CITY OF BUELLTON
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Regular Meeting of August 10, 2026 at 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:
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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. Community Organization Support Grant Updates – Veggie Rescue 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.
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 Any Council Member, the City Attorney, or the City Manager may request that an item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda to allow for full discussion.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.
City Council Meeting Agenda Page 2 August 10, 2026
2. Minutes of July 9, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting
3. List of Claims to be Approved and Ratified for Payment to Date for Fiscal Years 2025/2026 and 2026/2027
4. Monthly Treasurer’s Report – June 30, 2026
(Staff Contact: Finance Director Shannel Zamora)
5. Ordinance No. 26-06 – “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract between the City Council of the City of Buellton and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System” (Second Reading)
(Staff Contact: City Clerk/H.R. Director Linda Reid)
PUBLIC HEARINGS (POSSIBLE ACTION)
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.
BUSINESS ITEMS (POSSIBLE ACTION)
6. Ordinance No. 26-07 – “An Ordinance of the City Council, of the City of Buellton, California, Re-Adopting Chapter 8.12 of the Buellton Municipal Code Pertaining to the 2025 California Fire Code as Adopted and Amended by the County of Santa Barbara” (Introduction and First Reading)
(Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
7. Authorization to Reclassify the Recreation Center Coordinator to Recreation Coordinator and adopt a Revised Salary Schedule
(Staff Contact: Deputy City Clerk Katherine Dary)
8. Discussion of Potential Future Rehabilitation of City Identification Billboards (Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
9. Selection of Vendor for Drone Show during Winter Fest Event (Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
City Council Meeting Agenda Page 3 August 10, 2026
10. Progress Report and Request for Disbursement of Second Installment of Funding Approved for the Santa Ynez Valley Children’s Museum (Staff Contact: City Manager Scott Wolfe)
11. Resolution No. 26-23 – “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Buellton, California, Approving the Sixth Amendment to the City manager Employment Agreement and Updating the Salary Schedule”
(Staff Contact: City Attorney Greg Murphy)
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
CLOSED SESSION (POSSIBLE ACTION)
12. Closed Session Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) Potential Initiation of Litigation
13. Closed Session Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) regarding: EXISTING LITIGATION (1 matter): Kerry S. Moriarty, et al. v. City of Buellton, et al.; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 26CV03170
ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the City Council will be held on Monday, August 24, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.