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Vallejo City Council adjourns into closed session to discuss litigation, labor talks and city manager review
Summary
At a special meeting called at 04:42PM, Vallejo council members moved into closed session to discuss a liability claim by James Duncan, existing and anticipated litigation including Monterosa et al., labor negotiations with multiple employee organizations, and the city manager's performance evaluation.
The Vallejo City Council convened a special meeting at 04:42PM and immediately moved into closed session to consider several legal, labor and personnel matters, the city attorney said.
The city attorney told the council, “The items you have in closed session this evening are as follows,” and then listed a liability claim by James Duncan against the city, existing litigation in Monterosa et al. v. City of Vallejo (an Eastern District of California case read into the record), two matters of anticipated litigation with significant exposure, conference with labor negotiators, and a public employee performance evaluation for the city manager.
Why it matters: The items placed in closed session cover potential financial exposure to the city (a liability claim and litigation), active labor negotiations that affect public safety and other city services, and the evaluation of the city's top executive. The council named Andrew Murray, the city manager, and Stephanie Cifuentes, the human resources director, as the agency's designated representatives for labor negotiations.
Details announced in the public meeting included the liability claim by James Duncan and the listing of Monterosa et al. as an existing case. The city attorney read an Eastern District of California case number into the record as spoken in the meeting. The attorney also said the city expected to discuss two anticipated litigation matters that "involve significant exposure to litigation." For labor negotiations the attorney identified the employee organizations to be discussed as the Vallejo Police Officers Association, the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1186, a confidential administrative/managerial/professional association, and unrepresented employees.
Before adjourning into closed session, the presiding official opened a brief public-comment period for closed-session items, noted no in-person commenters, checked for anyone online, and then said, "With that we will adjourn into closed session." No public votes or decisions were taken in open session during the meeting.
Next steps: Because the council proceeded into closed session, any conclusions, votes or settlements arising from those discussions will be disclosed later as allowed by law and as the council or staff determine appropriate to report.
