Selma City Council recesses to closed session to discuss city attorney, city engineer roles and workstation changes

Selma — The Selma City Council on Feb. 3, 2026, convened a special meeting at 5 p.m. in the Selma City Council Chambers and immediately recessed into closed session to discuss public employment matters, including the city attorney and city engineer positions and potential changes to physical workstations in city facilities.

Unidentified Speaker, who presided over the meeting record, said, "We're gonna call our Selma City Council special meeting to order" and later announced the council would "convene to closed session" to receive an oral report from the city attorney and discuss specified employment matters. The meeting was held at 1710 Tucker Street in Selma and included a teleconference line and webinar ID for remote participation.

The council completed a roll call with Council Member Avalos, Council Member Oseguera, Council Member Trujillo, Mayor Pro Tem Guerra and Mayor Robertson each recorded as present. The presiding speaker opened oral communications and noted members of the public were limited to three minutes per comment; staff reported there were no callers in the queue.

The presiding speaker listed the closed-session topics as public employment under California law, specifically naming the city attorney and city engineer positions, review of changes by independent contractors defined as employees under the Brown Act, and "other employment matters," along with discussion of potential changes to physical workstations of employees occupying city facilities. The meeting record indicates the city attorney provided an oral report would be given in closed session.

The council recessed to closed session at the end of the public portion of the meeting. The transcript records no public vote or final action taken in open session; any decisions or outcomes from the closed session were not disclosed in the posted portion of the meeting record.

Correction note: the meeting transcript rendered statutory citations with spacing and formatting errors; this article cites the relevant provisions using standard California Government Code section formatting (for example, Government Code section 54954.2 for agenda-change notice and Government Code section 54957 for closed-session public employment authority) to reflect applicable Brown Act rules referenced during the meeting.

The meeting record notes the city attorney will provide an oral report regarding the closed session; the transcript does not include the content of that closed session or any subsequent public report of action.