MINUTES
CITY OF UNION CITY
SPECIAL MEETING
GARY SINGH, Mayor
SCOTT SAKAKIHARA, Vice Mayor (District 4)
LANCE NISHIHIRA, Councilmember (District 1)
JAMIE PATIÑO, Councilmember (District 2)
JEFF WANG, Councilmember (District 3)
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 5:00 PM
City Hall – City Council Conference Room
34009 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Singh called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Present
Councilmember Nishihira
Councilmember Patiño
Councilmember Wang
Vice Mayor Sakakihara
Mayor Singh
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mayor Singh opened Oral Communications. Since there were no speakers, Mayor Singh closed Oral Communications.
4. BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS
4.a. Update on Current and Upcoming Board and Commission Vacancies and Recommended Recruitment Schedule
City Clerk Pham provided a staff presentation on current and upcoming board and commission vacancies, including a proposed recruitment timeline. The City Council concurred with the City Clerk’s recommendation to begin recruitment on June 3, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week of July 15, 2025, and to May 20, 2025 | 5:00 PM Page 2 of 2
City Council
Special Meeting Minutes
conduct fall recruitment starting September 2, 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week of October 7, 2025.
4.b. Continuation of Interviews for Open Seats on the Sales Tax and Utility Users’ Tax Oversight Committee and Discussion of Potential Appointments The Council interviewed the following applicants:
Sunil Varghese
Raymond Gonzalez
Victor Pulido Lopez
The Council deliberated to fill the vacancies on the Sales Tax and Utility Users’ Tax Oversight Committee. Appointments will be made on May 27, 2025.
14. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Singh adjourned the meeting at 6:38 PM.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and regularly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Union City on May 27, 2025.
Thai Nam Pham, MMC, CPMC
City Clerk