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Vallejo City Council announces closed-session agenda including three lawsuits and a property negotiation
Summary
Vice Mayor Matulik opened a brief public session in which City Attorney Nebe announced closed-session items: three pending lawsuits, an anticipated single litigation matter, and a real-property negotiation involving the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District and 50 Solano Avenue; Item B was continued and there were no public speakers.
Vice Mayor Matulik called the Vallejo City Council to order at 5:01 p.m. and asked City Clerk Abramson to conduct the roll call.
City Attorney Nebe then read the evening's closed-session agenda. "The city council will meet in closed session this evening with regard to the following items," Nebe said, and identified Item A as a conference with legal counsel on existing litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), listing three cases: Baugos v. City of Vallejo; Robin Fritzson v. City of Vallejo; and BPOA et al. v. City of Vallejo.
Nebe said Item B would not take place that evening and "will be continued to a different date." Nebe also announced Item C as anticipated litigation (significant exposure to litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2), one case) and Item D as a conference with real property negotiators under Government Code section 54956.8. Nebe named Assistant City Manager Gillian Hain as the agency negotiator and identified Mark Tomco and the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District as the negotiating party; the amended agenda additionally listed a property at 50 Solano Avenue.
Before the council returned to closed session, Vice Mayor Matulik asked whether there were any speakers on the closed-session items. Staff reported, "No speakers at this time." The council then closed the public portion of the meeting and went into closed session.
What this means: The council publicly announced the general topics it will discuss behind closed doors—pending lawsuits, a potential new litigation matter, and property negotiations—while specific deliberations and any outcomes from the closed session remain private under state law. The agenda noted case numbers and parcel numbers "as listed on the agenda," but those details were not read aloud in the public portion of the meeting.
