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CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
FEBRUARY 7, 2023, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER 3RD FLOOR
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Rosario Diaz
Mayor Pro Tem Brian Tabatabai
Councilman Tony Wu
Councilwoman Letty Lopez-Viado
Councilman Ollie Cantos
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Session Meeting was called to order by Mayor Rosario Diaz on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Management Resource Center Conference Room Chambers, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California Council Members
Present: Council Members Tony Wu, Letty Lopez-Viado, Ollie Cantos, Mayor Pro Tem Brian Tabatabai, Mayor Rosario Diaz
Council Members
Absent: None
City Staff: David Carmany City Manager, Thomas Duarte City Attorney, Roxanne Lerma Assistant City Manager, Paulina Morales Assistant City Manager, Stephanie Sikkema Finance Director, Lisa Handy, Interim Human Resources and Risk Management Director, Deputy City Attorney Jamar Boyd-Weatherby
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None
CLOSED SESSION
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION - Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)
1. John Caropino v. City of West Covina, (PERB Case No. LA-CE-1617)
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Carmany, Duarte
Employee Organizations
• Confidential Employees
• Maintenance & Crafts Employees
• Non-Sworn
• W.C. Police Officers' Association
• W.C. Firefighters' Management Assoc.
• W.C. Firefighters' Association, I.A.F.F., Local 3226
• General Employees
Mid-Management Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
Department Heads
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VErmer, on a vote of 5-0, Counci directed staff to pay Plaintif $55,000 and in return the Plaintiff agreed to dismiss his complaint.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Diaz and the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 pm. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday February 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the Management Resource Center, 3rd Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
Submitted by:
Assistant City Clerk
Nasano Nias
Rosario Diaz
Mayor