CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING FOR CLOSED SESSION
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 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 June 10, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
On the call of the roll, the following were present in the Kent Hall Chambers:
Mayor Gilman, Mayor Pro Tem Lang, and Council Members Rule, Whitman, and Mang.
Also present in the Kent Hall Chambers: City Manager Harvey, City Attorney Summers, Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery.
ABSENCES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion:
It was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Lang, with a second by Mayor Gilman, to approve the Agenda of the June 10, 2025, Special Meeting.
Council Action:
Consent reached through the Mayor, with five (5) in favor and zero (0) against.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Ojai City Council Special Meeting Minutes 2 CLOSED SESSION
1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Gov. Code Section 54957) Position Title: City Manager
Mayor Gilman adjourned the meeting into Closed Session.
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION Mayor Gilman reconvened the Special Meeting out of closed session and requested a report out of Closed Session.
City Attorney Summers reported that the City Council met in closed session to discuss the City Manager Performance evaluation. City Attorney Summers continued by reporting the City Council’s evaluation was positive, productive, and included feedback. City Attorney Summers reported the feedback received included points of capacity building approaches, regarding additional staffing in the City Manager’s Office, and adjusting the City Council meeting agendas to allow the City Manager’s Report and the beginning of the agenda, as opposed to the end of the agenda order.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Gilman adjourned the June 10, 2025, Special Meeting at 6:05 p.m., until the June 10, 2025, Regular Meeting immediately following.
Prepared by: Weston Montgomery, Chief Deputy City Clerk