12-07-2021 - Closed Meeting - MinutesCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
DECEMBER 7, 2021, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING -CLOSED SESSION
CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM 3RD FLOOR
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Dario Castellanos
Mayor Pro Tern Rosario Diaz
Councilwoman Letty Lopez-Viado
Councilmember Brian Tabatabai
Councilman Tony Wu
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A Closed Session Meeting was called to order by Mayor Castellanos on Tuesday, December 7,
2021 at 6:15 p.m., in the City Manager's 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, Letty Lopez-Viado, Mayor Pro Tern Diaz,
Mayor Castellanos
Council Members
Absent: None
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City Staff: David Carmany City Manager, Thomas Duarte City Attorney, Helen Tran Human
Resources Director, Paulina Morales Assistant City Manager, Melissa Ballard Deputy
City Attorney, Matthew Ashley Attorney (Irell & Manella), Brian Bark Attorney (Irell &
Manella)
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION — Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.9 (d)(1)
1. City of West Covina v. BICEP (LA Superior Court, Case No. 20STCV45390)
2. Briley v. City of West Covina (LA Superior Court Case No. BC630552)
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., Local 3226
General Employees
• Mid -Management Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
Department Heads
REPORTING OUT
City Attorney Thomas Duarte reported that no reportable action was taken during the Closed
Session Meeting.
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ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Dario Castellanos, and the
meeting was adjourned at 7:OOp.m. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City Council
Meeting will be held on Tuesday December 21, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Manager's
Conference Room, V Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
Submitted
Lisa Sherric
Assistant Olftly Clerk
Da o Castellanos
Mayor
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