City Council
Mayor Neysa Hinton
Vice Mayor Diana Rich
Sandra Maurer
Jill McLewis
Stephen Zollman
City Manager
Larry McLaughlin
[email protected]
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
Mary Gourley
[email protected]
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
MINUTES FOR Special Meeting/Closed Session Meeting of November 1,, 2023 As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of November 7, 2023 The City Council Regular meeting was held in Person and by Remote/Virtual Teleconferencing Pursuant to Current Brown Act Rules and Regulations.
Please note that minutes are not meant to be verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City’s record of Actions Taken (Approved Motion of Agenda Item(s)).
6:00 pm Convene Special City Council Meeting – CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION Call to Order: Vice Mayor Rich called the Special meeting to order at 6:00pm Roll Call:
Present:
Mayor Neysa Hinton (Arrived: 6:15 pm)
Vice Mayor Diana Gardner Rich
Councilmember Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Jill McLewis
Councilmember Stephen Zollman
Absent: None
Staff: City Manager/Attorney Larry McLaughlin
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Mary Gourley
Ed Grutzmacher, Outside Legal Counsel, Meyers Nave
Kerrie McNally, Outside Legal Counsel, McNally and Associates Deborah Muchmore, MuchmoreThanConsulting, HR Consultant PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S):
(Prior to adjournment into Closed Session, the public may speak up to 3 minutes on items to be addressed in Closed Session).
Michael Carnacchi commented as follows: Encouraged all to do whatever can keep in place. Discussed numbers and what Sebastopol has done compared to other cities. Attack on court of public opinion. Picking on us. Others have no homeless accommodations. Political front to be fought. Not so much local ACLU chapter. Might be able to put pressure on person in San Francisco parking cars in safe parking spots. Embarrassment. Supreme Court case to look at Boise case. Stall or put them off be in favor of parking ordinance. Reached out to Barlow and Barney Aldrige and his attorney and they want to fight this too and help pro bono and the have a PR marketing firm. Encourage to fight. Robert Muelrath may step in pro bono.
ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION: Vice Mayor Rich adjourned the open session of the meeting to the closed session 6:07 pm
Agenda Item Number: 8 Agenda Item Number: 8
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: November 7, 2023
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel: Anticipated Litigation Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(b):
(One Case)Conference with Legal Counsel
Added Item:
2. Conference with Legal Counsel: Anticipated Litigation Public Employee Discipline, Dismissal or Release Pursuant to Government Code §54957 (One Case)Conference with Legal Counsel
3. Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9)
DAVID ALLEN YESUE, MICHAEL W. DEEGAN, PAIGE ELIGHTZA CORLEY, JESSICA MARIE WETCH, and SONOMA COUNTY ACTS OF KINDNESS Versus City of Sebastopol (One Case)
4. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Government Code section 54957 (b)
Title: City Clerk
Item Number 4 has been removed.
Reference Order Number: 2023-235
No Report Out
ADJOURNMENT OF CLOSED SESSION: Mayor Hinton adjourned the closed session at 9:45 pm RECONVENE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING (OPEN SESSION): Mayor Hinton reconvened the open session at 9:46 pm.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION: There was no report out of the closed session.
ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Mayor Hinton adjourned the November 1, 2023 City Council Special Meeting/Closed Session at 9:47 pm to the Next Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting of November 7, 2023 In person and zoom virtual meeting format to be held at 6:00 p.m. In person meeting to be held at the Sebastopol Youth Annex, 425 Morris Street, Sebastopol, Ca.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary Gourley
Assistant City Manager/Attorney/City Clerk
Agenda Item Number: 8
Agenda Item Number: 8
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: November 7, 2023