The Avondale City Council met on April 7, 2025, for a regular meeting that included multiple proclamations, a citizen bond election presentation, a rezone request, and the city manager's recommended budget overview. The meeting began with a call to order, Pledge of Allegiance, and roll call with all members present.
I would like to call the word of the city council meeting of April 7th, 2025. Would you all be on the rise and join me with a Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of slide? And we just stands for a nation under God and invisible liberty justice for all this vocal, please. Councilmember Condi. Here. Councilmember Garcia. Here. Councilmember Solario. Councilmember Weiss. Here. Councilmember White. Present. Vice Mayor Nielsen. Here. Mayor Paneda. Here. Ron, next item, please. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council. Uh first we have a presentation by Chief Rooney and uh Gabby Babinsky, our community outreach coordinator, to celebrate the completion of the Avondale Fire Medical Citizens Academy. Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council. Tonight I have the privilege of introducing Gabby Bob Bobinski, our uh reach coordinator for the fire department who um oversaw our this year's our our Citizens Fire Academy. So with that, she'll do a nice presentation with us, and we'll get to meet some of the people that attend. Good evening. Um tonight I would like to do our Citizen Academy participants. Um they're there in the back corner. We have someone who will speak at the end. Um this year we had nine participants who uh attended seven of our classes, kind of getting a little bit of background into how we run um Avondel Fire. On our first night, uh, we held it at station 172. They were able to get a tour of our command van, which was kind of cool because we used it the week prior for NASCAR. Um they got to hear a little bit about our emergency operations, how we support NASCAR and other events here in the city, as well as some background on our department and how um we regulate um our safety procedures and things like that. On the second night, uh they had a tour of station 172 and were introduced to our community risk reduction and our fire investigations and inspections. Um on the third day, they had a tour of station 175, and they were able to uh learn a little bit about extrication and our ladder company functions. Uh they got to touch the tools and they uh were up in the ladder, which is always a really good time. Uh the fourth night, they earned their CPR certifications and uh had a little introduction to our emergency medical services, which is kind of the bread and butter of our departments, predominantly the type of calls we run on. Uh the next night was a station tour of 174, uh, where they had a little peek into our engine company functions and they were able to use our hoses. Uh the next night, we introduced them to our Avondel 1 campaign, um, our threat liaison officer program, and they earned certificates in Stop the Bleed. And that night they were also able to go home with um a Narcan kit and a tourniquet. Um, our final night was our special operations where they learned about our wildland team and our technical rescue team. Um, they also got a tour of station 173, our brush truck, and um squad 173. At this time, I would like to introduce Mike Martin who will say a few words on his experience. Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Council. Um, thank you for the opportunity um for us to participate in these academies. Um, we got a little bit of a taste of what our firefighters do. It's uh just a little taste. We put on their fall out gear and got to go up in the ladder and all this, and it's amazing now what these guys do on a daily basis to protect us. And thank you guys for the opportunity, and you guys for putting on these academies, they're amazing. I appreciate y'all. Thank you. Thank you.