04-20-2021 - Closed Meeting - MinutesCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
APRIL 20, 2021, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING -CLOSED SESSION
MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER 3RD FLOOR
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Letty Lopez-Viado
Mayor Pro Tern Dario Castellanos
Councilwoman Rosario Diaz
Councilmember Brian Tabatabai
Councilman Tony Wu
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A Closed Session Meeting was called to order by Mayor Lopez-Viado on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
at 6:00 p.m., in the Management Resource Center Conference Room on the 3rd Floor, 1444 West
Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California
ROLL CALL
Council Members
Present: Council Members Tony Wu, Brian Tabatabai, Rosario Diaz, Mayor Pro Tern
Castellanos, Mayor Lopez-Viado.
Council Members
Absent: None
City Staff: David Carmany City Manager, Thomas P. Duarte City Attorney, Helen Tran Human
Resources Director, Robbeyn Bird Finance Director, Paulina Morales Economic
Development Manager, Richard Bell Police Chief, Derek Straatsma Goldman Magdalin
& Krikes Outside Counsel, Danny Yoo Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Outside Counsel,
Myrna Castanon Castanon law Outside Counsel
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
Jim Rudruff
CLOSED SESSION
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION - Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.9(d)(1)
1. Jesse Miller v. City of West Covina, et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.:
18STCV08613)
2. Patrick Benschop vs. City of West Covina (Workers Compensation Appeals Board -
Marina Del Ray Case No,ADJ12512460)
2. 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 3226General Employees
• Mid -Management Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
• Department Heads
REPORTING OUT
None
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Lopez-Viado, and the
meeting was adjourned at 7:00p.m. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City Council
Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 4, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the Management Resource Center
Conference Room, 3'd Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
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Submitted by:
Lisa Sherr' k
Assista City Clerk
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