City Council

City Council City Manager Mayor Diana Gardner Rich Don Schwartz Vice Mayor Stephen Zollman dschwa rtz@ Citvofsebastopol.gov Councilmember Neysa Hinton Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC Councilmember Sandra Maurer Mary Gourley Councilmember Jill Mclewis /r'o B m gou rlev@Citvofsebastopol.gov Gity of Sebastopol CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Meeting of Monday - April 8,2024 6:00 pm MINUTES FOR Special City Council Meeting - Closed Session Meeting of April 8,2024 As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of April 16,2024 Please note that minutes of meetings are not meant to be verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City's record of a summary of actions that took place at the meeting. The vote/action is the required information of the meeting actions that took place. Approved minutes are available on the City Council Meetings page. Meetingwas held in Person. ln Person Location: SebastopolCity Hall,7L20 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472 The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code section 54957 .5 all writings submitted to the City and City Council are public records and will be made available for review. Council b Hal 712OBod Avenu Sebastopol, CA Callto Order: Mayor Rich called the Regular Meeting to Order at 6:02 pm RollCall: Present: Mayor Diana Rich Vice Mayor Stephen Zollman Councilmember Neysa H inton Councilmember Sandra Maurer Councilmember J ill Mclewis Absent: None Staff: City Manager Don Schwartz Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Mary Gourley Human Resources Consultant Outside Legal Counsel City Negotiator REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449 (lF NEEDED): To consider and take action on any request from a Council Member to participate in a meeting remotely due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances pursuant to AB 2449 (Government Code Section 549539(f)). There was none. All Councilmembers were in person. PUBLIC COMMENT This is a Speciol Meeting, pursuont to provisions of Government Code 554957, this is the time provided for members of the public to address the City Council regarding motters of municipol concern for the item listed below (maximum of three minutes per speoker) prior to odjournment into Closed Session. There was no public comment Tl20BodegaAvenue,Sebastopoi, Calfornia95472 Tel 707.823.1153 Fax.707,823.1135 www cityofsebastopol. org City Council Adjourn lnto Closed Session on the Following Matter(s): Mayor Rich adjourned into the closed session at 5:03 pm CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM: t. Conference with Labor Negotiators (54957.6) Agency Designated Representatives: City Labor Negotiator Patrick Clark, Patrick Clark Consulting Human Resources Consultant Deborah Muchmore, Muchmore Than Consulting City Manager Schwartz/Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Gourley Employee Organization: Service Employees lnternational Union (SEIU) Sebastopol Police Officers Association (SPOA) Management, Mid Management, Unrepresented 2 Conference with Legal Counsel - Threat of Litigation Significant exposure to litigation pursuantto paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Govt. Code section 54956.9: One Case. Adjournment of Closed Session: Mayor Rich adjourned the closed session meeting at 9:00 pm. Convene Open Session of the Special City Council Meeting: Mayor Rich reconvened the open session of the meeting at 9:01 pm. Report out of Closed Session: ln light of the fiscal emergency, City Council has directed the City Manager to assess every vacancy individually and fill only mission critical positions. ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING: The Special City Council Meeting Closed Session will be adjourned to the Regular Meeting of April 16,2024. Mayor Rich adjourned the City Council Meeting Closed Session of April 8,2024 at9:02 pm to the next regular City Council Meeting of April L6,2024 scheduled to be held at 6:00 pm at the Sebastopol Youth Annex, 425 Morris Street, ity Clerk