HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - #1CLOSED SESSION ITEMS – The Brown Act permits legislative bodies to discuss certain matters without
members of the public present. The City Council finds, based on advice from the City Attorney, that discussion in
open session of the following matters will prejudice the position of the City in existing and anticipated litigation:
1.PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION – (Consideration of goals and objectives in
relation to work plan evaluation criteria)
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager
Name
Mike Tardif
Comment 02/11/2021 12:57 PM : (Against)
Ms. Carvalho,
Thank you for your clarification of the Council closed session agenda item.
However, the agenda description which was emailed to the public is considerably
different than your case description of the permissible area discussion.
“..may also include consideration of the criteria for such evaluation, consideration of
the process for conducting the evaluation, and other preliminary matters, to the
extent those matters constitute an exercise of the legislative body’s discretion in
evaluating a particular employee…”
“City Council will meet in a closed session special meeting to develop City
Manager performance expectations and discuss future goals and priorities for
the City’s chief executive.”
In particular to “discuss future goals and priorities for the City’s chief executive”
could stray into areas other than “the process for conducting the evaluation, and
other preliminary matters ..”
I trust that you, or your representative, as City Council Attorney will endeavor to
keep the Council closed session confined to a strictly Brown Act compliant area of
discussion.
Regards,
Mike Tardif
Santa Ana