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Ventura City Council meeting summary

VenturaMay 19, 20264 min read

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The council approved multiple contract amendments and procurement actions across city services, including legal services, water/wastewater bond counsel, homelessness encampment cleanup, employee medical exam services, expanded learning program funding with Ventura Unified School District, water infrastructure design amendments, and utility software and billing service amendments. Council received a presentation on a community survey about potential new revenue measures and considered ordinances and a Local Coastal Program amendment to establish a ministerial review process for certain affordable housing projects.

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Authorized First Amendment to Legal Services Agreement with Wood & Finck to increase the not-to-exceed amount to $470,000 to continue representation in Heermance v. Markov (Vote: Approved).
Authorized Legal Services Agreement with Jones Hall LLP for bond counsel and disclosure counsel services for water and wastewater capital improvement projects, not-to-exceed $195,000 (Vote: Approved).
Approved City Council Minutes for regular meetings held April 14, 2026 and April 28, 2026 (Vote: Approved).
Authorized Fifth Amendment to General Services Agreement with Woods Maintenance Services, Inc. for homeless encampment cleanup, increasing the agreement by $134,452 to a new not-to-exceed $957,477 (Vote: Approved).
Authorized Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Kaiser Permanente for employee medical examination services, increasing the not-to-exceed from $105,000 to $280,000 and allowing extensions up to five years (Vote: Approved).
Authorized Agreement with Ventura Unified School District for Expanded Learning Opportunities Program services for FY2027, not-to-exceed $740,264 (Vote: Approved).
Authorized amendments extending contract completion dates for design services on Mound Well No. 2 (Cannon, Inc.) and Nye 7 & 8 Conveyance Pipe Reroute (Flowers and Associates) (Vote: Approved).
Authorized Purchase Order with AssetWorks, Inc. to implement an Enterprise Asset Management system: initial three-year SOW $313,916; forecasted five-year total not-to-exceed $605,026 (Vote: Approved).
Authorized First Amendment to General Services Agreement with Kubra America West, Inc. for utility bill printing/processing/delivery, adding $1,092,364 for a total not-to-exceed $1,392,364 (Vote: Approved).
Authorized Eighteenth Amendment to Master Computer Software Agreement with Systems & Software, Inc., adding $324,410 to continue support for utility billing and Advanced Metering Infrastructure through June 30, 2027 (Vote: Approved).

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City Council Meeting on May 19, 2026

May 19, 2026, 12:00 AMcompleted

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