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