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Downey council ratifies finance director appointment after closed session

Downey City Council · July 29, 2026
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Summary

After a closed session with no reportable action, the Downey City Council ratified Marlon Ramirez as the city’s director of finance and announced no other reportable closed‑session outcomes.

The Downey City Council recessed into closed session under the Brown Act authorities to discuss a workers' compensation liability claim and a public‑employee appointment. City Attorney Funk told the council in open session that "there is no reportable action from tonight's proceedings."

City Manager Bradley announced after the closed session that the council "did ratify my appointment of mister Marlon Ramirez as our next director of finance." The council did not record additional public votes in the open session on that appointment during the public report; staff identified the selection and committed to related onboarding steps. The closed‑session agenda had also listed a workers' compensation claim (Jaime Yamas v. City of Downey, claim and WCB ADJ16732971).