AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026, 6:00 PM

KENT HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL CAMPUS - 111 W SANTA ANA ST, OJAI, CA

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All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no discussion of these items unless, before the vote on the motion to adopt, specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate motions.

Approve.

Receive and file. 

Receive and file. 

Conduct second reading, waiving the reading of the full text, and adopt Ordinance No. 971 amending the Municipal Code to require Electronic Filing of Campaign Disclosure Statement and Statements of Economic Interests, by reading of the title as stated below:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OJAI, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2-1 OF TITLE 2 OF THE OJAI MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD A NEW ARTICLE 5 REQUIRING ELECTRONIC FILING OF CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS AND STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS. 

Confirm nomination of applicant Carolyn Wagner as Arts Commissioner to fill a mid-term vacancy (term ending May 2026).

Review the City Council Goal Tactics and corresponding estimates and provide staff with feedback and direction.

Review the proposed City of Ojai Style Guide and associated branding elements and adopt one option as the official standard for City communications.

Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Tripepi Smith contract to include additional services, increase the not-to-exceed amount by $20,000, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $155,600.

1. Introduce, for first reading by title only with further reading waived, Ordinance No. 972 amending Title 3 of the Ojai Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 9 establishing a Public Safety Commission and providing for nomination and initial terms of members to the Public Safety Commission, and providing organizational requirements and roles and responsibilities of the Public Safety Commission.
2. Direct staff to return to the City Council for second reading and adoption of the Ordinance at a future meeting.

1. Review the proposed City-run aquatics program at the Nordhoff Aquatic Center for open and lap swim on weekends and other time-periods when the Ojai Unified School District is not in session; and
2. Review the attached unsolicited proposal from the Channel Islands YMCA for Saturday swim lessons at the Nordhoff Aquatic Center; and
3. Provide direction to staff as to whether to proceed with the City-run aquatics program or the proposed YMCA swim lesson program or some combination thereof.

1. Approve the attached Letter Related to the United States Forest Service’s proposed Amendment to the Los Padres National Forest Land Management Plan Opposing New Oil and Gas Leases within the Los Padres National Forest; 
2. Approve the attached Letter of Opposition to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) within the Bakersfield Field Office planning area;
3. Authorize the Mayor to sign the letters on behalf of the City Council; and
4. Direct staff to submit the letters to: 
   1. USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, respectively
   2. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff
   3. U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal and Julia Brownley
   4. Jayson Braude, Kiley & Associates
   5. Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Authorize the City Manager to approve renewal of the City’s existing Microsoft 365 G3 licenses as Microsoft 365 G5 licenses fulfilling the Kroll Report recommendation that the City upgrade its Microsoft 365 licensing.

Posted February 19, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.  

Bridget Mara, Acting Chief Deputy City Clerk

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