[CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:08]
          AND FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL
FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME? NO MAYOR, WE DO NOT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, COULD THE CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE TAKE
US INTO CLOSED SESSION? 
          [CLOSED SESSION]
THANK YOU. MAYOR WE'LL BE ADJOURNING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION UNDER
GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9 SUBSECTION D1, AND THAT CASE WILL BE MERCADO VERSUS THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 
          CASE NUMBER 37-2022-00007575. 
          THE SECOND ITEM WILL BE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO
LITIGATION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 SUBSECTIONS D 2 AND E 3 AND THAT WILL INVOLVE THE LIABILITY CLAIM SUBMITTED BY MR. ALFREDO CORTEZ. 
          AND THE LAST ITEM WILL BE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54957.6. 
          THAT WILL INVOLVE THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS, THE CCEA, THE CFA AND THE CPOA AND THE
CITY'S NEGOTIATORS WILL BE LAURA ROCHA, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. 
          JUDY VON KALINOWSKI, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. 
          ZACH KORACH FINANCE DIRECTOR. 
          BRIGID DRURY, FINANCE MANAGER. 
          JEREMY BATES SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. 
          SILVANO RODRIGUEZ SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. 
          DEBBIE PORTER, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. 
          AND TIM DAVIS WITH BURKE WILLIAMS AND SORENSEN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.