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2026-07-20 - City Council (closed session)

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (closed session). No video or transcript is posted. The minutes give no location.

  • Roll call 3:04 p.m. Present: Kesarwani, Taplin, Tregub, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii. Blackaby joined at 3:08 p.m., remotely under the Brown Act just-cause exemption for a childcare need. Absent: Bartlett and O'Keefe.
  • No speakers on agenda items.
  • Closed session: conference with labor negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6). Negotiator: Laura Izon of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, PC. Employee organization: Berkeley Police Association. No reportable action.
  • Adjourned at 4:07 p.m. (Humbert/Tregub). Ayes: Taplin, Tregub, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii; Noes none; Abstain none; Absent Kesarwani, Bartlett, O'Keefe (the minutes list Kesarwani as absent for this vote although she is shown present at roll call).

Police Association Labor Negotiations

  • Closed session conference with the City's labor negotiator regarding the Berkeley Police Association; no reportable action.

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