CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION
MEETING LOCATION:
Orinda Library Auditorium
26 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563
Monday, November 3, 2025
6:30 PM
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
City Council
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How to follow or participate in the meeting:
• Members of the public may speak under Item B.2, Public Comments of Closed Session Matters.
• Public comments may also be submitted in advance of the meeting by following the instructions below:
Send your e-mail to [email protected] by 3pm on the day of the meeting. Those e-mails will be forwarded to the City Council. They will also be made a part of the public record and be available to view in the public review binder at Orinda City Hall, 22 Orinda Way. In addition, they will be available electronically by 5pm on the day of the meeting by selecting the date of the meeting in this Box account link: https://tinyurl.com/OrindaPublic-Comments A. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Councilmembers: Darlene Gee, Cara Hoxie, Janet Riley
Vice Mayor Brandyn Iverson, Mayor Latika Malkani
B. CLOSED SESSION
1. OPEN SESSION IDENTIFICATION of Closed Session Matters
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS of Closed Session Matters
3. CLOSED SESSION
a. CITY CITY MANAGER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957, performance evaluation of City Manager Linda Smith.
b. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6, conference with the City’s designated labor negotiators (Councilmembers Gee and Riley), City Manager.
City Council
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4. OPEN SESSION REPORT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION
C. ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Orinda City Council will be held on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 7:00 PM.
Please visit the City’s website at www.cityoforinda.org to view the City Council Calendar.
I, Sheri Marie Smith, City Clerk, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this special meeting agenda has been posted at least 24 hours in advance at the Orinda City Hall, 22 Orinda Way and the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way.
Additional copies are available at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way, and at the City’s website at www.cityoforinda.org. At least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, this agenda was also delivered to and received by each member of the City Council as well as each local newspaper, radio station and television station requesting written notice of special meetings.
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