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Council recessed to closed session on city manager and city attorney matters; no reportable action announced

Laguna Niguel City Council · August 5, 2026
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Summary

Council went into closed session to discuss the city attorney's performance evaluation and city manager employment/negotiations; City Attorney Scott Smith later told the council there were no reportable actions and that any action regarding the city manager's employment must happen at a future public meeting.

Mayor Jones told the audience the council would recess into closed session to consider three items: the public employee performance evaluation of the city attorney; the city manager's performance evaluation; and labor negotiations with the city manager as an unrepresented employee. City Attorney Scott Smith read the items into the record prior to recess.

After returning to the public session, Scott Smith told the council there were no reportable actions at that time and reminded members that any action concerning the city manager's employment terms must occur at a noticed public meeting in the future. The transcript does not record any substantive discussion of the closed-session topics in open session or any final action taken at this meeting.