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          CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER PLEASE TAKE ROLL. 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
COUNCIL MEMBER LUNA. 
          PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKHOLDER. 
          PRESENT. MAY THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ACOSTA WILL BE A FEW MINUTES LATE. 
          SHE SAID SHE WILL BE ATTENDING THE CLOSED SESSION. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM BHAT-PATEL HERE. 
          AND MAYOR BLACKBURN PRESENT. 
          DO I GET TO SAY ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE? SINCE SHE CALLED AND SAID SHE WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE MEETING. 
          NO, SHE'S NOT PRESENT YET. 
          ALL RIGHT. FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE. 
          OKAY. PLEASE TAKE US INTO. 
          OH. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS. 
          PLEASE TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. 
          [CLOSED SESSION]
THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU HAVE TWO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS TONIGHT. 
          THE FIRST ITEM IS TO CONSIDER INITIATION OF LITIGATION ONE CASE. 
          AND THAT CLOSED SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 SUBDIVISION D4. 
          YOUR SECOND ITEM IS TO HAVE CONFERENCE WITH YOUR LABOR NEGOTIATORS. 
          AND THAT CLOSED SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6. 
          THE CITY'S NEGOTIATORS ARE GEOFF PATNOE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          LAURA ROCHA, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES JENNIFER TRUE, ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEY ZACH KORACH, FINANCE DIRECTOR DARRIN SCHWABE, ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR DEBBIE PORTER, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL TIM DAVIS OF BURKE,
WILLIAMS AND SORENSEN. 
          THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS FOR WHICH THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDER DISCUSSION ARE THE
CARLSBAD POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE CARLSBAD POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.