Thousand Oaks Blvd. Under this type government, the City Council is the policy-making body, appointing the City Manager who is responsible for carrying out Council policy. The current City Manager is MaryJane V. Lazz. Deputy City Managers are Jim Friedl and Scott Mitnick. The Council consists of five members elected from the City at-large.
Council members serve four-year staggered terms.
The Council annually selects a Mayor who serves as presiding officer during City Council meetings which are scheduled every Tuesday night except the fifth Tuesday of the month. Besides appointing a City Manager, Council duties include appointing a City Attorney and members of City Committees and Commissions, adopting a two-year budget, enacting legislation and establishing basic City policy. Council members nominate and the Mayor appoints individuals to serve on the Planning Commission, Arts Commission, Youth Commission, Council on Aging, Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center Board of Governors, Traffic and Transportation Advisory Commission, as well as other boards and committees.