The Seal Beach City Council on Monday, May 13, made the following decisions. None of the matters were debated by council members.
Seal Beach to return tax money to Energy Tubulars
The council approved an amendment to an existing agreement with Energy Tubulars, Incl., to repay the distributor of petroleum industry goods 20 percent of the sales and use tax the city receives on a quarterly basis.
“It is the desire of both ETI and the city of Seal Beach to retain this business in our community,” wrote Administrative Manager Patrick Gallegos in his staff report to the council.
“If the business were to relocate outside the city, the reduction of sales tax would directly impact the city’s economy and fiscal vitality as well as reduce the business work force,” Gallegos said.
According to Gallegos, Energy Tubulars is currently negotiating a new building lease that is set to expire in December.
Chamber of Commerce spokesman Seth Eaker suggested that other businesses in Seal Beach would benefit from a similar arrangement.
City allows nonconforming land use after zone changes
The council approved an amendment to the Municipal Code that would allow property owners to continue using land the way they had been using it when and if the city changes the official zoning for the land. Although it was a Consent Calendar Item, District One Councilwoman Ellery Deaton said she was voting against that particular item. She voted for all the others.
CivicStone to administer senior remodel program
The city approved an agreement with CivicStone, Inc., to administer the remaining two years of the Community Development Block Grant Leisure World Bathroom Accessibility Program.
Seal Beach will receive $180,000 from Orange County to fund improvements to seniors’ residential restrooms so it is easier for the seniors to use their bathrooms. The contract will cost a maximum of $60,000 a year. The money for the contract has come from Seal Beach’s General Fund since Feb. 1, 2012, as a result of state laws that dissolved the Redevelopment Agency.
District Five Councilman Michael Levitt said dozens of his neighbors had come up to him and thanked him because the city had hired CivicStone.
Seal Beach Police will buy new office furniture
Seal Beach Police will buy more than $88,000 worth of office furniture. The council approved the request Monday night, May 13.
Twenty-five years ago, Boeing donated office furniture to the Seal Beach Police Department. According to Chief Joe Stilinovich, the time has come to replace the furniture.
“The short-term costs are the actual costs of the items, in the amount of $88,237.77,” he wrote in his staff report to the council.
The money will go to buy 23 desks.
