11-17-2020 - Closed Meeting - MinutesIF-
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
NOVEMBER 17, 2020, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Tony Wu
Mayor Pro Tern Letty Lopez-Viado
Councilman Dario Castellanos
Councilman Lloyd Johnson
Councilmember Jessica C. Shewmaker
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A Closed Session Meeting was called to order by Mayor Wu on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at
6:00 p.m., in the Management Resource Center Conference Room on the 31d Floor, 1444 West
Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California
ROLL CALL
Council Members
Present: Council Members Dario Castellanos, Lloyd Johnson, Jessica C. Shewmaker, Mayor
Pro Tern Letty Lopez-Viado, Mayor Tony Wu
Council Members
Absent: None
City Staff: David Carmany City Manager, Mark Persico Assistant City Manager, Thomas P.
Duarte City Attorney, Bruce Lindsay Deputy City Attorney, Helen Tran Human
Resources Director, Robbeyn Bird Finance Director, Paulina Morales Economic
Development Manager, Richard Bell Police Chief, Oliver Yee Outside Counsel - LCW,
Melissa Deputy City Attorney.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None
CLOSED SESSION
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION - Pursuant to
Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)
1.City of West Covina v. West Covina Restaurant Group, INC. DBA Gaucho Grill Argentine
Steakhouse, a California Corporation; et al (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.
20PSCV00548)
2.Sue Augino v. City of West Covina, et al; US District Court, (Central District of California,
Case No. 2:20-cv-08032 MWF-GJS)
3.Sue Augino v. City of West Covina; (LA Superior Court, Case No. 20STCP02084)
4.Inland Oversight Committee v. City of West Covina; (LA Superior Court, Case No.
20STCP02115)
5.City of West Covina v. Bob's Towing Services and Recovery, Inc. et al, (Los Angeles
Superior Court Case No.: 19STCV17274)
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Pursuant to
Government Code § 54956.9(d)(4)
Number of Cases: Two (2)
3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Carmany, Duarte
Employee Organizations
• Confidential Employees
• Maintenance & Crafts Employees
• Non -Sworn
• W.C. Police Officers' Association
• W.C. Firefighters' Management Assoc.
• W.C. Firefighters' Association, I.A.F.F., Local 3226
• General Employees
• Mid -Management Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
Department Heads
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Pro Tern Lopez-Viado, and
the meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City
Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the Management
Resource Center Conference Room, V Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina,
California.
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Submitted
Lisa She i <
Assista City Clerk