Special City Council Meeting

CITY OF LOS BANOS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 17, 2022 ACTION MINUTES – These minutes are prepared to depict action taken for agenda items presented to the City Council. For greater detail of this meeting refer to the electronic media (CD and/or audio) kept as a permanent record. SPECIAL NOTE: This meeting was held by teleconference due to the in accordance with Assembly Bill 361. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Pro Tem Lambert called the City Council Meeting to order at the hour of 3:15 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The pledge of allegiance was led by Police Chief Brizzee. ROLL CALL – MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT: Council Members Brett Jones, Kenneth Lambert, Deborah Lewis, Refugio LLamas; Absent: Mayor Tom Faria. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: City Attorney Vaughn, City Clerk/Human Resources Director Mallonee, Police Chief Brizzee, Community & Economic Development Director Elms. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Lewis, seconded by Lambert to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative action of all Council Members present, Faria absent. PUBLIC FORUM: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ANY ITEM OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY; INCLUDES AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. Mayor Pro Tem Lambert opened the public forum and asked those present on the Zoom meeting if they would like to speak: KATHY BALLARD inquired as to if they have questions during the interviews can they ask or can she just watch for which City Clerk/Human Resources Director explained the process will just include prepared questions from the City Council to each recruitment firm and there is no opportunity for the public to ask questions; ANN McCAULEY, Los Banos, reading from a prepared letter that is on file with the City Clerk, stated that because the City Council will be changing with the upcoming election that the present City Council should choose the next City Manager and hold off on that until the new City Council is seated. Mayor Pro Tem Lambert asked if there were any written comments received and City Clerk Mallonee stated that she received no comments to be read into the record. No one else came forward to speak and the public forum was closed. CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR THE SELECTION OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO ASSIST THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE RECRUITMENT OF A NEW CITY MANAGER; CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 6534 – AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT SERVICES. City Clerk/Human Resources Director presented the staff report, explaining the interview process, and then introduced each firm: Koff & Associates, ProRecruiters, and Sectaris who in turn introduced themselves, followed by pre-determined questions from each City Council Member. Council Members Jones stated that he needs more time to decide and he is not ready to vote on this item. Mayor Pro Tem Lambert suggested that if we could schedule a Closed Session August 25, 2022 so that Mayor Faria could be in on this vote. City Attorney Vaughn stated that it is the pleasure of the City Council to move forward or not, this is not something that can be done in Closed Session, you can call a Special Meeting to discuss this, because it is on video it would give Mayor Faria the opportunity to watch the interviews. Council Member Lewis states that she feels not going forward right now is a stall tactic and would like move this forward but not 2-3 weeks. Council Member Jones stated that we should not be taking this recruitment lightly and he needs more time to decide and would like to have five (5) votes on this. Motion by Llamas, seconded by Lewis to proceed as indicated on the agenda. The motion failed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Lewis, LLamas; NOES: Jones, Lambert; ABSENT: Faria. Motion by Jones, seconded by Lambert to bring this item back at another meeting to make a vote on the recruitment firm when all five (5) members of the City Council are available and Greg Wellman can help schedule that meeting. The motion carried by the affirmative action of all Council Members present. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Jones, Lambert, Lewis, LLamas; NOES: None; ABSENT: Faria. ADJOURNMENT. The meeting was adjourned at 4:51 p.m. APPROVED: /s/ Kenneth Lambert_________ Kenneth Lambert, Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: /s/ Lucille L. Mallonee_________ Lucille L. Mallonee, City Clerk