CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING FOR CLOSED SESSION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025, 5:00 PM
KENT HALL – CITY HALL CAMPUS – 111 W SANTA ANA ST, OJAI, CA
ANDY GILMAN, MAYOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
DISTRICT 1 – LESLIE RULE DISTRICT 3 – ANDREW WHITMAN
DISTRICT 2 – RACHEL LANG, MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT 4 – KIM MANG
BEN HARVEY MATTHEW SUMMERS WESTON MONTGOMERY
CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK
Mayor Gilman called the Special Meeting of the Ojai City Council to order on February 4, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
On the call of the roll, the following were present in the Council Chambers: Mayor Gilman, Mayor Pro Tem Lang, and Council Members Rule, Whitman, and Mang.
Also present in the Kent Hall Chambers: City Manager Harvey, Assistant City Manager Alameda, City Attorney Summers, and Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery.
ABSENCES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Council Action:
Consent reached through the Mayor to approve the agenda of the February 4, 2025, Special Meeting Agenda. Motion by Council Member Rule and second from Mayor Pro Tem Lang.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Ojai City Council Special Meeting Minutes ojai.ca.gov
2 CLOSED SESSION
1. Conference with Real Property Negotiators
(Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property: 408 North Montgomery Street, Ojai, CA 93023
Agency Negotiators: Ben Harvey, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Habitat for Humanity
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
2. Conference with Legal Counsel; Anticipated Litigation (Gov. Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) & (d)(3))
A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the City Council on the advice of its legal counsel, based on the below-described existing facts and circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the City:
The following facts and circumstances known to plaintiff or plaintiffs regarding a Transactional Occurrence Request for Defense and Indemnity by Leslie Rule in the case of Bryne, et al. v. Rule, et al., Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 2023CUMC008352, Second District Court of Appeal Case No. B332962.
(Gov. Code Section 54956.9(e)(2))
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION City Attorney Summers provided a report out of Closed Session, stating that no reportable action was taken on Closed Session Item 2, and that Item 1 will be continued to a future agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Gilman adjourned the February 4, Special Meeting at 7:30 p.m., until the additional February 4, 2025, Special Meeting, immediately following.
Prepared by: Weston Montgomery, Chief Deputy City Clerk