09-20-2022 - Closed Meeting - MinutesCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING -CLOSED SESSION
MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER 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, September 20,
2022 at 6:00 p.m., in the Management Resource Center on the 310 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
City Staff: David Carmany City Manager, Thomas Duarte City Attorney, Roxanne Lerma Assistant
City Manager, Melissa Ballard Deputy City Attorney (Jones and Mayer)
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
Armando Herman
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, et al. (Los
Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 20PSCV00548)
2.John Blanco v. Officer Huynh, City of West Covina, West Covina Police
Department (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV17723)
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 3226
• General Employees
• Mid -Management Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
• Department Heads
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ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Castellanos and the meeting
was adjourned at 6:40 pm. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City Council Meeting will
be held on Tuesday October 04, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Management Resource Center, 31d Floor,
1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
Submitted by:
Lisa Sher k
Assistant ity Clerk
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Dario Castellanos
Mayor
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