2026-07-24 - City Council (special)

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes (closed session and open session report). No video or transcript is posted.

Roll call 10:05 a.m. Present: Taplin, Tregub, O'Keefe, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii. Absent: Kesarwani and Bartlett.
One speaker in public comment on agenda items.
Open session: Council voted 7-0 to designate Mayor Ishii as labor negotiator for the employment agreement of the Director of Police Accountability.
Closed session on the Director of Police Accountability appointment: no reportable action.
Adjourned at 3:15 p.m. (Tregub/Humbert) with Taplin also absent at the end, 6-0.

Item 1, motion to authorize Ishii to negotiate employment agreements and amendments, including compensation, with the selected candidate (Ishii/Taplin). Ayes: Taplin, Tregub, O'Keefe, Blackaby, Lunaparra, Humbert, Ishii. Noes none, abstentions none, absent Kesarwani and Bartlett.
Item 2, closed session under Government Code Section 54957(b)(1): no reportable action. Public report afterward: no reportable action.