2021-12-21 CC CS Minutes637
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
December 21, 2021
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -DECEMBER 21, 2021- -6:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 6:04 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella
arrived at 5:18 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(21-832) Conference With Legal Counsel Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to
Government Code 54956.95); Claimant: Employee – Police Department; Claims:
2195500131, 2195500132, 2095500061, and 2095500048; Agency Claimed Against:
City of Alameda.
(21-833) Conference With Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6); City
Negotiators: Eric Levitt, City Manager, Gerry Beaudin, Assistant City Manager, and
Nancy Bronstein, Human Resources Director; Employee Organization: Alameda Police
Officers Association (APOA), Alameda Police Managers Association (APMA), and
Alameda Fire Managers Association (AFMA); Under Negotiation: Salaries, Employee
Benefits and Terms of Employment.
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding the Workers’ Compensation Claim, the case involves four
workers’ compensation claims by a former employee with the Police Department;
Applicant sustained injuries to their back and knees as a result of work duties; Applicant
retired via industrial disability retirement on September 12, 2021; the Council
unanimously authorized the City Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation
claims in an amount not to exceed $170,000, by the following roll call vote:
Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5; and regarding Labor Negotiators: staff provided
information and Council provided direction with no vote taken.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 7:00
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.