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Carlsbad council moves into closed session to confer with labor negotiators
Summary
After roll call, the council authorized a closed session to meet with labor negotiators on police labor matters, naming the city negotiating team and citing government code section 54,957.6; no public action or vote was recorded in the transcript.
The Carlsbad City Council moved into a closed session to confer with labor negotiators, the council clerk said.
The clerk told the council, “This afternoon, we'll go into closed session to have a conference with labor negotiators,” and said the meeting was authorized under government code section 54,957.6. The clerk also confirmed that there were no public speakers before the closed-session action.
The clerk named the city's negotiating team as Jeff Patno, assistant city manager; Laura Rocha, deputy city manager for administrative services; Jennifer True, assistant city attorney; Police Chief Christy Calderwood; Zach Koresh, finance director; Darren Schwab, assistant human resources director; Debbie Porter, senior management analyst; and outside counsel Tim Davis of Burke, Williams and Sorensen. The clerk identified the employee organizations involved as the Carlsbad Police Officers Association and the Carlsbad Police Management Association.
The transcript records the council taking the procedural step of going into closed session; it does not record any public votes or the outcome of negotiations. No further public actions or staff directions were recorded in the provided transcript.
The council had completed roll call with Council member Luna, Council member Burkholder, Council member Acosta, Mayor Pro Tem Battelle and Mayor Blackburn all recorded present.
