The Folsom City Council held a regular meeting on April 14, 2026, beginning at approximately 6:45 PM. The meeting included a special meeting adjournment, proclamations, a fire department deployment update, a homeowner service line protection program presentation, public hearings on landscaping districts and community park alternatives, and old business items including a partnership with Change.org and a contentious vote on council salaries. The council also convened a joint meeting with the Folsom Ranch Financing Authority to authorize bond issuance.
And with that, we will adjourn the special meeting and we'll move to the regular meeting. If you could uh call the roll. Council members Leary here, Rorba, here, Aquino, here, Kozlowski, here. And Rethel. Here. If you'll please stand with me for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, justice are all. And do we have any agenda updates this evening? We do, we do, Mayor. Um, on new business item number 19. City staff is requesting that the item be continued off calendar. And then for item number three, or sorry, item number 23. We have an additional information transmittal. Um, it's my understanding that the council has all been provided copies of this information, and we have a copy on the back table for members of the public. Thank you. I'm sorry. Uh item number nine. 23. 23 and 19 was the one. 19 continued in off-calendar. All right. And that brings us to business from the floor. This is the time where the public can address the council on any unagendized item for up to three minutes. Uh so if you would like to address the council, we've got the blue cards in the back. Please fill out one of those and bring it up front uh for us, and we'll start with our first speaker. Okay, we have three speakers this evening, and I'll let you know who's speaking and then who's next, so you can be ready if you hear your name coming up as next. So our first speaker will be Kevin Goddard. Kevin will be followed by Alexis Goddard, who will then be followed by Richard Heiler. Testing. Okay. Good evening, Kevin. Good evening, Mayor. Uh, so good evening, Mayor, uh, council members, and city manager. Uh, first, thank you for what you do. Uh, I know you put in a lot of hours and can often be a thankless job. I'm here tonight because I'm concerned. Uh I'm concerned that the messaging that you've been sending to the people of the city is not in alignment with some of your recent actions. Brian, I clearly remember sitting in this audience uh when you first became the city manager, and we're looking at the city's finances, and you told us that Folsom would have to do less with less. That was a tough pill to swallow, uh, but I respected the honesty of that message. I believed if we all tightened our belts and work through this together, we could get to the other side of this crisis. I trusted that leadership would lead by example, and some of you have. That's why I'm concerned now. Uh we've seen a fire station browned out, staffing reduced, and services outsourced, yet at the same time, a few of our leaders have sought to increase compensation for their roles. I'm not saying you shouldn't get paid, but getting a raise is not something that should be part of any conversation until the city is back on its feet and all of the services have been restored. I want to remind you that being in public service means you serve the public, and that often comes with personal sacrifices. And if you're not willing to make a sacrifice, then maybe this is not a job for you to uh sign up for. I'll close with this that trust is earned in teaspoons and it is lost in buckets. Thank you.