JANUARY 7, 2025, 5:30 PM
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 150 CITY PARK WAY
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* City Council Members will be participating from the Council Chamber. Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: the Council Chambers, 150 City Park Way, Brentwood CA As a courtesy and technology permitting, members of the public may provide remote public comment during public hearings and on business items via the City’s Zoom Platform. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to teleconferencing technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. In those instances, so long as the public may still attend the meeting in person, the meeting will continue. In addition, the Zoom participation option is provided to the public as a courtesy in order to facilitate participation. If Zoom participation is not enabled, the meeting will continue with public attendance in person only. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person.
HOW PARTICIPATE
The public is invited to participate in the City Council meeting using any of the following methods:
1. IN PERSON:
a. Members of the public can provide in-person comments in the Council Chambers.
Members of the public are encouraged, but not required, to fill out a speaker card. The Council Chambers will have seating available for members of the public to attend in person up to full seating capacity.
2. REMOTE (if enabled): Remarks by members of the public participating via Zoom are limited to speaking on items listed under public hearings; business items; and requests for future agendas items, existing requests. Zoom participation during the general public comment period will not be accepted, except in the event a City Council Member is participating remotely under the provisions of Government Code § 54953 (f). a. Zoom: www.brentwoodca.gov/vcc or Zoom Webinar ID: 760 1397 0037 b. Zoom Phone Numbers. Dial Toll Free: (833) 548-0276 or (833) 548-0282 or (877) 853-5247.
c. During the meeting, each period for public comment will be announced, and participants may use the “Raise Hand” feature on Zoom to request to speak. (If you need instructions on how to use this feature, please contact the City Clerk by noon of the meeting date at [email protected] or 925.516.5182.)
3. E-MAIL
a. Public comments can also be submitted via e-mail to [email protected].
Any public comments received up until 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date will be:
1. distributed to the Council via email before the meeting,
2. posted online for public inspection at www.brentwoodca.gov/meetings and
3. later summarized in the meeting minutes.
b. As e-mails containing public meeting comments are part of the official record, note that personal contact information may be published if it is included with your e-mail.
4. TO WATCH OR LISTEN ONLY:
a. The public may view the meeting via one-way video feed by selecting the video option at the City Council Agendas’ link on the City webpage at www.brentwoodca.gov or via the City’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofbrentwoodca
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Zoom Webinar ID: 760 1397 0037
January 7, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
City Council Chambers
150 City Park Way
Brentwood, CA 94513
City Council Zoom Link
A. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. PUBLIC COMMENTS
The public is permitted to speak on items that are listed on the Closed Session agenda.
In Person: Please file a speaker’s card with the City Clerk on the form provided on the counter at the back of the Chambers.
Zoom: Please use the Raise Your Hand feature in Zoom during this item to speak under Public Comments.
Members of the public wishing to speak during the public discussion of items that are on the agenda are requested to fill out the speaker form provided and hand the card to the City Clerk at the beginning of (or during) the meeting. Pursuant to Council/Administrative Policy, Meeting Rules and Procedures section 5.2 (Decorum Generally – Public), comments by members of the public are generally limited to five minutes, or less time if a large number of speakers is anticipated, or if approved by the Mayor. A speaker may not allocate his or her time to another speaker. All remarks shall be addressed to the Mayor. Speakers are urged to avoid unnecessary repetition in their remarks and instead simply indicate a agreement with previous speakers.
Speakers desiring answers to questions, at the invitation of the Mayor, may have a staff member provide a brief response. Alternately, a staff member may follow up directly with the speaker during regular City business hours.
D. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
D.1 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
[Gov’t. Code § 54957.6]
City Designated Representatives:
Tim Ogden, City Manager
Sukari Beshears, Director of Human Resources/Risk Manager Kerry Breen, City Treasurer/Director of Finance and Information Systems Gregory Ramirez, IEDA
Employee Organizations:
Brentwood Managers and Confidential Employees’ Association Brentwood Supervisors and Professional Employees’ Association Brentwood Employees’ Association/Miscellaneous Office Division Brentwood Employees’ Association/Public Works Division
Unrepresented Employees:
Assistant City Manager; Directors of Community Development, Finance and Information Systems/City Treasurer, Human Resources/Risk Manager, Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Engineering/City Engineer; Chief of Police; Assistant Directors of Finance and Information Systems and Public Works; Police Captains; Assistant City Attorney; and Deputy City Attorney
A closed session will be held on January 7, 2025, for the purpose of reviewing the City Council’s position and instructing its designated representative regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of its represented and unrepresented employees, as applicable, and for represented employees, any other matter within the statutorily-provided scope of representation. [Gov’t. Code §54957.6].
D.2 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
[Gov’t. Code §54957]
Title: City Manager
A closed session will be held on January 7, 2025, for the purpose of considering the above-described matter. [Gov’t. Code §54957].
E. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
F. REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION
(If any) - Any reportable action will also be reported at the City Council meeting of January 14, 2025. You may also contact the City Clerk's office prior to that date for this information.
G. ADJOURNMENT
Any disclosable public records related to an agenda item for the open session of this meeting distributed to all or a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours before this meeting is available for inspection at City Hall, located at 150 City Park Way, during normal business hours.
These writings will also be available for review at the City Council meeting in the public access binder in the entrance of the City Council Chambers.
Public comments received after 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date, but prior to the start of the meeting, will be emailed to the City Council, posted online at www.brentwoodca.gov/councilmeetingonline within one day following the meeting, and will be summarized in the meeting minutes.
The Closed Captioning provided via Zoom is auto generated. It is not the official record and is provided as a convenience.
If you challenge the any of the matters listed under 'Public Hearings' in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Brentwood City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing
NOTICE
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the meeting room is wheelchair accessible and disabled parking is available at the City Hall parking lot. If you are a person with a disability and you need disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (925) 516-5440 or fax (925) 516-5441. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. {28 CFR 35.102-35, 104 ADA Title II}
POSTING STATEMENT
On January 6, 2025, a true and correct copy of this agenda was posted on the City Hall Bulletin Board, outside City Hall, 150 City Park Way, Brentwood, CA 94513 and at our website www.brentwoodca.gov
A complete packet of information is available for public review at City Hall or on our website at www.brentwoodca.gov
MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
CONCERNING A CLOSED SESSION BEFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Katherine Wisinski, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Closed Session
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
[Gov’t. Code § 54957.6]
City Designated Representatives: Tim Ogden, City Manager Sukari Beshears, Director of Human Resources/Risk
Manager
Kerry Breen, City Treasurer/Director of Finance and
Information Systems
Gregory Ramirez, IEDA
Employee Organizations: Brentwood Managers and Confidential Employees’ Association Brentwood Supervisors and Professional Employees’ Association Brentwood Employees’ Association/Miscellaneous Office Division Brentwood Employees’ Association/Public Works Division
Unrepresented Employees: Assistant City Manager; Directors of Community Development, Finance and Information Systems/City Treasurer, Human
Resources/Risk Manager, Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Engineering/City Engineer; Chief of Police; Assistant Directors of Finance and Information Systems and Public Works; Police Captains; Assistant City Attorney; and Deputy City Attorney A closed session will be held on January 7, 2025, for the purpose of reviewing the City Council’s position and instructing its designated representative regarding the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of its represented and unrepresented employees, as applicable, and for represented employees, any other matter within the statutorily-provided scope of representation. [Gov’t. Code §54957.6].
Approval of an agreement concluding labor negotiations with represented employees pursuant to Section 54957.6 shall be reported after the agreement is final and has been accepted or ratified by the other party. The report shall identify the item approved and the other party or parties to the negotiation.
Dated: January 2, 2025.
Katherine Wisinski
City Attorney
MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
CONCERNING A CLOSED SESSION
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Katherine Wisinski, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Closed Session
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
[Gov’t. Code §54957]
Title: City Manager
A closed session will be held on January 7, 2025, for the purpose of considering the abovedescribed matter. [Gov’t. Code §54957].
Any action taken by the City Council to appoint, employ, dismiss, accept the resignation of, or otherwise affect the employment status of the public employee in closed session pursuant to Section 54957 shall be disclosed at the public meeting during which the closed session is held; provided, however, that the dismissal or nonrenewal of an employment contract shall be deferred until the first public meeting following the exhaustion of administrative remedies, if any. [Gov’t.
Code §54957.1(a)(5)].
Any disclosures shall include the vote or abstention of each member.
Dated: January 2, 2025.
Katherine Wisinski
City Attorney