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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
38300 SIERRA HIGHWAY
SUITE B
PALMDALE, CA 93550
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2022
4:30 PM
www.cityofpalmdale.org
WELCOME
City Council
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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4:30 P.M.
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
MAYOR PRO TEM LOA, COUNCILMEMBERS BETTENCOURT, BISHOP
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
The public is invited to comment on any closed session item listed below. Please submit a Speaker's Form to the City Clerk
BEFORE
this portion of the meeting begins. Each
person addressing the Council is customarily given up to three minutes to speak (with double the time allotted to non-English speakers using a translator). The amount of time authorized may be adjusted by the chair. If you wish to provide information to the Council, please present the City Clerk with 7 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the administrative record. If you are attending the meeting by phone, please press *9 to "raise your hand." If attending by personal computer, please click the "raise your hand" button. Press *6 to un-mute yourself, state your name and begin speaking.
4. PRESENTATION BY CITY ATTORNEY
4.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
John J. Murphy v. City of Palmdale
City Council
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
2 Los Angeles County Superior Court Case Number: 22STCV22544 Related City Claim Number: 2022-007
4.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Shanae Smith, Patricia Nevarez and Michael "Mike" Behen vs. City of Palmdale, et al.
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Case No. 22STCV18219
This closed session is being held pursuant to the authority of California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1).
5. ANNOUNCEMENT BY CITY ATTORNEY
6. ADJOURNMENT
City Council
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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