Rosemead City Council recesses into closed session to discuss employee evaluation and labor talks

The Rosemead City Council opened a special meeting and recessed into closed session at 6:03 p.m. to address a public employee performance evaluation and ongoing labor negotiations, Mayor Sandra Menta said at the opening of the session.

City Attorney Rachel Richmond outlined the subjects the council would consider in closed session, saying, "We have two items that are on closed session: one for public employee evaluation (performance) and labor negotiations." She added that any reportable action arising from the closed session would be presented at the 7:00 p.m. meeting.

The clerk conducted roll call before the recess, announcing Council Member Stephen Lee as present, noting Council Member Shandang was running late, and recording Council Member Margaret Clark as absent; Mayor Pro Tem Poi Lo was noted present. Mayor Sandra Menta stated for the record that she opened the meeting at 6:02 p.m. and then moved the council into recess at 6:03 p.m.

No formal vote on the recess or other actions appears in the public portion of the transcript. The council did not state any additional public detail about the employee evaluation or the labor negotiations during the open session; the attorney’s remarks limited the public description to the two topics listed. Any reportable outcomes will be disclosed at the council’s 7:00 p.m. meeting, according to Richmond.

The council’s public record for this special meeting therefore consists chiefly of the opening, roll call, and the announced move into closed session to discuss personnel and labor matters; the substantive discussion and any decisions, if reportable, are expected to be summarized later in the 7:00 p.m. meeting.