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City attorney lists four closed-session items including pending litigation and labor negotiations

Montclair City Council · August 4, 2026
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Summary

The city attorney said the council would meet in closed session to discuss one potential case, three pending litigation matters (Fuentes Garcia v. Lopez; Ibanez v. Montclair; Serene v. Montclair) and labor negotiations.

The city attorney told the council it would meet in closed session to consider legal and labor matters, noting revisions to the posted agenda. The items included one potential case, three pending litigations and a closed-session item on labor negotiations.

The attorney named the pending litigation matters as Fuentes Garcia versus Lopez, Ibanez versus Montclair, and Serene versus Montclair; another matter listed on the agenda involved Montclair and SBCTA. The attorney said he did not have an updated agenda in the meeting packet and asked the council to confirm the revised closed-session list.

Council confirmed the closed-session items and recessed the public meeting to convene the closed session; no substantive discussion of the merits of the cases occurred in public.