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Okay. Welcome all to the Tuesday, November 4th special council meeting for the City of Ojai. Roll call, please.
Roll call — called by Andy Gilman
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public comment. Larry Steingold, please.
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Yeah, great. Welcome. Thank you very much, Larry Steingold, citizen. Thank you for having and doing this. For reasons I probably don't know and probably reasons I do know. For a new attorney, I think that's a good thing and I think it's a time for the town to city to move on. Regarding what everybody's concerned about here occasionally, more often than not, is the Brown Act violations and things that have taken place, could have taken place, might have taken place, whatever.
I hopefully that you give the new attorney a prime directive to now and going forward next City Council and so on that they truly prevent Any violations, and if it persists, they actually go forward and do whatever legally they have to do to enforce, to become a snitch, whatever they have to do legally, go to the DA, because that's their job. And I don't think the city can afford the aggravation, the money, The divisiveness and all the nonsense, which goes back, now goes to recording the closed meeting, which is on the agenda, which is a priority, but probably at the bottom of the priority list. But because there's so many things on the agenda, maybe we could slip it in to have it talked about and discussed.
And just either put it on the agenda, vote for it, or not vote for it, but let's have an open discussion about recording the closed session meetings. Thank you. Thank you, Mr.
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Tangle. Could I just one follow up with Larry? Yeah. So is your request, and I guess we can't get into a conversation just a yes or no, is your request that we put it on the agenda for discussion regardless of how the vote goes?
Yes, because it's got to get voted on one way or the other. OK. Yeah. I mean, you can't just not put it on the agenda. So not to talk about it, just have it hang there.
OK, thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it.
One thing, just one quick point that I'll read from the closed session. It's on everyone's agenda, but just a line for our public. If the city council appoints a city attorney, approval of that contract will come in a future open session agenda item. Accordingly, both public employment and public employment government code sections are noticed on this agenda. Mr. Montgomery, is there anybody online? No, Mayor. We do not have anyone on Zoom right now. Wonderful. We will adjourn to the closed session.
Mr. Harvey, please.
Yes, Mayor, thank you. We're going to report out from the closed session today, city employment and public official appointment. City Council interviewed two city attorney firms, and the City Council has directed me, as City Manager, to contact Alice Shire and Winder to advise them that the City Council would like to move forward with them as their city attorney firm and bringing forward a contract for the City Council to review and approve at a near-term City Council meeting when is convenient for both the city and for the firm.
Thank you very much. With that, we will close the session.
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