CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 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
VIEWING & ACCESS
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Ojai City Council Special Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
2 PUBLIC COMMENT
In order for the City Council to be provided written public comments timely, written/emailed public comments must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Special Meetings of the City Council allow for public comments on noticed agenda items only, in accordance with the Brown Act. General public comments are not scheduled on Special Meeting agendas. (Calif. Gov’t Code Sec. 54945.3)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
As a government agency, the City of Ojai is subject to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.). Please be advised that all communications submitted to City officials and staff are subject to public disclosure under the California Public Records Act. There are limited exceptions that allow the City to redact personal information under the California Public Records Act. If you have concerns regarding privacy, please do not include your personal identifying information, such as your name, e-mail, phone number, and home address in your correspondence to the City, including, but not limited to, public comment.
Members of the public who wish to make public comments may do so in person at the meeting, comment live via telewebinar software, or submit written public comments in advance of the meeting. Written public comment emails should be sent to [email protected]
No pre-registration is required for public comment via telewebinar (Zoom). Instead, during the live meeting, telewebinar participants who wish to speak on an agenda item will be asked to use the Zoom software’s hand-raise function at the beginning of each item.
LEVINE ACT WARNING
Applicants and their agents before the City Council are subject to the campaign disclosure provisions detailed in Government Code Section 84308. No City Council Member may accept, solicit, or direct a contribution of more than $500 from any party or agent for 12 months subsequent to the date a final decision is rendered by the City. This prohibition commences when your application has been filed, or the proceeding is otherwise initiated.
A party to a City proceeding—which includes both applicants and agents--shall disclose on the record of the proceeding any contribution of more than $500 made to any Council Member by the applicant or agent, during the preceding 12 months. No party to a City proceeding, or agent, shall make a contribution to a Council Member during the proceeding and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered by the City.
Prior to rendering a decision on a City proceeding, any Council Member who received contribution of more than $500 within the preceding 12 months from any party, or agent, to a proceeding shall disclose that fact on the record of the proceeding and shall be disqualified from participating in the proceeding. However, if any Council Member receives a contribution that otherwise would require disqualification and returns the contribution within 30 days of knowing about the contribution and the relevant proceeding, the Council Member shall be permitted to participate in the proceeding.
If you believe that these provisions apply to you or a Council Member, please inform the City Clerk at the earlies possible opportunity. Failure to do so may affect the City’s ability to process your application.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall during normal business hours (Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). Such documents are also available on the City of Ojai’s website at ojai.ca.gov, subject to the staff’s ability to post the documents prior to the meeting.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Ojai City Council Special Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
3 If you challenge the actions of the City Council in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the public notices, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing (Calif. Gov’t Code Sec. 65009).
Any legal action by an applicant seeking to obtain a judicial review of the City Council’s decision on a Hearing listed on this Agenda may be subject to the 90-day filing period of and governed by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.
ROLL CALL
ABSENCES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
DISCUSSION
1. Special Forensic Financial Examination for Carl Alameda Matter RECOMMENDATION: Direct the City Attorney to enter into a professional services agreement with Kroll as a contractor via the City Attorneys’ firm, at City expense without markup, for a special forensic financial examination with a report for City Council consideration in regard to the Carl Alameda matter and concerns of potential financial wrongdoing. The special forensic financial examination’s findings will be made public in a future City Council meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA POSTED MAY 23, 2025, 5:00 PM
Weston Montgomery
Chief Deputy City Clerk