The city council approved the special meeting agenda by a 5-0 vote and recessed to a closed session to conduct city attorney interviews under California Government Code §54957.

The motion to approve the agenda was made and seconded; the clerk recorded votes of 'yes' from Council Member Abraham, Council Member Bixell, Vice Mayor Munoz, Council Member Phillips and Mayor Beilbeck. The presiding officer announced, "Passes on 5 0." The approval took place after the council completed roll call and a declaration of conflicts of interest, during which each named member responded "Hearing none."

Before the closed session, the presiding officer opened public participation and set a three-minute limit per speaker. During public comment, a member of the public asked about closed-session hiring details and whether the process complied with Federal Trade Commission requirements. The presiding officer declined to answer, stating the matter was closed-session information: "We will not be answering that, sir. This is closed session information, and we're not gonna harm anybody's career by saying how many or what's going on." A speaker in the room replied to the FTC question, "Sure does." The clerk then announced the closed-session item: "You have 6 a public employee appointment, California government code 54957, title city attorney interviews."

The council recessed to closed session to conduct the interviews. When the meeting reconvened the presiding officer reported, "We are back from our special meeting in closed session. We have nothing to report out." The special meeting then adjourned.

There was no public disclosure of interview outcomes or hiring decisions in the meeting record; the only formal action recorded in the transcript was the agenda approval vote. The closed-session meeting was conducted under the authority cited by the clerk, Cal. Gov. Code §54957, which covers public-employee appointments and permits closed deliberations for such matters.