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Manhattan Beach City Council approves agenda, recesses into closed session

Manhattan Beach City Council · October 21, 2025
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Summary

At a brief October 21 meeting, the Manhattan Beach City Council approved the agenda by motion (moved by Council Member Hoard, seconded by Council Member Sherillion) and then recessed into closed session under the Brown Act to discuss three items listed on the agenda; no public comments were received.

The Manhattan Beach City Council convened at 4:30 p.m. on October 21 and approved its meeting agenda before recessing into a closed session under the Brown Act.

Council Member Hoard moved to approve the agenda; Council Member Sherillion seconded the motion. The council called the vote and the motion passed with five affirmative responses, recorded in the meeting as "Motion passes. 5 Z." The roll call earlier in the meeting recorded Council Member Tarn, Council Member Sherillion, Council Member Hoard, Mayor Pro Tem Franklin, and Mayor Leser as present.

During the public comment period the council asked for comments from people in the chamber and from Zoom. Staff member Martha reported there were no Zoom requests; seeing no speakers in the chamber, the presiding official closed public comments.

The City Attorney announced that, pursuant to the Brown Act, the council would recess into closed session to consider three separate items identified on the agenda. The council then recessed the public meeting into closed session; no public details about the closed-session items were given in open session.

The meeting record indicates the council moved promptly from routine opening business into closed session; no formal discussion of policy items in open session was recorded prior to the recess.