SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
August15, 2023, 4:30 pm.
City Council Chamber - 1243 National City Boulevard
National City, CA
Present: Councilmember Bush
Councilmember Rodriguez
Councilmember Yamane
Vice-Mayor Molina
Mayor Morrison
Others Present: Ben Martinez, Interim City Manager
Barry Schultz, City Attorney
Tonya Hussain, Executive Secretary
Carlos Aguirre, Acting Deputy City ManagerlHousing Authority Director
Molly Brennan, Administrative Services Director
Jose Tellez, Chief of Police
Rod Coppedge, Sullivan Attorneys (via Zoom)
William Pate, Devaney Pate Morris & Cameron
1. CALL TO ORDER
A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 4:37 pm. via teleconference and in the Council Chamber, locaied in City Hall, 1243 National City Boulevard, National City, California.
2. ROLL CALL
Councilmembers present: Bush, Rodriguez, Yamane, Molina, Morrison
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Councilmember Bush led the Pledge of Allegiance.
CLOSED SESSION
Members retired into the Closed Session at 4:40 pm. (Bush, Rodriguez, Yamane, Molina, Morrison, Schultz, Martinez, Brennan, Tellez, and Coppedge (via Zoom». All remained in Closed Session with the exception of Brennan and Coppedge who left the Closed Session Meeting Room at 4:55 pm. At 4:55 pm. Pate entered the Closed Session Meeting Room.
At 5:51 pm. Man‘inez exited the Closed Session Meeting Room. At 5:55 pm. Te/Iez exited the Closed Session Meeting Room. Pate exited the Closed Session Room at 5:58 pm. All members returned to the open session at 5:58 pm. with members present in attendance:
Bush, Rodriguez, Yamane, Molina, Morrison, and Schultz.
4.1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
Name of Case: Jeffrey Meeks v. City of National City
WCAB
Case No: ADJ12677504
4.2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9 (d) (1)
Name of Case: Cummins v City of National City. et al.
San Diego County Superior Court
Case No: 37-2022-00004671-CU-OE—CTL
4.3. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Government Code Section 54957.6
Position to be filled: Interim City Manager
Mayor Morrison announced that actions taken in Closed Session would be reported at the Regular City Council Meeting following this meeting at 6:00 pm.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Morrison adjourned to the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of National City, on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 6:00 pm. in the Council Chamber, located in City Hall, 1243 National City Boulevard, National City, California.
The meeting adjourned at 5:58 pm.
4 cutive Secretary
The foregoing minutes were approved at the Regular Mee .ng of September 19, 2023.
Morrison, Mayor