2022-09-06 CC CS Minutes
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 6, 2022
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -SEPTEMBER 6, 2022- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:07 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella
arrived at 5:11 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(22-513) Conference With Legal Counsel – Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.95); Claimant: Employee – Police Department, City of
Alameda; Claims: 095500044, 1295500076, 0995500018, 1795500026, 1295500067;
Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda.
(22-514) Public Employee Appointment/Hiring (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54957); Title/Description of Positions to be Filled: City Manager/Interim City Manager.
(22-515) 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.
(22-516) Conference With Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8); Property: 950 West Tower Avenue (Building 39) Alameda Point,
Alameda, CA; City Negotiators: Community Development Director Lisa Maxwell,
Assistant Community Development Director Nanette Mocanu, and Assistant City
Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda and StopWaste; Under
Negotiation: Price and Terms of Lease. Not heard.
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding the Workers’ Compensation Claim: the case involves five
workers’ compensation claims filed by a former employee of the Police Department;
Applicant suffered injuries to his back and leg as a result of his work duties; he retired
via industrial disability retirement on December 31, 2021; the Council authorized the
City Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation claims in an amount not to
exceed $125,000 by the following roll call vote : Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 6, 2022
Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5;
regarding Employee Appointment/Hiring, staff provided information and Council
provided direction with no vote taken; regarding Labor, staff provided information and
Council provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye;
Herrera Spencer: No; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye;
Ayes: 4. Noes: 1.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at
6:48p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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