Vacaville City Council adjourns to closed session to discuss city manager employment

The City of Vacaville City Council recessed into closed session at the start of its Jan. 13 meeting to discuss public employment regarding the city manager, the presiding official said.

Council convened at 5 p.m. and conducted a roll call that recorded Council Members Stockton, Ritchie, Silva, Fremont and Wiley, Vice Mayor Chapman and Mayor Carley as present. The presiding official opened the floor for public comment on closed-session items and identified the matter as “public employment” concerning the city manager. After noting there were no members of the public who wished to speak, the presiding official announced, “we will adjourn to closed session.”

Closed sessions under state law allow local governing bodies to discuss certain personnel matters away from public view; the council did not disclose further details about the subject or any planned public actions. No formal vote tally or motion language was recorded in the public portion of the meeting. The council did not state a time for returning to open session or announce any subsequent procedural steps at the time it recessed.

The meeting opened with routine proceedings and roll call; the agenda item listed for closed session was limited to a public employment discussion in the position of city manager. The council’s public record for this session will reflect that the body met in closed session for that purpose, but additional disclosures may be provided later if required by law or by subsequent council action.