Indio City Council adjourns to closed session to discuss labor negotiations with SEIU Local 721

A meeting official identified in the transcript as the clerk announced that the Indio City Council would adjourn into closed session to consider labor negotiations with SEIU Local 721, citing Government Code section 54957.

The clerk read agenda item 3.1 as a "conference with labor negotiators" and identified the city manager as the council's designated representative and the employee organization as the professional and supervisory unit, SEIU Local 721. The clerk said, "So we will adjourn number 3 to close session to consider 3.1, conference with labor negotiators, pursuant to Government Code section 54957..." The clerk also told the room, "We shall be back."

During the initial roll call the clerk asked for members and recorded short responses: when the clerk called Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Ortiz, and Mayor Holmes the transcript records "Present." Later in the roll call the clerk said, "And for the record, council member Miller and mayor Pro Tem are absent," a discrepancy that appears in the transcript and is not resolved within the provided record.

The public was reminded that a period for public comment was available for items not on the agenda and that speakers should fill out a form in the back, according to the clerk's instructions.

The city moved into closed session for the stated purpose; no vote or further deliberations on the substance of negotiations are recorded in the provided transcript. The council intended to return to open session after the closed session, as the clerk said the body "shall be back."