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Encinitas council adjourns to closed session to discuss city attorney appointment
Summary
The Encinitas City Council met in a special session and immediately adjourned to closed session to consider a public employee appointment for the city attorney under Government Code section 54957(b)(1). Council members San Antonio, Schaeffer, Deputy Mayor Lyons and Mayor Ehlers were present; Council member O'Hara was absent.
The Encinitas City Council convened a special meeting and adjourned to closed session to consider a public employee appointment for the position of city attorney, a proceeding the council said is authorized by Government Code section 54957(b)(1).
An unidentified speaker opened the meeting and announced the closed-session item, saying the council would report out from the closed session at tonight's regular session. During roll call, Council member San Antonio answered "Present," Council member Schaeffer answered "Here," Council member O'Hara was not present, and Deputy Mayor Lyons and Mayor Ehlers answered "Here." The meeting was then adjourned to closed session.
No public discussion of candidates or personnel details took place in the recorded transcript. The council did not take any publicly recorded final action in this session; it stated it would provide a report at the regular meeting later that evening. The authority cited on the record for the closed session was Government Code section 54957(b)(1), which the council invoked to discuss a public employee appointment.
The council's procedural steps — opening the special meeting, calling roll, and adjourning to closed session — were all recorded in the brief transcript. Additional details about the closed-session discussion or any personnel decisions were not included in the public record provided here and will be reflected, if required, in the council's report at the regular session.
