2025-03-04 CC CS Minutes MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -MARCH 4, 2025- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:00 p.m.
Roll Call — Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Boller, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor Ezzy
Ashcraft — 5. [Note: Councilmember Daysog arrived at 5:07 p.m.
and after the recess, arrived at 8:46 p.m.]
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar
Councilmember Boller moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Councilmember Jensen seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote — 4.
[Absent: Councilmember Daysog — 1.] [Items so enacted or adopted are indicated by an asterisk
preceding the paragraph number.]
(*25-114) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Jessica Romeo, Human
Resources Director, Tim Haines, General Manager-AMP, Nafisah Ali, Senior Human Resources
Analyst, Noelle White, Senior Human Resources Analyst, and Doug McManaway, Assistant City
Attorney, as Labor Negotiators with the Alameda City Employees Association (ACEA), Alameda
Police Management Association (APMA), Alameda Police Officers Association (APOA), Alameda
Police Officers Association - Non-Sworn (PANS), Electric Utility Professionals Association
(EUPA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and Management and
Confidential Employees Association (MCEA)for the City of Alameda. Accepted.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(25-115) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) City
Negotiators: Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Jessica Romeo, Human Resources Director, and Doug
McManaway, Deputy City Attorney; Employee Organizations: Alameda City Employees
Association (ACEA), Alameda Police Management Association (APMA), Alameda Police Officers
Association (APOA, Alameda Police Officers Association - Non-Sworn (PANS), Electric Utility
Professionals Association (EUPA) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and
Management and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA); Under Negotiation: Salaries,
Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment
(25-116) Conference with Legal Counsel — Potential Litigation; Potential Initiation of Litigation
Pursuant to Government Code Section 554956.9, Subsection (d)(4); Number of Cases: One (As
Plaintiff- City Initiating Legal Action); Potential Defendant: Port of Oakland
(25-117) Public Employee Performance Evaluations Pursuant to Government Code § 54957;
Positions Evaluated: City Attorney - Yibin Shen and City Manager- Jennifer Ott
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that
regarding Labor, staff provided information, and the City Council asked questions and provided
direction with no vote taken; regarding Performance Evaluations, the City Council conducted the
City Attorney performance review and provided direction to staff by the following voice votes: Vote
1: unanimous voice vote — 5, Vote 2: unanimous voice vote — 5, Vote 3: unanimous voice vote —
5.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
March 4,2025
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft called a recess at 7:04 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 8:42 p.m.
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Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that
regarding Potential Litigation, staff provided information and Council provided direction with no
vote taken.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 9:07 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
March 4,2025