MINU TES
Special Closed Sess ion Meeting
City of Gardena City Council
Thursday, May 19, 2022
In order to minimize the spread of the COVID 19 virus, Governor Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 361. Please be advised that the Council Chambers are closed to the public and that some, or all, of the Gardena City Council Members, may attend this meeting telephonically.
The Special Closed Session Meeting of the City Council of the City of Gardena, California, was called to order at 6:09 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2022, via Zoom and in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California; Mayor Tasha Cerda presiding.
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Tasha Cerda; Mayor Pro Tern Rodney G. Tanaka; Council Member Mark E.
Henderson; Council Member Art Kaskanian; Council Member Paulette C. Francis; Other City Officials and Employees present: City Attorney Carmen Vasquez; and City Clerk Mina Semenza.
At 6:10 p.m., the City Council recessed into Closed Session in the Management Information Center of the Council Chambers at City Hall, with the following in attendance: Mayor Tasha Cerda; Mayor Pro Tern Rodney G. Tanaka; Council Member Mark E. Henderson; Council Member Art Kaskanian; Council Member Paulette C. Francis; Other City Officials and Employees present: City Attorney Carmen Vasquez; and Attorney Scott Tiedemann.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION - None
3. CLOSED SESSION
3.A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager
3.B PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE
California Government Code Section 54957
4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT - No reportable action was taken.
5. ADJOURNMENT
At 7:12 p.m., Mayor Cerda adjourned the Gardena City Council Special Closed Session Meeting to the Closed Session portion of the City Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m., and the Regular City Council Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
MINA SEMENZA
City Clerk of the City of Gardena and
Ex-officio Clerk of the Council
Tasha Cerda, Mayor
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Becky Romero, Deputy City Clerk
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