from a previous meeting where Councilwoman Monica Wilson was absent. This will have a series of changes to the Antioch Municipal Code that are outlined in the staff report.
Item 6 – INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE CHANGING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION’S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE BY TRANSFERRING, FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT, SUPERVISE, AND REMOVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE
If approved: “The proposed Ordinance changes the organization structure of the city’s administration by transferring, from the City Manager, to the City Council, the authority to appoint, supervise, and remove the Chief of Police.” — see full preview
Item 7 – ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE TRANSITION PROJECT
If approved, this would increase the funding by $1.226 million. This comes after the council in September of 2022 approves an agreement with Frontier Energy to assist the city of Antioch in transition the city’s vehicle fleet from internal combustion engines to zero emission vehicles. This will be done in two phases:
- Phase 1 – $1.226 million which is no new electrical capacity needed to install charging stations at City Hall, the police department, maintenance service center and water treatment plan. 8 grid-connected and 1 solar panel for public use at the Antioch marina, Nick Rodriquez Center and the Antioch Community Center/Prewett Water Park
- Phase 2 – requires PG&E coordination at a cost of $3-4 million with a build-out of 1-2 years from contract award date.
Antioch City Council Meeting
- Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2023
- Time: 6:15 P.M. – Closed Session
- 7:00 P.M. – Regular Meeting
- Place: Council Chambers
- 200 ‘H’ Street
- Antioch, CA 94509
- For a full list of agenda items and the staff report, click here
3 comments
Antioch is the true definition of a dumpster fire.
Expenditures for vagrant services is unsustainable and out of control and if this Council has its way costs will continue to rise. I believe our Council will put a measure on the next ballot to raise taxes to support continued spending for homeless programs instead of seeking solutions to stop the growing population of vagrants. Other communities are beginning to enact prohibitions on public camping in an attempt to make it uncomfortable for vagrants to take up housekeeping in their communities. Antioch needs to R&D (ripoff and duplicate) those ordinances before the vagrants that leave those areas end up here, and they will. Throwing more money at this crisis isn’t solving anything. As a taxpayer I want to know what our neighboring communities are spending on vagrant services, and not to include what the county or state is funding, what their actual budget expenditures are. Antioch needs to make coming here for vagrants uncomfortable, that’s the only way to turn the tide.
Appears all it takes to get money out of Antioch is a good sales pitch.
Will EV transition include Police vehicles?
How far from a balanced budget is Antioch?
Woke agenda no mater the cost to citizens of Antioch.
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