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Votes at a glance: Solvang City Council, May 26, 2026 — consent, goals, policing talks, noise code direction, fees and website contract
Summary
Council approved most consent items (5‑0), adopted a goals item 6E (3‑2), authorized staff to negotiate police services with LMPoke and a sheriff extension contingency (5‑0), directed staff to draft comprehensive noise‑ordinance amendments and pause TUP enforcement for live entertainment (5‑0), adopted CPI fee adjustments (5‑0), and awarded a website contract to Tom Jones & Associates (5‑0).
Here are the formal actions recorded at the May 26, 2026 Solvang City Council meeting.
- Consent agenda: Council approved consent items A–D and F–H and J by roll call (5‑0). (Motion and roll call recorded during the consent segment.)
- Consent item 6E (goals, 'sister city' wording): After debate on goal wording and outcomes, council approved item 6E (receive and file of goals) on a 3‑2 vote. No further action on changes was adopted at this meeting.
- Item 8A (police services exploration): Council directed staff to advance negotiations with the city of LMPoke for provision of police services and authorized staff to negotiate an option for a one‑year extension with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office as a contingency; vote 5‑0. This authorization is exploratory: any final contract will return to council for approval.
- Item 8B (live entertainment / TUP / noise ordinance): Council directed staff to draft a comprehensive update that would allow certain live entertainment as an ancillary use, modernize the noise ordinance with measurable standards and an indoor/outdoor distinction, and pause TUP enforcement for live entertainment while staff returns with draft ordinance language; vote 5‑0.
- Item 8C (utility rate review committee): Council initially approved creating a URC but then, after attorney advice about Brown Act implications, moved to rescind that council‑created standing committee and directed staff to pursue a staff‑managed public recruitment/selection process for advisory input to the rate study.
- Item 8D (fee CPI adjustments): Council adopted Resolution 261318 to apply the previously adopted annual CPI adjustments to user and regulatory fees effective July 1, 2026; vote 5‑0.
- Item 8E (website procurement): Council authorized staff to reject prior RFP submittals as nonresponsive and awarded a contract to Tom Jones & Associates for website design and content management (estimated $50–75k range in staff materials); vote 5‑0.
All motions were recorded in the meeting minutes and will be reflected in the formal minutes and any subsequent staff reports required by each action.
