2022-09-20 CC CS Minutes
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 20, 2022
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -SEPTEMBER 20, 2022- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:03 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella
arrived at 5:53 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
The following Public Comment was read into the record:
(21-560) John Bignone, Alameda, urged Council to open an investigation of Alameda
Municipal Power (AMP) management; expressed concern over lack of leadership and
adherence to safety and compliance standards.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(22-561) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Pursuant to Government
Code Section 54956.9(a)); Case Name: City of Alameda v. Greenway Golf Associates
Inc. and Umesh Patel; Court: Alameda County Superior Court; Case No: 22CV011964
(22-562) Public Employee Appointment/Hiring (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54957); Title/Description of Positions to be Filled: City Manager/Interim City Manager.
(22-563) Conference With Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8); Property: 2440 Monarch Street (Building 43) Alameda Point,
Alameda, CA; City Negotiators: Interim City Manager Nancy Bronstein, Community
Development Director Lisa Maxwell, Assistant Community Development Director
Nanette Mocanu, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties: City of
Alameda and Steeltown Winery; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Lease. Not
heard.
(22-564) Conference With Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6); City
Negotiators: Nancy Bronstein, Interim City Manager, Nico Procos, General Manager
Alameda Municipal Power, Jessica Romeo, Human Resources Manager, and Steve
Woo, Senior 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); Under Negotiation: Salaries,
Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 20, 2022
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding the Existing Litigation, staff provided information and Council
provided direction by the following roll call vote : Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera
Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4. [Absent: Vice
Mayor Vella – 1], regarding Employee Appointment/Hiring, staff provided information
and Council provided direction with no vote taken, 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 6:38
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.