Carlsbad City Council moves into closed session on police labor negotiations

The Carlsbad City Council moved into closed session to meet with labor negotiators over contracts affecting the city police workforce, citing Government Code section 54957.6.

The Chair called the meeting to order and completed roll call; Council member Luna, Council member Burkholder, Council member Acosta, Mayor Pro Tem Battelle and Mayor Blackburn were all recorded present. The Chair asked whether there were any public speakers and noted there were none.

A staff member addressed the council: "We'll be adjourning to closed session to have a conference with labor negotiators," and cited Government Code section 54957.6 as the basis for the closed session. The staff member then read a list of the city's negotiators: Jeff Petnow, assistant city manager; Laura Rocha, deputy city manager for administrative services; Jennifer True, assistant city attorney; Zach Koresh, finance director; Darren Schwab, assistant human resources director; Debbie Porter, senior management analyst; and Tim Davis with Burke, Williams, and Sorensen.

The staff member also named the employee organizations that are the subjects of the negotiations: the Carlsbad Police Officers Association and the Carlsbad Police Management Association. No public vote or recorded roll call on the decision to adjourn to closed session appears in the public transcript; the council proceeded to the closed session as announced.

The meeting record in the transcript ends with the council moving into closed session. Any final actions or outcomes from the closed session were not disclosed in the public record.