2021-10-05 CC CS MinutesSpecial Meeting
Alameda City Council
October 5, 2021
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -OCTOBER 5, 2021- -6:30 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella
arrived at 6:36 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(21-607) Conference with Legal Counsel Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to
Government Code § 54956.95); Claimant: Employee - Fire Department; Claim: ALAY-
005540; Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that the case involves a workers’ compensation claim by a former firefighter
(“Applicant”) who joined the City in 1995; the Applicant’s injury was cumulative trauma
occurring through their two decades plus of service to the City, potentially culminating
into cancer; the Applicant has retired from the City; the Council authorized the City
Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation claim in an amount not to exceed
$90,000.00 by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera
Spencer: Ayes; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:38
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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