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Council schedules closed session on two lawsuits, labor negotiations and a workers' compensation claim
Summary
The city attorney told the council the closed-session agenda contains four items: two existing lawsuits (CaliMota v. City of National City and BCD BCD LLC v. City of National City), a conference with labor negotiators involving MEA, the National Fighters Association and the Police Officers Association, and a workers' compensation liability claim by Charles Palumbo.
The city attorney read four items the council would address in closed session, including two matters of existing litigation, labor negotiations and a workers' compensation liability claim.
"The cases are CaliMota versus City of National City and BCD BCD LLC v. City of National City," the city attorney said, and added the closed-session agenda also included "conference with labor negotiators" with the employee organizations listed as MEA, the National Fighters Association and the Police Officers Association. The attorney also identified a workers' compensation liability claim naming Charles Palumbo as the claimant.
The presiding official announced the council would move into closed session to discuss those items and later report out at the end of the meeting. The public portion of the transcript contains no recorded vote or decision on any of those items; the listed matters were presented as closed-session agenda items only.
Why it matters: Closed-session items can involve litigation strategy and labor negotiations that have fiscal and operational implications for the city. Because the discussions occurred in closed session, the public transcript records only the items’ existence and the parties named; substantive deliberations and any resulting actions are not included in the public record here.
