SELMA, Calif. — The Selma City Council unanimously voted Dec. 2 to add a closed-session item to its agenda to respond to a broker inquiry about a potential sale of city-owned property and then convened a closed session to consider the matter and pending litigation.

The city attorney told the council the city "received an inquiry from our broker on the prospective sale of the property at, McCall And Nelson Boulevard." The attorney identified the parcel as "APN 35808O79" and said, "It's 5.03 acres of vacant land at McCall And Nelson Boulevard." The attorney asked the council to add "a conference with Real Property Negotiator pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8," saying the agency negotiator would be City Manager Jason Rogers and that the subject under negotiation was price in terms of sale.

After the city attorney's request, the council discussed the procedural requirement for adding an item and a motion was made to add the closed-session real-property negotiation. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; the motion passed on a 5-0 vote with all present council members voting yes. The council then moved to the public-comment period, which yielded no speakers, and immediately convened closed session.

The city attorney also stated the closed session would include "pending litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9," describing "multiple potential cases, significant exposure to liability and resolution of all potential claims." The council did not discuss additional details of the litigation in open session.

No formal action on the property sale or litigation was taken in open session. The item was added to tonight's closed-session agenda for discussion and direction to negotiators, and the council convened that closed session immediately after oral communications.

Reporting on this item is limited to what was said in open session: the broker inquiry, the parcel identifier (APN 35808079), the acreage (5.03 acres), the proposed negotiator (City Manager Jason Rogers), and the statutory authorities cited for closed-session discussions. Further details about any offer, terms, or litigation claims were not disclosed in the open record.