Ojai City Council Special Meeting

BodyCity Council
MeetingSpecial Meeting
Date📅 August 26, 2025
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Scheduled start 6:00 PM · clock-time estimates pending review

0:00 – 0:029 turns

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed0:03

No, take time. I know, now we can all see each other. This is the temporary, there's going to be a permanent. Yeah. Okay. All right, let's start. Mr.

Roll call — called by Kim Mang
Andy Gilman✓ Here.Rachel Lang✓ Here.Leslie Rule✓ Here.Andrew Whitman✓ Here.Kim Mang✓ Here.
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Montgomery, roll call, please. Yes, Mayor. Mayor Gilman. Here. Mayor Pro Tem Lang. Here. Council Member Rule. Here. Council Member Whitman. Here. Council Member Mang. Here.
Pledge of Allegianceceremonial · click to expand · ≈13s recited, not transcribed
ElectedKim MangMayor Pro Temvoiceprint 0.770:31

Would you please lead us in the pledge? Yes. Please rise, Honorable Council. Ready, begin.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed0:50

Thank you.

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UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed0:53

Let me just say one thing about the approval of the agenda, which is, I've said this, my intention is always to try to get a second on an item. I felt that you, from past comments, were eager to hear us on the trolley, so there was some time issues, so I said, let's do it. Normally, I'd like there to be more time, but that's why that came on this agenda here. But approval of the agenda.

ElectedKim MangMayor Pro Temvoiceprint 0.771:17

We're just approving the special.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:19

We're approving just the special right now.

ElectedKim MangMayor Pro Temvoiceprint 0.771:21

I'll move to approve.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:22

Thank

ElectedKim MangMayor Pro Temvoiceprint 0.771:22

you. I'll second it.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:23

Great, thanks. Okay, so we will adjourn to the closed session then. Oh, is there any

public comments?

ElectedKim MangMayor Pro Temvoiceprint 0.771:28

Yeah. Sorry. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. We have zero public comments, and for the record, no one is on Zoom.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 2Proposed1:34

And then I should announce what we're going to in closed session to discuss. So the Council will be going in closed session to discuss two items regarding labor negotiations, one regarding the City's Charlie Drivers and the second regarding all of the City's unrepresented employees. No reportable action is expected on either and no final action can be taken on compensation in closed session, so that will come in a future open session item.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:55

Thank

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 2Proposed1:55

you.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:57

Technical question. Norm, would we do what you just reported out when we do a check-in going into the closed session? Was that just that or are we going to, you know what I'm talking about?

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 2Proposed2:05

Yes, it would be that plus a little more inside closed session check-in. That's the public statement.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed2:11

Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, great. We will adjourn.