[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:14] DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. MAYOR. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. [CLOSED SESSION] THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON FOR CLOSED SESSION TODAY. THE FIRST ITEM IS TO MEET WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT TO INITIATE LITIGATION OF ONE CASE. THAT CLOSED SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 SUBDIVISION D4. YOUR SECOND ITEM, WHICH YOU DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY, IS TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS, SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT. THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION. INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGER. THAT CLOSED SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957, AND THE LAST CLOSED SESSION IS ALSO TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS TO HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS. THE CITY'S NEGOTIATORS ARE MAYOR KEITH BLACKBURN AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN LUNA. THE UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEE WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS IS THE CITY ATTORNEY. THAT CLOSED SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6. AND BECAUSE I'M PERSONALLY INTERESTED IN THE OUTCOME OF THAT MATTER, THE COUNCIL WILL BE ASSISTED BY ALISON ALPERT OF BEST, BEST AND KRIEGER. WE'RE MEETING IN THREE. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.