Turlock City Council holds closed session on city attorney interviews; reports no reportable action

The Turlock City Council met in a special session and convened a closed session to conduct interviews for the city attorney position and to consider matters related to a public employee resignation and discipline.

Unidentified Speaker 2, a meeting official, announced the closed session agenda item: 'we have a public employee appointment, California government code 54957, title city attorney interviews, b, public employee resignation, discipline, dismissal release, California government code 54957.' That announcement (as recorded in the transcript) identified the statutory basis for the closed session but did not include further details about the employees or specific candidates under consideration.

Earlier in the meeting, the agenda was put forward for approval. Unidentified Speaker 1 moved to approve the agenda, saying, 'So moved.' The transcript records that a vote was called but does not include a roll-call tally or an explicit recorded outcome for that motion.

After the closed session, the council returned to open session and Unidentified Speaker 1 reported, 'We have nothing to report.' The statement indicates no reportable action was disclosed on the record at the end of the closed session. The meeting was then adjourned and scheduled to reconvene next Tuesday.

The transcript does not identify which councilmembers participated in the closed-session deliberations beyond the roll-call attendance language, and it provides no vote tallies or other formal outcomes for the agenda approval. The only statutory reference given on the record was to California Government Code 54957, which authorizes closed-session discussion of public employee matters.