NOTICE AND CALL OF AN EMERGENCY MEETING BY MAYOR VINATIERI
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WHITTIER CITY COUNCIL
WHITTIER REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY
WHITTIER UTILITY AUTHORITY
EMERGENCY MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBER, 13230 PENN STREET
JULY 16, 2025, 6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER - CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Vinatieri called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Joseph A. Vinatieri, Mayor
Octavio Martinez, Mayor Pro Tem
Fernando Dutra, Council Member
Mary Ann Pacheco, Council Member (6:16 p.m.)
Cathy Warner, Council Member (6:03 p.m.)
City Attorney Colins provided the details under which a Closed Session item can be added under Government Code Section 54956.5(c).
MOTION
Council Member Dutra moved and Council Member Warner seconded a motion to add a Closed Session item to the emergency meeting regarding one case impairing public health due to the disruption of waste hauling services. The question was called and the motion carried 4-0-1, Council Member Pacheco absent.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION
The public is invited to comment on any closed session item listed below. Public comment is limited to only items listed on this agenda.
Javier Garcia, Alex Rocha, Magdalena Moe, and Veronica Garcia provided public comment on the Closed Session item regarding calling an emergency meeting and waste hauling.
4. CLOSED SESSION
4.A. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation, significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
One Case impairing public health due to the disruption of waste hauling services.
City Council went into Closed Session.
Whittier City Council/Redevelopment Successor Agency/Utility Authority Emergency Meeting - July 16, 2025
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5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Collins reported from the Closed Session that Council Member Warner made a motion, seconded by Council Member Dutra, to declare a Public Health Emergency related to the Closed Session discussion. The motion was called to a vote and passed unanimously. The City will be issuing a press release with further details in the coming days.
6. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Vinatieri adjourned the meeting at 7:05 p.m.