The Visalia City Council convened a work session on Monday, August 4, 2025, at 3:00 PM to introduce new employees and conduct interviews for two Planning Commissioner vacancies. After the interviews, the Council voted unanimously to appoint Pura Cordero and Chris Bruce to the Planning Commission for the term starting July 1, 2025.
All right, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Visaya City Council uh work session. We're gonna go ahead and get started. Uh today's Monday, August fourth, and we'd like to call this meeting to order, and we will go into public comments. So anybody who would like to speak, uh citizens are now invited to comment on issues within jurisdiction of the Visaya City Council and items listed on the closed session agenda. The council asks that you keep your comments concise and positive. Creative criticism presented with appropriate courtesy is welcome. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes and a timer will notify you when your time is expired. Please be in your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residence. Good afternoon, Council. Danny Glindo, Public Works Manager. We have two new employees, one from the traffic division and one from the streets division. You guys come on up over here. Like to introduce them. First here, we got uh Joseph Gonzalez. He started here on uh June 9th. Joseph was born and raised in Viselia. He started uh with the city in June as our newest senior street maintenance worker. Prior to working for the city, Joseph was employed by Tularie County Roads Department. He has three sons uh with his fiance and one dog. In his spare time, you can find him spending time with his family, going on bike rides, going to the beach, or watching his oldest son play football with the minors. He enjoys working for the city and being part of our streets team. And then we have Cody Looper. He started here May 5th. Cody has lived in Fresno his whole life. He was an EMT and then transferred to into construction safety. He's been uh locating, been locating for uh close to a decade. Cody is uh newlywed to Brandy and has two daughters, ages seven and three. Um, in his free time, you can find him spending time with his family, tea parties, and pool time. He also enjoys bow hunting, which is grandfather taught him. Cody started in uh our new position as a utility locator in May and has enjoyed being in the city's locator ensuring safety for our community. You guys want to say anything? All right, welcome. So tonight. You guys want, come on up and we'll shake your hand and uh congratulate you. No speeches. Thank you very much. Thank you for joining us. All right, wastewater treatment. Good afternoon, council. My name's Ben Litwack. I'm a public works manager, and uh we have two new employees to introduce today. Um we have Manuel Alvarez and Saul Guzman. You guys want to come up here? Both Manuel and Saul are in our mechanical maintenance division out of the wastewater plant. Manuel was born and raised in Visalia, graduated from Redwood High School and received a vocational certificate in industrial maintenance technology from COS. Manual's a father to an 18-year-old daughter and three sons, ages six, seven, and eight. He has an electromechanical and industrial maintenance background. Manuel started at the water reclamation facility on April 7th this year as a maintenance mechanic. Manuel's looking forward to working for the city of Iselia at the water reclamation facility and being a valued member of the maintenance team.