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Lemon Grove council adjourns to closed session on city manager; no reportable action, staff given direction
Summary
At a special meeting on Jan. 14, 2026, the Lemon Grove City Council adjourned into closed session to discuss the city manager position under “government code section 54,957.” City Attorney Kristen Steinke said there was no reportable action but that the council gave staff direction.
The Lemon Grove City Council met in special session on Jan. 14, 2026, and moved into closed session to discuss the city manager’s position. City Attorney Kristen Steinke told the council the closed session addressed "public employment government under government code section 54,957 regarding the city manager's position."
Steinke announced the council was adjourning into closed session after the presiding official introduced her. "We are adjourned to closed session to discuss public employment government under government code section 54,957 regarding the city manager's position," she said. The meeting record shows there were no speaker slips on the item.
When the council reconvened, Steinke reported, "I have no reportable action except that, the council has given staff direction." The council did not record any formal vote in the public record during the special session.
The council scheduled its next regularly posted meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at 6 p.m., and the presiding official adjourned the special meeting. The transcript does not list a formal motion maker or record a public vote related to the closed-session item; Steinke’s statement is the only public account of the closed-session result.
