City Council Special Meeting Minutes – 9/3/2024 Page 1
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COUNCIL MEMBERS
Lisa Diaz Nash, Mayor
Rob Newsom Jr., Deputy Mayor
Rich Hedges
Amourence Lee
Adam Loraine
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Special Meeting Minutes
City Council
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
September 3, 2024
City Hall Council Chambers 5:00 PM
Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER at 5:00 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor Newsom, Council Members: Hedges, Lee, and Loraine AB 2449 Requests and Considerations for Meeting Participation by Teleconference due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances – there were no requests.
CLOSED SESSION
Following the opportunity for public comment, there were no speakers, the City Council convened into Closed Session at 5:05 p.m. to consider:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, Workers’ Compensation (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 Names of cases: Phaymany Syvongxay and John Bouthillier 2 Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) City designated representatives: Yumi Maeda, Karen Huang, Abby Veeser and Stacey Cue.
Employee Organizations: Police Sergeants’ Association, San Mateo City Employees Association, SEIU Maintenance and SEIU Non-Merit Part-Time
3. Conference With Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (One case) Council reconvened at 6:22 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
4. San Mateo Police Department Staffing Needs Assessment and Organizational Analysis - Presentation Ed Barbarini, Chief of Police, and Dave Peruzzaro, Police Captain, gave the presentation.
Public Comment: there were no speakers.
Council directed continued strategic planning focused on public safety, traffic management, and quality of life.
They supported expanding the homeless outreach team, enhancing traffic enforcement, increasing school resource officers (SROs), leveraging technology like drones and a real-time information center, and addressing the need for additional dispatchers.
City Council Special Meeting Minutes – 9/3/2024 Page 2
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ADJOURNMENT –The meeting adjourned at 7:13 p.m.
APPROVED BY: SUBMITTED BY:
Lisa Diaz Nash, Mayor Martin McTaggart, City Clerk