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Special Meeting
Minutes
March 41 2025, 3:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER: 3:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCURRENT MEETINGS: None.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM: None.
CLOSED SESSION:
City Attorney Cindie McMahon read the City Council into Closed Session.
Council adjourned into Closed Session at 3:31 p.m. pursuant to the following:
Council Chamber
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING INITIATING LITIGATION: That the City Council,
authorize a closed session to consider initiation of litigation of one case pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9{d)(4).
Council Action: City Attorney Cindie McMahon announced that at a closed session, the City Council
voted unanimously to authorize the City Attorney to initiate litigation in one case. City Attorney
McMahon added that after the litigation has formally commenced, the case, the defendants, and the
other particulars will be disclosed upon inquiry unless disclosure would jeopardize the city's ability to
serve the litigation or conclude existing settlement negotiations to the city's advantage.
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS: Government Code Section 54957.6:
CITY NEGOTIATORS: Sheila Cobian, Assistant City Manager
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services
Judy von Kalinowski, Human Resources Director
Zach Korach, Finance Director
Darrin Schwabe, Assistant Human Resources Director
Silvano Rodriguez, Human Resources Manager
Debbie Porter, Senior Management Analyst
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION: Unrepresented Emp loyees
If circumstances necessitate the absence of a specified designated representative, an agent or designee
may participate in place of the absent representative so long as the name of the agent or designee is
announced at an open session held prior to the closed session.
Council Action: City Attorney McMahon announced that there was no reportable action.
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ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion, the Special Meeting of March 4, 2025, was adjourned at 4:17 p.m.
Tamara R. McMinn, CPMC, CMC
Senior Deputy City Clerk