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Carlsbad council moves into closed session to discuss King litigation and labor talks over city manager
Summary
After roll call with all five council members present, the council was taken into closed session to consult on existing litigation (King v. City of Carlsbad) and to meet with labor negotiators about the city manager; no public speakers were recorded and no public action was taken in the transcript.
The Carlsbad City Council went into closed session after roll call for two matters: consultation on existing litigation identified as King v. City of Carlsbad, and a conference with labor negotiators over the city manager, the city attorney said.
The city attorney told the council, “You have 2 items on your closed session agenda this afternoon,” and identified the first as a discussion with legal counsel about existing litigation: “The litigation is King versus the City of Carlsbad,” adding that the closed session was authorized by the Government Code. The city attorney described the second item as a conference with labor negotiators, authorized by statute, and named the negotiators as Mayor Black and Mayor Pro Tem Bah Patel; the city attorney said the unrepresented employee subject to negotiation is the city manager.
The meeting began with a roll call that showed all five council members present. During roll call, council members were listed as Shen, Burkholder and Acosta; Mayor Pro Tem Bah Patel and Mayor Black were recorded present. The presiding officer asked whether there were any public speakers; the council recorded none before moving to closed session. The transcript records the presiding officer asking the city attorney to take the council into closed session and the city attorney acknowledging the request.
No formal votes, motions, or public decisions about either closed-session item are recorded in the provided transcript. The transcript does not specify a meeting date, the substance of the litigation beyond the case caption, nor the negotiating positions the council’s negotiators will take. The city attorney cited statutory authority for both items when announcing them to the council.
The council went into closed session; the transcript ends after the city attorney described the two closed-session items and did not record any public action or next public steps.
