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2026-05-11 - City Council (special closed session)

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes of the May 11, 2026 special closed session (approved on the May 19, 2026 Consent Calendar). No video or transcript exists for a closed session.

  • Roll call 3:05 p.m.: present Tregub, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert and Mayor Ishii; absent Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett and O'Keefe at the start. O'Keefe arrived at 3:08 p.m.; Taplin arrived during the closed session.
  • Public comment limited to agenda items: 0 speakers.
  • Closed session item 1, conference with legal counsel on liability claims (Government Code section 54956.95): an application for leave to present a late claim (Government Code section 910.6). Motion (Humbert/Lunaparra) to approve the staff recommendation to accept the late-filed claim carried. Ayes: Tregub, O'Keefe, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii; Noes: none; Abstain: none; Absent: Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett. Reported in open session as a vote to grant the application to file a late claim under Government Code section 911.4.
  • Closed session item 2, public employee performance evaluation of the City Attorney (Government Code section 54957(b)): no reportable action. See City Attorney Performance Review.
  • Adjourned 5:11 p.m. on a motion by Humbert, seconded by Tregub. Ayes: Taplin, Tregub, O'Keefe, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii; Noes: none; Absent: Kesarwani, Bartlett.
  • Certified by City Clerk Numainville.

City Attorney Performance Review

  • Evaluation of the City Attorney held in closed session; no reportable action taken.

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