Fremont City Council convenes closed session to meet with labor negotiators

The Fremont City Council recessed into closed session on Jan. 6 to meet with labor negotiators under California Government Code section 54957.6, Mayor Sullivan said.

The item, read aloud by the City Attorney, stated: "In closed session, the council will conduct a conference with labor negotiators pursuant to California government code section 54957.6 regarding the employee organizations listed on this evening's agenda." The City Attorney read the statutory authority and identified the subject as negotiations with employee organizations named on the agenda; the transcript does not specify which employee organizations those are.

City Clerk staff conducted roll call before the closed session. Council Member Lu, Council Member Hsiao, Council Member Kimberlin, Council Member Kang and Vice Mayor Zhang were recorded as present; Council Member Campbell was recorded as absent. The mayor opened oral communications for non-agenda public comment and the City Clerk reported there were no speaker cards before the council moved to the closed session.

Under Government Code section 54957.6, labor negotiations are discussed in closed session and the council is limited in what it may disclose publicly about the content of those discussions. The transcript shows only the title read into the record; no substantive negotiation details, motions, or votes were disclosed in the public portion of the meeting.

The council recessed to the Fremont Room for the closed session. The public record included the statutory citation and that employee organizations were listed on the agenda, but the transcript does not identify those organizations or record any outcomes from the closed session.