City Council Meetings — Special Agenda

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[1:04] Yeah, you

[2:20] can

[2:56] make

[3:02] it okay.

[3:03] >> Good morning.

[3:03] I will now call the Special

[3:04] City Council meeting of

[3:08] Wednesday, MAY 20th, 2026 to

[3:08] order.

[3:09] >> Clerk please call the roll.

[3:09] Thank you.

[3:10] Council PRESIDENT Council

[3:14] member Campbell Council Member

[3:15] Whitburn here Council Member

[3:21] Foster here Council Ron Wilpert

[3:22] Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[3:22] here Council Member Can you

[3:25] hear Council Member Moreno

[3:26] present Council Member Eli

[3:27] Rivera and Council PRESIDENT

[3:31] Look the PRESIDENT Also

[3:32] attending the meeting our city

[3:32] attorney Michelle Garland,

[3:33] independent budget analyst

[3:37] Charles Monaco and myself your

[3:37] city clerk Diana Fuentes.

[3:38] Thank you.

[3:38] Council PRESIDENT Right.

[3:43] This special meeting of

[3:43] the city council is limited to

[3:44] a special closed session agenda

[3:45] clerk Please read the closed

[3:49] session item into the record

[3:50] They Council PRESIDENT This is

[3:50] Conference with Legal Counsel

[3:51] Existing litigation pursuant to

[3:55] California government Code

[4:00] Section 5495 6.91 ac as one is

[4:01] Mary Brown at all versus Joe

[4:02] LaCava at all They intend to

[4:06] present.

[4:07] All right.

[4:07] Thank you.

[4:08] And with that please proceed

[4:08] with public comment.

[4:09] There is no public comment here

[4:11] in council chambers starting

[4:11] the five minute timer and going

[4:12] to those participating online.

[4:13] John Stump if you can please

[4:19] unmute.

[4:20] Good morning to the council.

[4:24] I have been observing

[4:25] the hearing and before Judge

[4:36] Oliver in Department 75 based

[4:36] on what I've heard and observed

[4:42] during those hearings I urge

[4:47] you to settle this matter.

[4:48] I don't think council your city

[4:53] attorney can detail for you

[4:59] the proceedings but I think

[5:05] there's a very good chance that

[5:06] the plaintiffs will prevail in

[5:06] this matter.

[5:11] Thank you very much.

[5:12] >> Have a good closed session.

[5:18] John Stone.

[5:18] Thank you.

[5:19] Our next speaker is 8700.

[5:23] If you can please unmute.

[5:29] >> Oh, thank you so much, Joy

[5:30] Najib choose my direction.

[5:35] I see that it boils down to

[5:36] this the valid stated

[5:36] opportunity to cover cost of

[5:42] service.

[5:42] The ballot measure passed then

[5:47] a different fee was set higher

[5:47] than the one on the ballot plus

[5:48] new issues arrived.

[5:52] So here's my direction on

[5:53] the factual part of it That's

[5:58] the letter of the law and apply

[6:03] the spirit of the law because

[6:03] after 100 years of free service

[6:09] somebody is required on both

[6:09] sides of this case.

[6:15] Thank you for listening to all

[6:15] .

[6:16] Thank you.

[6:21] Where you had your hand up and

[6:22] then lowered and an up I do not

[6:23] see it up at this time so that

[6:27] does conclude public comment on

[6:27] the closed session.

[6:28] >> All right.

[6:29] Thank you, City clerk We will

[6:33] now recess in the closed

[6:33] session and reconvene council

[6:34] to open session for a report

[6:36] out at the conclusion of

[6:42] the closed session.

[6:43] >> Please note the Zoom webinar

[6:44] will be concluding as well and

[20:58] >> Thank you

[20:58] .

[20:59] Okay.

[20:59] Good morning.

[21:04] I will now reconvene

[21:05] the special City Council

[21:05] meeting on Wednesday, MAY 20th,

[21:06] 2026.

[21:06] >> Clerk please call the roll.

[21:11] Thank you.

[21:11] Council PRESIDENT Council

[21:12] Member Campbell Council for

[21:12] Whopper here.

[21:16] Councilmember Buster Beer

[21:17] Councilmember Wilpert Council

[21:18] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[21:22] Councilmember Camper COUNCILMAN

[21:23] Moreno Councilmember Ala Rivera

[21:24] and Council PRESIDENT Look, I

[21:28] think I'm PRESIDENT.

[21:28] All right.

[21:29] Thank you With that a quorum is

[21:30] not present.

[21:30] Singular question Does the city

[21:34] attorney have anything to

[21:35] report out from closed session?

[21:35] There's nothing to report out.

[21:36] Thank you.

[21:36] All right.

[21:37] Thank you.

[21:40] With that we will now adjourn

[21:41] council to the next regularly

[21:41] scheduled council meeting on

[21:43] Monday, JUNE 8th, 2026 at 10