2022-11-15 CC CS MinutesSpecial Meeting
Alameda City Council
November 1, 2022
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -NOVEMBER 15, 2022- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:06 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White, Vella
and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella arrived at
5:23 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(22-718) Public Employee Appointment/Hiring Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957;
Title/Description of Position to be Filled: City Manager.
(22-719) Conference with Legal Counsel, Worker’s Compensation Claim (Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.95); Claimant: Employee – Fire Department, City of Alameda;
Claim Nos: 1995500009, 1395500075, 2195500074, and 2195500073; Agency Claimed
Against: City of Alameda.
(22-720) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6); City
Negotiators: Jessica Romeo, Human Resources Director, Nico Procos, General Manager
Alameda Municipal Power, and Steve Woo, Senior Human Resources Analyst; Employee
Organizations: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW); Under Negotiation:
Salaries, Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment.
(22-721) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8); Property: 650 West Ranger Avenue (Building 92), Alameda Point, Alameda, CA
Parcel #74-1375-2; City Negotiators: Community Development Director Lisa Maxwell, Assistant
Community Development Director Nanette Mocanu, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian;
Negotiating Parties: Alameda Point Collaborative and the City of Alameda; Under Negotiation:
Price and Terms of Potential Purchase by the City;
Property: 2450 Saratoga Street, 801 West Ranger Avenue (Building 114) Alameda Point,
Alameda, CA Parcel # 74-1368-9-2; City Negotiators: Community Development Director Lisa
Maxwell, Assistant Community Development Director Nanette Mocanu, and Assistant City
Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties: Alameda Food Bank and the City of Alameda;
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Potential Lease/Sale from the City of Alameda.
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 filed by an employee of the Fire Department with approximately two decades of service
to the City; Applicant suffered multiple injuries, including those to the shoulders, neck and hands
as a result of work duties; the Council authorizes the City Attorney to settle the pending workers’
compensation claims in an amount not to exceed $190,000 by the following roll call vote:
Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Absent; and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes:4. Absent: 1; regarding Labor Negotiators, staff provided
information and Council provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers
Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Abstain; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft:
Aye; Ayes: 4. Abstain: 1, regarding Employee Appointment/Hiring, staff provided information
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
November 15, 2022
and Council provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye;
Herrera Spencer: No; Knox White: Abstain; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 3.
Noes: 1, Abstain: 1, regarding Building 92 and Building 114, Council gave direction to staff with
no vote taken.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:52 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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