Avalon City Council holds special meeting, enters closed session on litigation and reports no reportable action

The Avalon City Council convened a special meeting Aug. 29, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. and moved into closed session to discuss multiple litigation matters, the council record shows. Mayor Reyes called the meeting to order and clerk Brenda conducted roll call, which recorded Councilor Camargo as absent and other members as present.

Nathan, a staff member, told the council, “We have 4 items on the agenda tonight for closed session, or I should say this afternoon,” and read the cited legal authorities and item descriptions, including two matters listed in the transcript as "James Costello versus the city of Atlanta" and "Ibrahim L. Daoud versus the city of Atlanta," and two additional matters described as potential exposure to litigation under applicable Government Code provisions.

A motion to enter closed session was made and seconded; members responded in the affirmative and the council recessed for its closed-session matters. When the council reconvened, Nathan reported that the body had met on the four items, received direction, and that there was “no further reportable action.” Later in the meeting a motion to close the session (noting 8:15 p.m.) was made, seconded and approved by affirmative responses.

The transcript provides the legal bases cited during the agenda reading but does not include a verbatim, full roll-call vote tally for the motions to enter or close the closed session. The meeting record therefore shows the actions taken (motions made, seconded and carried by recorded affirmative responses) and the staff report of no reportable action, but does not list individual 'yes' or 'no' votes by name beyond the brief affirmative responses captured in the audio transcript.

The council’s special meeting covered only the procedural handling of the closed-session agenda and did not disclose substantive deliberations or outcomes from the closed session itself, consistent with the record that no reportable action was returned to the public meeting.