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Votes at a glance: Thousand Oaks council actions on May 13, 2005
Summary
The council took several formal actions May 13, including authorizing litigation initiation in closed session, adopting an alarm ordinance, closing and approving a water‑easement vacation for Timber School property, and receiving the operating budget study session.
Thousand Oaks City Council recorded several formal actions at its May 13 meeting, including a closed‑session authorization to initiate litigation and votes on consent and land‑use items.
Key outcomes:
- Closed session: City Attorney Noonan reported that counsel authorized initiation of litigation on a 5–0 vote; specifics will be disclosed upon filing and service of process.
- Consent calendar: The council passed the consent calendar motion, which included adoption of “An Ordinance Regulating the Use of Alarm Systems Within the City and Amending Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Title 5, Public Welfare, Morals, and Conduct, Chapter 13, Alarm Systems,” ordinance number 1736‑NS. The motion passed 5–0.
- Public hearing (agenda item 10a): Council adopted staff’s recommendation to vacate existing waterline easements at the Timber School site (1872 Newbury Road) to allow a redevelopment waterline loop and obtain a replacement easement. The city closed the public hearing, a motion to adopt staff recommendation was moved, and the motion passed 4–0 with Council member Gutierrez recused.
- Budget study session (agenda item 11a): Council received the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 and 2026–27 operating budget and found the action is not a project under CEQA; the motion to receive the report passed 5–0.
Vote tallies were recorded by the clerk in the meeting minutes. Where individual yes/no votes were announced, the clerk reported the final tallies as above. Council recorded one recusal on the Timber School easement item; staff noted no speakers spoke during the public hearing on that item.
