SPECIAL BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1999, 5:30 P.M.

ROLL CALL: 5:30 P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENT: (Ten minute maximum)

CLOSED SESSION: (The Council will recess into Closed Session immediately after Public Comment or immediately after Roll Call if there are no public speakers.)

City Negotiators: James R. Keene, Jr., City Manager

Phil Kamlarz, Deputy City Manager

Dave Hodgkins Employee Relations Officer

Ron Brown, Director of Personnel (Local 1)

Weldon Rucker, Deputy City Manager (Local 1)

Bob Bailey, Assistant to the City Manager (Locals 1 and 1245)

Bud Burlison, Senior Supervisor (Local 1245)

Margarita Zamora (Local 1245)

Employee Organizations:

Service Employees International Union, Local 1

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245

Unrepresented Employee Units Z-1, Z-2, Z-3, Z-4 and Unit A

1) Dunn v. West Berkeley Health Center, et al.

Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 753052-6

2) City of Berkeley v. Reza Valiyee

Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 737686-3

3) City of Berkeley v. Reza Valiyee

Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 738903-8

4) City of Berkeley v. Reza Valiyee

Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 748526-4

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- THREATENED LITIGATION
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(b):

1) The Council will confer with its attorneys regarding possible litigation which may be initiated to challenge Council action relating to the adoption of ordinances regulating tobacco and alcohol advertising.

2) The Council will confer with its attorneys regarding possible litigation arising out of the City=s adoption and enforcement of Resolution Nos. 57,881-N.S., 59,009-N.S., and 59,107-N.S. as a result of a threat made by letter dated November 20, 1998, to Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, from Frank Kittredge, President, National Foreign Trade Council.

ADJOURNMENT: (The Council may adjourn this meeting to the City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and reconvene into Open Session at 7:00 p.m. to make a report, if any such report is required by law.)