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Vallejo City Council holds closed session on lawsuits, labor talks and city manager employment
Summary
The Vallejo City Council convened a special closed-session meeting at 5:02 p.m. to discuss two pending lawsuits involving local tobacco retailers, anticipated litigation, labor negotiations with multiple employee groups and the employment of the city manager; no members of the public signed up to speak.
The Vallejo City Council convened a special closed-session meeting at 5:02 p.m. to discuss pending litigation, potential litigation, labor negotiations and the employment status of the city manager.
City Attorney (as identified in the public portion of the meeting) told the council, "The City Council will meet this evening in closed session with regard to the following items," and then listed two existing litigation matters, identified in the agenda as Takai DBA Cigarette City v. City of Vallejo and Himyat Hotakai DBA Cigarettes for Less and Check Cashing v. City of Vallejo; the agenda provides case numbers but those numbers were not read aloud during the public remarks.
The City Attorney also said the council would confer with labor negotiators under Government Code section 54957.6. The transcript names designated representatives and staff involved in those discussions, including Nalongo Connolly and Stephanie Cifuentes, the human resources director, and lists employee organizations described in the announcement as the International Association of Fire Fighters (local number rendered in the transcript as "11 86"), a confidential administrative managerial professional association and unrepresented employees.
An item concerning public employee employment was also listed for closed-session discussion, described on the agenda as "title: city manager" under Government Code section 54957(b). The City Attorney further announced an anticipated-litigation item under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) and stated, "I cannot speak to the facts," indicating the council would not disclose details in the public portion of the meeting.
During the public comment check, staff reported no individuals had signed up to speak in person or online on the closed-session agenda items. The chair then closed the public comment period and the council returned to closed session.
No votes, motions or substantive public disclosures about the closed-session discussions were recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
