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Sacramento City Council adjourns to closed session to discuss multiple pending lawsuits and labor negotiations
Summary
At a special meeting called at 11:43 a.m., the Sacramento City Council moved into closed session to discuss 11 agenda items, including several pending litigation matters and labor negotiations with recognized employee organizations. No public speakers were listed.
The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting at 11:43 a.m. and immediately adjourned to closed session to discuss 11 items on the agenda, including several pending lawsuits and labor negotiations, the meeting record shows.
The closed session was held under California Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) for pending litigation and §54957.6 for labor negotiations. The agenda listed multiple pending court and workers' compensation cases by name and case number, and identified the city’s chief negotiators for labor talks.
Agenda items included civil litigation matters such as Hulu LLC v. City of Sacramento (Sacramento County Superior Court No. 24CV017085), Jones v. City of Sacramento (Sacramento County Superior Court No. 34-2019-00256231), Garza v. City of Sacramento (Sacramento County Superior Court No. 34-2023-00333969), and Lane v. City of Sacramento (Sacramento County Superior Court No. 304220135156 as listed on the agenda). The agenda also listed multiple workers’ compensation matters, including Jennifer Ertel (WCAB ADJ15117893 and ADJ15496010), Jason Kram (WCAB ADJ12402121), Andrew Bricchini (WCAB ADJ17757112, ADJ7798251, ADJ2544448), William Juan (WCAB ADJ13860728), Gerald Folgaust (WCAB ADJ16182718) and Charlton Atwood (WCAB ADJ1577723).
Item 5 on the agenda invoked Government Code §54957.6 for labor negotiations and identified the city’s chief negotiators as Shelly Banks Robinson, Aaron Donato and Tim Davis. The listed recognized employee organizations included the Sacramento City Exempt Employees Association; Sacramento Police Officers Association; International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers, Local 39; Sacramento Area Firefighters, Local 522; Sacramento-Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council; Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 447; Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters, Local 1176; Western Council of Engineers; and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
No members of the public were listed to speak on any closed-session item, and the presiding staff member announced that the council would adjourn to closed session. The meeting record does not include any public disclosure of the council’s deliberations or outcomes from the closed session; such details are confidential under the cited Government Code provisions.
The council’s agenda contained 11 listed closed-session items in total. The posted items and case numbers on the agenda are the sole public details provided prior to the closed portion of the meeting.
