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Manhattan Beach council approves agenda, enters closed session and reports no reportable action
Summary
The Manhattan Beach City Council approved its meeting agenda, held a closed session under Government Code section 549.56.9(d)(2) during which it gave direction to the city attorney and city manager, and adjourned, scheduling the next meeting for Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.
The Manhattan Beach City Council on Nov. 10 approved its agenda and moved into a closed session under Government Code section 549.56.9(d)(2), during which, the city attorney said, the council "gave direction to both the city attorney and the city manager" and took "no other reportable action." The council adjourned and scheduled its next meeting for Nov. 18 at 5:00 p.m.
The council approved the meeting agenda after a motion that the transcript records as passing. Council member Horth is named in the transcript as making a motion to approve the agenda, with a second identified as council member Tar (listed in roll call as Tarne). The motion was recorded as passing; the transcript registers the tally as "5-0." The record contains an unclear, brief exchange that references "Mayor Paten" and "Frank," which the clerk also spoke during the motion discussion; that portion of the transcript is ambiguous about who formally moved the item and does not change the recorded outcome.
No members of the public addressed the council in chambers or online during the public-comment period, the mayor said, and the meeting proceeded to the closed-session item listed on the agenda. At the outset of the closed session the city attorney announced the legal authority: "Pursuant to Government Code section 549.56.9 D2, the city council will now go into closed session," the transcript records.
After the closed session, the city attorney reported in open session: "As previously announced, the city council went into closed session to discuss the item identified on the agenda. The city council gave direction to both the city attorney and the city manager. There was no other reportable action taken." The council then adjourned to its next regular meeting on Nov. 18 at 5:00 p.m.
The meeting record provided no additional details about the subject discussed in closed session; the city attorney's statement is the only public summary of what occurred during that portion of the meeting.
