CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
MARCH 19, 2024, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER 3RD FLOOR
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Brian Calderon Tabatabai
Mayor Pro Tern Tony Wu
Councilwoman Letty Lopez-Viado
Councilman 011ie Cantos
Councilwoman Rosario Diaz
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Session Meeting was called to order by Mayor Calderon Tabatabai on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 6:02 p.m., in the Management Resource Center, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
ROLL CALL
Council Members
Present: Council Members Rosario Diaz, 011ie Cantos (Arrived at 6:05), Letty Lopez- Viado, Mayor Pro Tern Wu, Mayor Brian Calderon Tabatabai
Absent: None
City Staff: Paulina Morales, Acting City Manager, Richard Bell, Chief of Police, Thomas Duarte, City Attorney, Stephanie Sikkema, Finance Director and Interim Human Resources and Risk Management Director, Michael Wroniak and Joung Yim City Attorney — Collins + Collins.
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. Garik Derderian v. City of West Covina (LA Superior Court Case No. 22STCV16457)
2. Huynh vs. City of West Covina, et al. (LA Superior Court, Case No. 22STCV33466)
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION - Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2)
Number of Cases: One (1)
3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Morales, 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
REPORTING OUT
City Attorney Thomas Duarte reported that no action was taken during the Closed Session Meeting
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Regular Closed Meeting was made by Mayor Calderon Tabatabai, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:37 p.m. The next regularly scheduled Regular Closed City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the Management Resource Center 3rd Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
Submitted By:
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Lisa SI errick
Assist t City Clerk
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