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Santa Barbara City Council schedules closed session to evaluate public employees
Summary
At a special April 8 meeting, the Santa Barbara City Council recommended a closed session under Government Code section 54957(b)(1) to evaluate public employees’ performance; no public comments were recorded and the transcript notes the closed session was concluded.
The Santa Barbara City Council on April 8 recommended holding a closed session to evaluate the performance of public employees under Government Code section 54957(b)(1), the council’s clerk announced at the start of a special meeting.
"Se recomienda que el Concejo celebre una sesión a puerta cerrada para evaluar el desempeño de los empleados públicos," the clerk read, citing the statutory authority for the personnel evaluation.
The clerk also conducted roll call; those identified on the record included Councilmember Friedman, Councilmember Santamaría, Councilmember Gutiérrez (referred to in the transcript as "alcalde, pro"), Tem Stanton, Councilmember Hartmann, Councilmember Jordan and Mayor Ruiz. The clerk said there were no speakers in the public comment section and asked whether anyone was online; the transcript records no public commenters for the item.
The transcript records the clerk stating that the closed session was concluded later in the proceeding. The meeting text does not show a formal recorded vote on the recommendation, nor does it provide a mover or seconder for a motion; the transcript contains only the clerk’s reading of the agenda item and the notation that the closed session took place and was ended.
Government Code section 54957(b)(1), cited in the agenda text, authorizes local legislative bodies to hold closed sessions for the evaluation of public employees. The transcript does not include further details about which employees would be evaluated, any performance findings, or any personnel actions resulting from the closed session.
The special meeting record in the transcript contains a short series of procedural remarks and then a notation that the closed session was concluded; no additional actions or votes on this item are recorded in the provided text.
