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Carlsbad council to confer with labor negotiators in closed session
Summary
The city attorney announced a closed-session conference with city labor negotiators and represented employees, citing Government Code section 54957.6; the city named specific negotiators and noted a staff substitution.
The city attorney announced that the Carlsbad City Council would hold a closed session to confer with labor negotiators representing the city and “represented employees,” citing Government Code section 54957.6.
The city attorney named the negotiators on the public record as: Sheila Cobian, assistant city manager; Laura Rocha, deputy city manager of administrative services; Judy von Kalinowski, human resources director; Zach Koresh, finance director; Silvano Rodriguez, human resources manager; and Bridal Drury, finance manager, who was described as substituting for Debbie Porter, senior management analyst. The announcement identified the employee organization only as “represented employees.”
All five council members were present at the time the closed-session items were announced. The city attorney described the labor conference as the second of two closed-session matters that afternoon and cited Government Code section 54957.6 as the statutory basis for the session.
The public transcript does not include details of bargaining positions, proposed terms, or any direction given during the closed session. The meeting record supplied here contains only the announcement of the negotiators and the statutory authority; it does not record motions, votes or any public decisions on labor-contract terms.
