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2026-07-08 - City Council (special)

Summary

Built from the official minutes (approval status not verified). The minutes' heading gives 6:30 pm, but the body says the meeting was called to order at 10:16 p.m., right after the regular meeting adjourned. The minutes also spell the mayor's surname "Grinn" once; this page uses Gwinn. No video is posted.

  • Special meeting, 10:16 to 10:47 PM, following 2026-07-08 - City Council. Mayor Marc Gwinn presided; Councilors Adrienne Gil, Cary Brown, Sal Alfano, Ben Doyle, Jim Sheridan and Pelin Kohn attended, with Brown and Kohn participating remotely. City Clerk John Odum was secretary.
  • Agenda approved by unanimous consent; no public comment was received.
  • All five Open Meeting Law allegations from the July 6 special meeting were denied, each 5-0 with Kohn abstaining.
  • Executive search contract for a new Police Chief and candidate travel budget authorized unanimously.
  • Letter of Interest for the Isabel Circle CHIP application authorized unanimously.

Open Meeting Law Allegations

  • Item 2026-281: the Council took up each of the five allegations individually. For each, Alfano moved to deny and Doyle seconded: Allegation No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 were each approved 5-0, Kohn abstaining. The meeting concerned is 2026-07-06 - City Council.
  • Item 2026-282: Gil moved to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract for executive search services to recruit a new Police Chief and to approve a budget for incidental travel expenses for candidates; Alfano seconded; carried unanimously. No dollar amount is recorded.

Isabel Circle CHIP Application

  • Also numbered 2026-282 in the minutes: Matt Jelacic, with Gabe LaJeunesse, asked the Council to authorize a preliminary Letter of Interest supporting the Isabel Circle Community Housing Investment Program application. Sheridan moved to authorize the Mayor and City Manager to submit it; Doyle seconded; carried unanimously.

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