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the silly little battles.
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I'm so sorry you have to
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care.
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It's tired of printing.
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Don't do it.
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>> No. [snorts]
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That's frustrating.
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» You would think
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Hey, how are
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good?
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Hello.
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No.
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And then the person
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in her
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personal.
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» Okay, there we go.
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But we were
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about it's one of my let's talk about
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Hello.
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>> Hi.
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» Well, that that door was
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>> Oh, that's what that was.
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» Yeah.
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Uh we I don't think there's action.
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Let's see what happens. But the report
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out usually happens at the next regular
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meeting.
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Well, I don't know what the report out
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will be at.
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Um it depends on the
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All right, a special close session is
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happening today and we welcome everyone
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to it on August 6th, 2026
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and we are going to be opening up this
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meeting at 6:03 p.m. Roll call. Roll
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call, please. City clerk.
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>> Council member Nwin
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>> here. Council member Riley here. Vice
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Mayor Fung is excused. Uh, Mayor Raldi
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>> present.
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>> Thank you very much. We have quorum. So,
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if everyone could stand for the pledge
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of allegiance
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to the flag
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of
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All
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right, everyone. Thank you for that. And
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this evening, we have one close session
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item. That's a conference with legal
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counsel on existing litigation for
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closed session held pursuant to
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government code 54956.9D1
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and Schneider vers city of Milbury city council and city clerk
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elections official of the city of
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Milbury superior court of California
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county of Sanonteo
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case number 26CIV05490.
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Um we're going to begin by taking public
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comment. Persons wishing to address the
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city council regarding the close session
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agenda item may do so at this time in
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person. Speakers, please submit a
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speaker slip. To participate on Zoom,
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click the raised hand button located at
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the controls at the bottom of your
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screen. And if you're joining by phone,
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dial star9 to raise your hand. You'll be
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called upon and it's your turn to speak.
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All right, let's take a quick look at
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these forms. And the first one that I
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have is former mayor and Schneider.
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Former mayor. And let's give each
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speaker three minutes, please.
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» Good evening, mayor and members of the
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council. I'm here regarding the ongoing
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litigation. Sonteo County Superior Court
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has now ruled twice in my favor,
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granting both a temporary restraining
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order and a preliminary injunction. The
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court made it clear that the sudden
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interpretation of our election laws was
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a severe overstep. While I am grateful
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that the courts have protected ballot
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access, I take no joy in this. This
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unnecessary battle has cost our city
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heavily. Not just taxpayer dollars spent
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on outside council, but in the erosion
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of public trust. Our community is
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exhausted by divisiveness. And this is
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going back for years now. They want
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local government focused on pressing
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real world issues facing Milbury, not
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trying to rewrite rules at the 11th hour
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for who can choose to run for office.
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Every dollar and hour wasted on this
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lawsuit is a distraction from our urgent
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realities. We are a city that has lost
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lives to drowning in an atmospheric
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river. Our west side, faces extreme fire risk
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and all of Milbury now sits in the ember
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zone in case of in the event of a fire.
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With my background in Bosa and nine
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years as director of emergency services,
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I know firsthand that our real fight
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must be helping every single household
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become climate resilient. That's where
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our resources belong. Tomorrow, I will
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be formally turning in my nomination
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papers for district 3. My campaign will
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be about fighting for Milbury's future,
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safety, and stability. Tonight, you have
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a clear opportunity in close session to
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stop digging a hole. Do not authorize a
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futile, expensive appeal. Accept the
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court's directive, protect taxpayer
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funds, and let the voters decide the
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election on the ballot box. Thank you.
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>> Thank you for your public comment,
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former Mayor Schneider. And our next
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speaker is Mr. Dan Stegnick.
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Good morning guys. It's very for very
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short people here. Like to thank
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everybody for coming tonight. Um
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I strongly urge you to appeal this to
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the state of California appellet court
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in no uncertain terms. This is a very
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divisive issue in Milbury.
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You guys may have gotten some bad legal
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advice, but this is an issue that needs
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to be decided for the state of
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California. And this will make Schneider
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Vilers Milbre
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legal precedent for history across the
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state of California. Uh those were the
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were there know that the judge said this
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is a clear issue that a large number
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of the term limits in Sonteo County are
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not valid and they are actually only one
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day break. You got horrible legal
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advice. Should Miss Schneider be
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more like myself, she would I'm guessing
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you spent about $100,000 in legal fees
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here. Um, she'd been entitled minimum to
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three times that if there was bad faith
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there,
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$300 grand, but should you appeal it to
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the appellet court, she would probably
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be entitled to about $1.5 million there.
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And it's a small price for a city to pay
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to have this decided for the entire
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state of California. I strongly
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encourage you to appeal this to state
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appellet court. Decide this decision for
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all Californians. Term limits, the term
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limits all across this county are bad.
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And um quite frankly, they're bad all
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across California. I strongly urge you
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to appeal this to the state appellet
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court and let this become binding.
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California litigation.
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President
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Schneider versus City Milbury will
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outlive all of us. Thank you very much.
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Have a great night.
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>> Thank you for your public comment, Mr.
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Stegnik and city manager.
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>> Well, M I was just going to for the
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record for the public's information um
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that the person that just spoke um have
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no idea where his speculation of the
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amount of budget for for legal fees came
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from. There's no accuracy to that um at
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all, but uh we will be transparent and
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report out once we once we receive that,
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but that that's
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we have not verified that. That's just
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speculation. Thank you for the
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clarification, city manager Williams.
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And do we have any speakers that are
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online? There's no other forms for inch
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chamber speakers. Okay. So, that being
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said, let's go ahead and uh go back to
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our close session at 609.
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>> Mr. Mayor, if I may, just just a
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procedural uh element here because I
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think for the public interest perhaps,
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you know, we adjourn a close session,
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come back to open session. If there is
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any reportable action that that be
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reported out and then adjourned in open
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session. So, the public is aware of of
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any if any.
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>> So if we have a decision, we're coming
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back out immediately to give the public
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notice.
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>> I think it's in the public interest.
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>> Yeah, absolutely. Okay. Thank you.
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Appreciate it.
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All right, we are back from our closed
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session on agenda item number one, which
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is conference with legal council on
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existing litigation. Closed session held
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pursuant to government code 54956.9D1
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and Schneider vers city of Milbury, city council and city clerk
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elections official of the city of
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Milbury. Uh, Superior Court of
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California, County San Monteo, case
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number 26, CIV05490.
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Uh, just for the public's knowledge,
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too, want to let you know that Vice
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Mayor Fung is absent tonight. He was
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needed for quorum at transit authority,
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so he was unfortunately unable to join
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us for the closed door session. And to
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report out on the closed door session
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for tonight, we have legal counsel Lori
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Lou. Lori,
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>> thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I'd like to
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report out that the council met in close
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session on this matter and there was a
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motion by Mayor Raldi, seconded by
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council member Nuan. Um, it was a motion
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directing the city not to appeal the
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court's ruling on the preliminary
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injunction. The motion passed
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unanimously 300 with council with vice mayor fun absent. Um, as the
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mayor noted,
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>> thank you, legal counsel. Anything else?
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>> I think that's it, Mr. Mayor.
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>> All right. Thank you, everyone. We are
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adjoining at 6:35.