HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - August 10, 2004 SMLODI CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CARNEGIE FORUM, 305 WEST PINE STREET
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2004
A. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
The Special City Council meeting of August 10, 2004, was called to order by Mayor Hansen at 7:04
a.m.
Present: Council Members — Beckman, Hitchcock, Howard, Land, and Mayor Hansen
Absent: Council Members — None
Also Present: City Attorney Schwabauer and City Clerk Blackston
Announcements
Mayor Hansen stated that he was misquoted in yesterday's Lodi News -Sentinel as saying the City
would, in all likelihood, be dropping out of the California Public Employees' Retirement System
(CalPERS). He asked that a correction be made to accurately reflect his statement that he
thought, under the circumstances, that the City should withdraw from CalPERS.
In reference to Item B-8, City Attorney Schwabauer announced that a number of employee
bargaining groups have rejected the proposal to withdraw from CaIPERS and based on that action,
Interim City Manager Keeter had removed the regular calendar item from today's agenda. He stated
that the end result is that the City would be remaining with the CaIPERS health plan.
B. CLOSED SESSION
At 7:07 a.m., Mayor Hansen adjourned the Special City Council meeting to a Closed Session to
discuss the following matters:
B-1 Actual litigation: Government Code §54956.9(a); one case; People of the State of
California, and the City of Lodi, California v. M & P Investments, et al.; United States
District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. CIV -S-00-2441 FCD JFM
B-2 Actual litigation: Government Code §54956.9(a); one case; Hartford Accident and Indemnity
Company, et al. v. City of Lodi, et al., Superior Court, County of San Francisco, Case No.
323658
B-3 Conference with legal counsel — initiation of litigation: Government Code §54956.9(c); two
cases
B-4 Conference with legal counsel — anticipated litigation — significant exposure to litigation
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9; one case; pursuant to Government Code
§54956.9(b)(3)(A) facts, due to not being known to potential plaintiffs, shall not be disclosed
B-5 Actual litigation: Government Code §54956.9(a); one case; City of Lodi, a California
Municipal Corporation. and Lodi Financing Corporation, a California nonprofit corporation v.
Lehman Brothers, Inc. and US Bank National Association, United States District Court,
Eastern District of California, Case No. CIV. S-04-0606 MCE-KJM
B-6 Actual litigation: Government Code §54956.9(a); one case; Lehman Brothers Inc.. v. City of
Lodi and Lodi Financing Corporation, United States District Court, Eastern District of
California Case No. CIV -S-04-0850 FCD/JFM
B-7 Actual litigation: Government Code §54956.9(a); one case; Fireman's Fund Insurance
Company v. City of Lodi, et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California
Case No. CIV -S-98-1489 FCD JFM
B-8 Conference with labor negotiator, Human Resources Director Joanne Narloch, regarding
health insurance coverage provided to the following employee organizations: Association of
Lodi City Employees regarding General Services and Maintenance and Operators; Lodi
Police Dispatchers Association; Police Officers Association of Lodi; Lodi Professional
Firefighters; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Confidential Employees; and
Management, Mid -Management, Fire Mid -Management, and Police Mid -Management
employees pursuant to Government Code §54957.6
The Closed Session adjourned at 8:10 a.m.
Continued August 10, 2004
C. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION / DISCLOSURE OF ACTION
At 8:10 a.m., Mayor Hansen econvened the Special City Council meeting, and City Attorney
Schwabauer disclosed that there was no reportable action taken in closed session.
D. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10
a.m.
ATTEST:
Susan J. Blackston
City Clerk
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