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Carlsbad council moves to closed session to consider possible litigation and staff evaluations
Summary
At the meeting start, the council requested a closed session to consider whether to initiate litigation and to hold performance evaluations for the city manager and city attorney; outside counsel and the human resources director were named to assist. Vote outcome is not recorded in the provided transcript.
The meeting clerk opened the session and took roll, after which the council moved to go into closed session to discuss whether to initiate litigation and to conduct performance evaluations for two senior staff members.
An agency official told the council, “We have 2 closed sessions this afternoon,” and said the first would be “to discuss, whether to initiate litigation,” citing Government Code section 549.56.9, subdivision (d)(4) as the legal authority for that item. The official identified the second item as public employee performance evaluations for the city manager and the city attorney and noted a personal interest in the outcome, saying, “Because I am, personally interested in the outcome of that, the council will be assisted by Lisonbee Alpert of Best Best and Krieger.”
The official also named Judy Wong Kalinowski, the human resources director, and Lisonbee Alpert as the city’s representatives for a related conference with labor negotiators. No additional details about the subjects of the evaluations, potential litigation, proposed remedies, or timelines were provided in the recorded segments.
The transcript provides the text of the motion/request to enter closed session but does not include a recorded vote or the outcome of the closed sessions in the excerpts supplied. The council’s next public action or any subsequent disclosures following the closed sessions were not part of the provided transcript.
