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Manhattan Beach City Council approves agenda, recesses into closed session
Summary
At its Dec. 2, 2025, meeting the Manhattan Beach City Council approved the meeting agenda and recessed into closed session under Government Code section 54957; no public comments were taken in open session and the transcript records the motion as passing with five votes.
The Manhattan Beach City Council convened its adjourned regular meeting on Dec. 2, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., approved the meeting agenda and recessed into closed session, the transcript shows.
A motion to approve the agenda was recorded in the transcript as, "Motion to approve by Mayor Pam Franklin with a second by council member Tarn." The council then recorded, "Motion passes 5 Z." The transcript does not list a full roll-call vote or individual vote names; the record indicates five affirmative votes but the shorthand "5 Z" in the transcript is ambiguous and the individual vote tally was not specified in the provided excerpt.
The council opened an opportunity for public comments but said no one was present in the chamber and that there were no requests to speak on Zoom; the public-comment period was closed without speakers.
Shortly thereafter the city attorney announced the council would move into closed session, stating in the transcript, "Pursuant to government code section 54957, the city council will now go into close session to discuss the item identified on the agenda." The council stood in recess and entered closed session. The item to be discussed in closed session was not disclosed in the open transcript.
Attendance during roll call, as recorded in the transcript excerpt, included Council member Tarna, Council member Sherillion, Council member Hworth and Mayor Pro Tim Franklin responding "here." The transcript also includes a separate reference to "Mayor Leser" and the motion language references "Mayor Pam Franklin," which appears inconsistent in the excerpt; the transcript text is reported below verbatim where relevant rather than resolving the discrepancy.
The meeting record in this excerpt contains only routine procedural actions in open session: roll call, approval of the agenda and the announcement that the council would enter closed session under Government Code section 54957. No substantive policy discussion or public testimony appears in the provided segments of the open session.
The council recessed into closed session; no further open-session actions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
