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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025, 6:00 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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PUBLIC COMMENT
In order for staff to provide the City Council with written public comments timely, written/emailed public comments must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting.
ERRATA UPDATES (2) - JUNE 23, 2025
(1) Item 2.b - Investment Policy: Missing "Exhibit A" to "Attachment A" has been included.
(2) Item 4 - Wildfire Safety Services: Document update to "Attachment A," correct and latest version has been updated and included.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
2 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.
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.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
3 ROLL CALL
ABSENCES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
COMMISSION REPORTS
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Public Communications is the time set aside during the meeting for members of the public to address the City Council on items of City business other than scheduled agenda items. Matters raised at this time may be briefly discussed by the Council and will generally be referred to staff and/or placed on a subsequent agenda. Under State law, other than for emergency items, no action can be taken.
CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 1.a – 1.k)
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the governing bodies and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no discussion of these items unless, before the governing body votes on the motion to adopt, specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate motions.
1. a) Waiver of Reading in Full of Any and All Ordinances Listed on this Agenda and Provide that they be Read by Title Only and Directing the Clerk to Assign an Ordinance Number Upon Successful Introduction b) City of Ojai Warrants for May 26, 2025 – June 8, 2025 RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
c) May 2025 Treasurer’s Monthly Report of Cash and Investments for the City of Ojai
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
d) Minutes of the Ojai City Council from the June 10, 2025, Special Meeting for Closed Session and the June 10, 2025, Regular Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
e) Minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission from the April 10, 2025, Regular Meeting and May 22, 2025, Special Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
f) Annual Request for Services – Ventura County Animal Services Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
4 RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to submit the annual Request for Services to Ventura County Animal Services for Fiscal Year 2025/2026, for the existing service level and updated service costs. g) Ratification of Re-Appointment of Resident Commissioner to the Area Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
RECOMMENDATION: Ratify the Area Housing Authority’s re-appointment of Angela Bradley as Ojai’s Resident Commissioner to the Area Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for a two-year re-appointment term, to begin on June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2027.
h) Ratification of Appointments to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging’s Advisory Council
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint two proposed applicants to serve as Advisory Council representation to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (AAA).
i) Two Councilmember Request: Comment Letter on Environmental Impact Study Regarding Increase in Space Launches at Vandenberg RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council consider whether to submit a comment letter on the Environmental Impact Study to address a proposed increase in rocket launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base (Vandenberg).
j) SB 79 (Wiener) Transit-oriented Development | Notice of Opposition RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter in opposition to SB 79 (Wiener) and send to the Senate Appropriations Committee. k) Recommendation to Amend Fiscal Year 2024/25 Budget
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the suggested amendments to the Fiscal Year 2024/25 City of Ojai (City) Budget.
PUBLIC HEARING
2.a) Recommended Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget and Annual GANN Appropriations Limit
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Hold a public hearing to receive comments on the recommended FY2025-2026 Budget and complete the budget review;
2. Review and approve the GANN Appropriations Limit computation;
3. Adopt a Resolution establishing the GANN Appropriations Limit for FY2025-2026; and
4. Adopt a Resolution adopting the FY2025-2026 Budget.
2.b) Recommendation to Review and Consider Annual Fiscal Year 2025/26 Statement of Investment Policy
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution approving the revised City of Ojai Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
5 Statement of Investment Policy, and repeal and replace all prior resolutions and policies relating to the City’s Statement of Investment Policy, including but not limited to, the provisions contained within Investment Policy Resolution 24- 20 adopted June 11, 2024.
2.c) Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Salary Schedule to Update Salary Ranges for City Employees to include a 1.8% Cost of Living Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2025-26, Add the Classification of Assistant to the City Manager, and Delete the Classification of Assistant City Manager, to be Effective July 7, 2025
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt Resolution No 25-____, Amending the Salary Schedule to update Salary Ranges for City employees, except the City Manager classification, to include a 1.8% Cost of Living Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2025-26, add the classification of Assistant to the City Manager, and delete the classification of Assistant City Manager, to be effective July 7, 2025.
DISCUSSION
3. Communication Support Services Proposal – Tripepi Smith RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional services agreement with Tripepi Smith for communication support services for Fiscal Year 25-26 in an amount not to exceed $136,500.
4. Concept Review: Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Services RECOMMENDATION: Select one of the following options:
1. Discuss and determine a list of City-desired wildfire safety and risk mitigation services/programs that may be solicited through a request for proposal effort; or
2. Discuss and review the proposal for wildfire safety and risk mitigation services submitted by the Ojai Fire Safe Council, selecting some or all of the proposed services, and authorize the City Manager to enter into a corresponding professional services agreement.
COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORTS
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA POSTED JUNE 20, 2025, 5:00 PM
Weston Montgomery
Chief Deputy City Clerk