05-04-2021 - Closed Meeting - MinutesJAII
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CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
MAY 04, 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, May 04, 2021
at 6:00 p.m., in the Management Resource Center Conference Room on the V 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 Acting Assistant
City Manager, Melissa Ballard Deputy City Attorney, Bruce Lindsay Deputy City
Attorney
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
Police Chief Richard Bell
CLOSED SESSION
i. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION - Pursuant to
Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)
i.City of West Covina vs. West Covina Restaurant Group, Inc. dba Gaucho Grill, et al (Los
Angeles County Superior Court Case No.20PSCV00548)
2.Sue Augino v. Tony Wu; City of West Covina (United States District Court No. 2:20-cv-
08032-MWF-GJS)
3. Inland Oversight Committee v. City of West Covina; (LA Superior Court, Case No.
20STCP02115)
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Pursuant to
Government Code § 54956.9(d)(4)
Number of Cases: One (1)
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.,
•Local3226General Employees
•Mid -Management Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
• Department Heads
REPORTING OUT
Regarding Item 2, on a vote of 5-0, City Council directed staff to initiate litigation. The identity of
the defendant will be disclosed upon the filing of the lawsuit.
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ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Lopez-Viado, and the
meeting was adjourned at 6:51 p.m. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City Council
Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 18, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the Management Resource Center
Conference Room, 31d Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
Submitted by:
Lisa Sherrick
Assistant City erk
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