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Carlsbad City Council to meet in closed session on possible litigation, city manager appointments and labor talks
Summary
The Carlsbad City Council signaled it would go into closed session to discuss one potential litigation matter, personnel appointments for interim and permanent city manager, and labor negotiations concerning the city attorney; outside counsel Allison Alpert of Best, Best & Krieger will assist, the council said.
The Carlsbad City Council signaled it would move into closed session to consider a possible lawsuit, appointments to the interim and permanent city manager posts, and labor negotiations involving the city attorney, the mayor said.
The mayor told the meeting that there were three items on the closed-session agenda and asked "The attorney please take us into closed session." The council chair announced, "We have 3 items on for closed session today." The mayor read the first item as a meeting "with legal counsel to determine whether you want to initiate litigation of 1 case," citing Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4) as the authority for discussing litigation in closed session.
The second listed item was personnel: the council said written public comment had been received and forwarded earlier, and that the personnel matters under consideration included two positions, "interim city manager and city manager." The third item was a conference with labor negotiators; the mayor named the city's negotiators as Mayor Keith Blackburn and Council Member Carolyn Luna and said the unrepresented employee who is the subject of the negotiations is the city attorney, citing Government Code section 54957.6.
The mayor also stated, "because I'm personally interested in the outcome of that matter," and said the council "will be assisted by Allison Alpert of Best, Best and Krieger." No public speakers were registered for the meeting; the chair confirmed, "We have no speakers, mayor."
Council members confirmed their presence during roll call and the chair concluded the public portion by indicating the council would meet in the designated closed-session location. The public record provided in the open meeting concluded with the announcement that the council would meet in closed session; no votes or outcomes on the listed matters were taken in public.
The matters described are statutorily allowed to be discussed behind closed doors under the cited provisions of the California Government Code; the council did not provide further public detail about the litigation matter, the candidates under consideration for either city manager post, or the terms under negotiation with respect to the city attorney.
