Adelanto council opens meeting, approves agenda and recesses to closed session on labor talks

The Adelanto City Council opened its regular joint meeting at 10:01 a.m. July 9 and approved the day’s agenda by voice vote before immediately recessing to a closed session to discuss labor negotiations, the council announced.

The chair opened the meeting for the Adelanto City Council and related authorities and asked the clerk, identified as Virginia, to call the roll. The clerk called the names listed on the agenda; Councilor Evans, Councilor Mesa, Councilor Updegrove and Mayor Pro Tem Ramos were recorded as present on the brief roll call.

A motion to approve the agenda was offered and approved by voice; the transcript does not record a named mover or a roll-call tally. Soon afterward the council announced that the closed session would cover labor negotiations with employee unions. "It's all about labor negotiations with employee unions as listed in the agenda," a council member stated, citing Government Code section 54957.6 and naming city representatives Jesse and Ed Ray and employee organizations including Teamsters Local 911, the confidential professional employees group and the city management employees group.

The chair opened a short public comment period and then moved that the body close the public session and convene the closed session at approximately 10:02 a.m.; members voted by voice. The public-record audio was stopped shortly after the motion.

No further details about the negotiations or any substantive votes on labor agreements were discussed on the public record in the segments provided. Any determinations reached in closed session will be subject to the disclosure rules that apply to closed sessions under state law.