Corey Middleton, Mayor
Paul McCoy, Mayor Pro tempore
Colleen Baker, Councilmember
Drake Davis, Councilmember
James Clair, Councilmember CALIFORNY
YREKA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 5:30 PM
Yreka City Council Chamber, 701 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA 96097 Phone 530-841-2386, Facsimile 530-842-4836, email: [email protected] Regular Meetings of the Yreka City Council are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.
The full agenda packet can be found on the City's website at www.yrekaca.gov/AgendaCenter. Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to any item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection 72 hours before each regularly scheduled meeting, and 24 hours before each special meeting, at the City Clerk's office at City Hall, located at 701 4th St, Yreka, California during normal business hours. Any writing that is subject to disclosure that relates to an agenda item for open session distributed less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be available for public inspection at the City Clerk's office during normal business hours.
Materials distributed to a majority of councilmembers less than 72 hours before a meeting will be available for public inspection on the City's website at www.yrekaca.gov/AgendaCenter.
Please note the following change to the City's public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted.
Public comment may be provided in-person or via email, as set forth below. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. to the City Clerk prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person. " Written comments will be distributed to the Councilmembers but will not be read aloud at the meeting.
1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The meeting was called to order at 5:32 pm.
Councilmembers Clair, Davis, Baker, McCoy & Middleton are present.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEM:
Public comment received by Jan Osborn
3. CLOSED SESSION:
The City Council will recess to Closed Session to discuss the following items). At the conclusion of the Closed Session, Open Session will reconvene and reportable action, if any, will be announced:
a. Conference with legal counsel-existing litigation (Govt C §54956.9(d)(1)) Welch v. City of Yreka - Siskiyou County Case Number SCSCCVPT2021-944 b. Public Employee Appointment (Govt Code Section §54957)
Position: Interim City Manager
4. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
Announcement of any action taken by the City Council in Closed Session required by the Ralph M. Brown Act. (Government Code § 54950 et. seq.)
Open session reconvened at 7:32 pm
Closed session item 3.a: No reportable action.
Closed session item 3.b: The city council has directed unanimously that a contract be brought back for adoption at the May 6" City Council meeting, to appoint John Elsnab as Interim City Manager. That item will be brought back for a vote, presentation, and consideration at that meeting.
5. ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 7:34 pm
Mayor of the City of Yreka
Minutes approved by City Council
Motion on May 6, 2025
Cyndy Prohaska, City Clerk