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Carpinteria council postpones five agenda items after citywide internet outage; special meeting set for Feb. 3
Summary
City staff reported a daylong internet outage that prevented remote participation; the council voted unanimously to postpone five items to a special meeting on Feb. 3 and to accept previously submitted public comments into the next packet.
The Carpinteria City Council voted unanimously Monday to postpone five agenda items after staff reported the city had no internet service and could not support remote public participation.
City staff told the council the city “does not have any wireless Internet” and had “not had it all day,” limiting the ability of residents to join by Zoom. The council approved a motion to postpone the items until a special meeting on Monday, Feb. 3, at 5:30 p.m. The vote was taken by voice and recorded as unanimous.
The council listed the postponed items as: appointments to council advisory groups (item 10); the annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2023–24 (item 13); Harbor Seal Advisory Committee recommendations (item 14); establishment of a wine improvement district (item 15); and the live entertainment licensing program (item 16). Staff said public comments already submitted for those items will be included in the record for the rescheduled hearing.
Vice Mayor Solorzano moved to approve the agenda modification and to add the Feb. 3 special meeting; the motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. Councilmembers present confirmed the city had switched to generator power and staff did not expect an outage during the meeting.
Members of the public were given an opportunity to speak on the agenda modification itself; no one addressed the postponement during public comment. The council directed staff to include previously submitted comments in the materials for the Feb. 3 meeting and to notify participants of the rescheduled hearings.
The postponements affect several items for which staff said substantial remote participation was expected. The council did not take substantive action on any of the postponed matters and will hear them at the special meeting on Feb. 3.
