# 02.01.2010 City Council

The City of Ventura City Council meeting, identified by the title as February 1, 2010, included several procurement and spending items on the consent calendar. Council discussed outsourcing the city warehouse’s automotive-parts operation and authorizing contract negotiations with the Napa division of General Parts Corporation. The proposed one-year arrangement would transfer the inventory to the vendor, with the city recovering its recorded inventory cost—estimated at about $75,000—and avoid investing in systems and staffing to meet updated audit requirements; staff estimated in-house operations would cost about $120,000 annually. The consent calendar also included a $39,472 Homeland Security grant request, a financial-audit contract extension for fiscal years 2009–10, and other agreements. The warehouse item was moved for approval; the transcript’s roll-call result is unclear.

Council also approved, by unanimous vote, Council Member Andrews’s out-of-state travel request for a Regional Defense Partnership trip to Washington to seek federal funding. Andrews cited a prior $3.2 million project and described a larger current request tied to naval-base facilities and regional defense work; no new award was made at this meeting. The council received an emergency-preparedness presentation covering recent storms, a confirmed EF0 tornado, coastal hazards, and CERT training. No specific capital-improvement award was presented. Public comment also addressed library funding and closures, parking, and historic preservation.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Public Safety
**Topics:** Emergency Response
**Published:** November 13, 2026

### Sources
- [02.01.2010 City Council](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l71dlpDIlo) - City of Ventura