2022-04-05 CC CS Minutes
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
April 5, 2022
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -APRIL 5, 2022- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:04 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White, Vella
and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella arrived at
5:21 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(22-200) Public Employee Appointment/Hiring (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957);
Title/Description of Positions to be Filled: City Manager.
(22-201) Conference With Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6); City
Negotiators: Gerry Beaudin, Assistant City Manager, Nancy Bronstein, Human Resources
Director, Jessica Romeo, Human Resources Manager, and Steve Woo, Human Resources
Analyst; Employee Organizations: Alameda City Employees Association (ACEA), Management
and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA), Electric Utility Professionals Association
(EUPA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Alameda Police Officers Non-
Sworn (PANS), Alameda Municipal Power Unrepresented Employees (AMPU), and Alameda
Police Management Association (APMA); 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 Public Employee Appointment, 1) Council gave direction to have the Human
Resources Department conduct the search for the permanent City Manager position, instead of
an outside search firm, 2) Council gave direction to the City Attorney to return with an Interim
City Manager agreement at the next regular City Council meeting on April 19, 2022, and 3)
Council gave direction to have the Human Resources Director begin the search for a long-term
City Manager and return at the next closed session in two weeks with the process for hiring a
permanent City Manager by the following three roll call votes: Vote 1: Councilmembers Daysog:
No; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes:
4. Noes: 1, Vote 2: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye;
Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5, and Vote 3: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye;
Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5;
regarding Labor, staff provided information and Council provided direction, by the following roll
call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Abstain; Herrera Spencer: No; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye;
and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4. Abstain: 1.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 7:13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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