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Santa Barbara City Council adjourns to closed session for public employee performance evaluation
Summary
At a July 5, 2025 special meeting, the Santa Barbara City Council adjourned to closed session to conduct a public employee performance evaluation under California Government Code section 54957; the clerk reported no public participants online and the council expected no report and planned to reconvene at 2:00 p.m.
The Santa Barbara City Council on July 5, 2025, adjourned a special meeting into closed session to conduct a public employee performance evaluation under California Government Code section 54957.
An agenda item described as a "public employee performance evaluation" and citing California Government Code section 54957 was read during the special meeting. The City Clerk reported that no members of the public were online for the item. The council then adjourned to closed session; members indicated no report was anticipated and planned to reconvene at 2:00 p.m. for the regular meeting.
Councilmembers present during roll call were Councilmember Harmon, Councilmember Santa Maria, Councilmember Sneddon, Mayor Pro Tem Friedman, Councilmember Gutierrez, Councilmember Jordan and Mayor Rouse. The meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance and a roll call before the council moved to the closed-session item.
The transcript records no substantive public discussion of the evaluation in open session, no motions or votes on the performance evaluation in the public record, and no additional details about the employee or the subject of the evaluation were provided on the public agenda or in the recorded open-session remarks.
The council's decision to hold the evaluation in closed session was made under the authority of California Government Code section 54957, which permits closed sessions for public employee performance evaluations. The meeting record shows the special meeting was recessed for that closed session and that the council expected to return at 2:00 p.m. for its regular meeting.
