CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEETING Alma Hernandez, Mayor Jenalee Dawson, Mayor Pro Tem Amit Pal, Councilmember Parise Shepherd, Councilmember Princess Washington, Councilmember CITY OF SUISUN CITY CITY COUNCIL NOTICE AND AGENDA OF EMERGENCY MEETING Called pursuant to Government Code § 54956.5 DATE Saturday, August 8, 2026 TIME 11:00 a.m. PLACE City Council Chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd,, Suisun City, California CALLED BY Mayor Alma Hernandez or: a majority of the City Council NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an emergency meeting of the City Council of the City of Suisun City is called for the date, time, and place stated above. This meeting is called pursuant to Government Code section 54956.5 because an emergency situation exists involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities, namely a cybersecurity incident that has compromised City information technology systems and required the shutdown of systems supporting Police and Fire Department operations. No business other than that described below will be transacted or discussed. Gov. Code §§ 54956(a), 54956.5(d). IMPORTANT — NO REMOTE PARTICIPATION OR WEBCAST. Because of the incident described above, the City’s internet, telephone, and broadcasting systems are unavailable. This meeting will be held entirely in person. There will be no webcast, no call-in option, and no online public comment. Members of the public who wish to observe or comment must attend in person. All votes will be taken by roll call. Government Code section 54953.4 does not require remote access for a meeting held under section 54956.5 (§ 54953.4(b)(1)(A)(i)(II)(ie)), and the City is not an eligible legislative body under that section. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL (11:00 A.M.) The Mayor shall call the meeting to order. The City Clerk shall call the roll and record the members present. 2. DETERMINATION THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS Consideration of a motion determining, by majority vote of the members of the City Council, that an emergency situation exists within the meaning of Government Code section 54956.5(a)(1) — specifically, a crippling activity that severely impairs public safety — and that prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS Members of the public may address the City Council on any item described in this notice, before or during the Council’s consideration of that item. Gov. Code § 54954.3(a)(3). Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. Because this is not a regular meeting, public comment is limited to the items described in this notice.
4. RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY a. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-____: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Suisun City Proclaiming the Existence of a Local Emergency Arising from the August 2026 Cyber Incident, and Confirming and Delegating Emergency Authority 5. ADJOURNMENT POSTING AND ACCESSIBILITY This notice and agenda were posted at Suisun City Hall on August 8, 2026 at 10 a.m. Because of the incident described above, the City’s website may be unavailable; the 24-hour posting requirement does not apply to a meeting called under Government Code section 54956.5. Gov. Code § 54956.5(b)(1). In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk at 707-421-7300 as far in advance of the meeting as possible. Every effort will be made to accommodate requests received on short notice. Materials related to an item on this agenda that are distributed to the City Council less than 72 hours prior to the meeting are available for public inspection at 701 Civic Center Blvd, Suisun City, CA 94585. Gov. Code § 54957.5.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY RATIFYING THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES’ PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY, PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY ARISING FROM THE AUGUST 2026 CYBER INCIDENT, AND CONFIRMING AND DELEGATING EMERGENCY AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Chapter 2.32 of Title 2 of the Suisun City Municipal Code designates the City Manager as the Director of Emergency Services and empowers the Director to proclaim a local emergency if the City Council is not in session, subject to ratification by the City Council within seven days; and WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630(a) provides that a local emergency may be proclaimed by the governing body of a city or by an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, and section 8630(b) provides that a proclamation by a designated official shall not remain in effect for more than seven days unless ratified by the governing body; and WHEREAS, conditions of disaster and of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City, caused by the introduction of malicious software into City information technology systems and the resulting compromise of those systems, commencing on or about 5:45 am on the 7th day of August, 2026, at which time the City Council of the City of Suisun City was not in session; and WHEREAS, in order to contain the compromise, prevent further propagation, and preserve evidence for the ongoing federal criminal investigation, the City has shut down and forced the entire network shutdown, including systems supporting Police and Fire Department operations; and WHEREAS, as a result, the FBI and Homeland Security were contacted and the City Manager started Emergency Operations Command. The Emergency Operation Command will remain active throughout the incident. The compromising of the information technology systems impacted public safety, including dispatch, records, mobile data, 911 routing, radio and affected city services; and WHEREAS, the City has activated its Emergency Operations Center and is coordinating its response with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Solano Operational Area, and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; and WHEREAS, the technical, forensic, and operational resources required to contain, investigate, and remediate this incident, and to maintain essential public safety services during remediation, are beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions and of state and federal agencies to combat; and WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the aforesaid described conditions of disaster and extreme peril did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency; and WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services did proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the City on the 8 day of August, 2026, a copy of which Proclamation is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Suisun City as follows: Section 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference as findings of the City Council. Section 2. Findings. The City Council finds and determines that conditions of disaster and of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist within the City; that those conditions are, and are likely to remain, beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City; and that they require the combined forces of other political subdivisions and of state and federal agencies to combat, within the meaning of SCMC § 2.32.020 and Government Code section 8558(c)(1).
Section 3. Ratification. The Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services on the7th day of August, 2026, attached as Exhibit A, is hereby ratified and confirmed in its entirety pursuant to SCMC § 2.32.060(A) and Government Code section 8630(b). Section 4. Proclamation of Local Emergency. Independently of the ratification in Section 3, the City Council hereby proclaims that a local emergency exists throughout the City of Suisun City arising from the August 2026 Cyber Incident. Section 5. Emergency Powers of the Director. During the existence of this local emergency, the Director of Emergency Services shall exercise the powers set forth in SCMC § 2.32.070 and Government Code section 8634, including the authority to promulgate written orders and regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property as affected by this emergency. Any such orders and regulations shall be in writing, shall be given widespread publicity and notice as required by Government Code section 8634, and shall be presented to the City Council for confirmation at the earliest practicable time and in any event at the next regular meeting of the City Council. Section 6. Continuity of Public Safety Services. The Director is authorized and directed to take all actions necessary to maintain essential police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch and response services during the emergency, including requesting and accepting mutual aid through the Solano Operational Area and entering into temporary operational agreements with other public agencies for dispatch, records, communications, and related support. Section 7. Emergency Contracting Authority. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Suisun City Municipal Code or of the City’s purchasing policies, and in addition to the authority conferred by SCMC § 2.32.070(B), the City Manager is authorized during the existence of this local emergency to negotiate and execute agreements for goods and services necessary to respond to, investigate, contain, remediate, and recover from the incident, including digital forensics and incident response, legal services, notification and credit monitoring services, temporary information technology staffing and equipment, and public communications support, in a cumulative amount not to exceed $75,000 subject to each of the following conditions: (a) Each such agreement shall be reviewed and approved as to form by the City Attorney prior to execution. (b) No agreement for incident response, forensic, notification, or legal services shall be executed until the City’s insurer or risk-sharing pool has been given notice of the incident and afforded the opportunity to consent to the engagement, unless the City Attorney determines in writing that delay would materially prejudice the City. (c) Each such agreement shall be reported to the City Council, and presented for ratification, at the next regular meeting of the City Council following execution. (d) This authority shall expire upon termination of the local emergency or upon action of the City Council, whichever occurs first. Section 8. Extortion or Ransom Demands Reserved to the City Council. No payment, transfer of value, or commitment to pay shall be made to any person or entity in response to any extortion demand, ransom demand, or similar demand arising from this incident except upon express prior authorization of the City Council. No City officer, employee, agent, or contractor shall communicate with any person believed to be responsible for this incident except through counsel designated by the City Attorney and in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Section 9. Preservation of Records and Evidence. All City officers and employees are directed to preserve all records, data, devices, logs, activity logs, and communications relating to this incident, and routine destruction of records under the City’s retention schedules adopted pursuant to Government Code section 34090 is suspended as to all such materials until further order. No affected system shall be reimaged, wiped, or rebuilt until forensic preservation has been completed in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the City’s forensic consultant.
Section 10. Expenditures. Pursuant to SCMC § 2.32.120, any expenditures made in connection with emergency activities under this Resolution, including mutual aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the City. Section 11. Authorized Agent; Alternate Meeting Location; Notifications. The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is designated as the authorized agent of the City for the purpose of receipt, processing, and coordination of all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available county, state, and federal assistance. To the extent it is unsafe or infeasible to meet at the regular meeting place by reason of this emergency, the presiding officer or the presiding officer’s designee is authorized to designate an alternate meeting place within the City for the duration of the emergency and to give notice thereof as provided in Government Code section 54954(e). The Director is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Solano Operational Area and, through it, to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; to coordinate with the California Cybersecurity Integration Center, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and to make such notifications as may be required by law, including any notification required by Civil Code section 1798.29 upon determination that personal information was acquired by an unauthorized person. Section 12. Request for State Assistance Reserved. The Director of Emergency Services is authorized, pursuant to SCMC § 2.32.060(B), to request that the Governor proclaim a state of emergency and to request state and federal assistance if, in the Director’s judgment, locally available resources are inadequate to cope with the emergency. Any such request shall be reported to the City Council at its next meeting. Section 13. Duration, Review, and Termination. The local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council. The City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every sixty (60) days until the City Council terminates the local emergency, and shall proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. Gov. Code § 8630(c), (d). The City Manager shall place a review item on a City Council agenda not later than October 6, 2026. Section 14. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution is held invalid, the remainder of this Resolution shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect. Section 15. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at an Emergency Meeting of the City Council of the City of Suisun City duly held on August 8, 2026, by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBERS AYES: ____________________________________________________ COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: ____________________________________________________ COUNCILMEMBERS ABSTAIN: ____________________________________________________ COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: ____________________________________________________ __________________________________________ Alma Hernandez, Mayor ATTEST: __________________________________________ City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: __________________________________________ City Attorney