Auburn City Council Minutes 4/25/2022
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
April 25, 2022
SPECIAL SESSION
A Special Session of the Auburn City Council was held at City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Nay, Auburn, CA 95603, Monday, April 25, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. with Mayor Sandy Amara presiding and City Clerk Amy Lind recording the minutes. This Special Session of the City Council was held pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e) related to teleconferencing of meetings. The Governor's Proclamation of a State Emergency was still in effect and the City Council made the necessary findings under the law to hold teleconference meetings in this manner.
CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL
Council Members Present: Matt Spokely Daniel Berlant, Alice Dowdin Calvillo, Rachel Radell-Harris
and Sandra Amara
Council Members Absent: none
Staff Members Present: City Manager John W. Donlevy, Jr., City Attorney Gary Bell, Planning and Economic Development Manager Jonathan Wright.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
CLOSED SESSION:
By MOTION adjourn to a Closed Session:
MOTION: Dowdin Calvillo/ Spokely/ Unanimously approved
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL; ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov.
Code, § 54956.9, subds. (d)(2, (d)(3).)
A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the City Council on the advice of its legal counsel, based on the below-described existing facts and circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the City:
Statement made outside an open meeting of the City (Gov. Code, § 54956.9, subd. (e) (5).)
Name of Person: Kathleen N. Mastagni Storm, Esq. on behalf of IAFF Local 4110 Nature of Matter: During a phone call at approximately 4:44 pm on Friday, April 22,2022, Ms. Storm made a threat of litigation to the City Attorney, specifically alleging a violation of the MOU between the City and IAFF Local 4110 and threatened legal action regarding the same. A record of the statement was made Auburn City Council Minutes 4/25/2022
by the City Attorney prior to the meeting and is available for public inspection in the City Clerk's office.
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL; INITIATION OF LITIGATION (Gov. Code, § 54956.9, subd. (d) (4).)
Number of Potential Cases: 1
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Amara stated there was no reportable action.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Amara adjourned the meeting, without vote and by consensus at 6:00 p.m., to the Regular Session.
(Sandra Amara, Mayor
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Amy Lind, City Clerk
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