CITY OF BUELLTON
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Regular Meeting of May 14, 2026 – 6:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 140 West Highway 246
Buellton, California
Council meetings will be conducted in person and the public is welcome to attend.
Written comments will not be read aloud but can be sent to the City Council via email at [email protected] (please reference agenda item number/subject matter, and include your name and address). The public can observe Council meetings via City TV Live Stream at:
http://www.cityofbuellton.com/government/cityTV.php
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor David Silva
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Council Members, Hudson Hornick, Elysia Lewis and John Sanchez, Vice Mayor Carla Mead and Mayor David Silva
REORDERING OF AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
1. Proclamation Recognizing Teacher Appreciation Week, May 4-8, 2026
2. Proclamation Recognizing National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, May 15, 2026, and National Police Week, May 15-21, 2026
3. Proclamation Recognizing National Military Appreciation Month – May 2026 PUBLIC COMMENTS – NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
Speaker slips must be completed and submitted to the City Clerk prior to the commencement of the meeting. Any person may address the Council only on matters pertaining to City business that are not listed on the agenda. Comments on agendized items, including Public Hearing items, the Consent Agenda, and Closed Session items, shall be taken at the time designated for those items. Speaker slips will not be accepted once public comment has opened for an item.
Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. Speakers using a translator are allotted a total of six (6) minutes, unless simultaneous translation equipment is used. By law, no action may be taken at this meeting on matters raised during Public Comments.
City Council Meeting Agenda Page 2 May 14, 2026
CONSENT CALENDAR (ACTION)
The following items are considered routine and non-controversial and are scheduled for consideration as a group. Any Council Member, the City Attorney, or the City Manager may request that an item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda to allow for full discussion. Members of the Public may speak on Consent Agenda items during the Public Comment period.
4. Minutes of April 9, 2026, Regular City Council Meeting
5. List of Claims to be Approved and Ratified for Payment to Date for Fiscal Year 2025/2026
6. Monthly Treasurer’s Report – March 31, 2026
(Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
7. Approval of Bond Release for Rio Vista Car Wash Project (Staff Contact: Public Works Director Rose Hess)
8. Award of Bid for Purchase of Recreation Van
(Staff Contact: Public Works Director Rose Hess)
9. Resolution No. 26-11 - “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, Adopting the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 List of Projects Funded by SB1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017”
(Staff Contact: Public Works Director Rose Hess)
10. Resolution No. 26-08 - “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, Adopting Updated Personnel Rules for City Employees, Effective Date:
November 8, 2018 and Effective Date: March 12, 2026”
(Staff Contact: City Clerk/H.R. Director Linda Reid)
PUBLIC HEARINGS (POSSIBLE ACTION)
11. Ordinance No. 26-04 – “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, Revising Floodplain Management, Chapter 8.06, of the Buellton Municipal Code (Introduction and First Reading)
(Staff Contact: Public Works Director Rose Hess)
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS/ITEMS
This Agenda listing allows Council Members to provide comments regarding recent events, contributions made or received, and future requests from City Council Members to staff.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Written communications are included in the agenda packets. Any Council Member, the City Manager, or City Attorney may request that a written communication be read into the record.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
This Agenda listing is the opportunity for Council Members to give verbal Committee Reports on any meetings recently held for which the Council Members are the City representatives thereto.
City Council Meeting Agenda Page 3 May 14, 2026
BUSINESS ITEMS (POSSIBLE ACTION)
12. Request for Reimbursement for Damages and Rent Abatement from Santa Ynez Valley Horseback Rides
(Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
13. CalPERS Pension Funding Update and Discussion and Direction on Options for Reducing the City’s CalPERS Pension Unfunded Accrued Liability (UAL) (Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
14. Resolution No. 26-10 – “Establishing an Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for All Regular Full-Time Employees Based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Los Angeles–Long Beach– Anaheim, CA Area”
(Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (POSSIBLE ACTION)
15. Closed Session Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) Potential Initiation of Litigation
16. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Section 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(3):
(1 case) Pursuant to Subsection (e)(3), the Written Communication Received by the City is the Notice of Commencement of Action, Dated May 6, 2026, from Attorney Christopher R. Guillen of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLC, and is Attached to the Council packet.
ADJOURNMENT
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.