City Council - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Fresno, CA
Meeting Date
May 12, 2026

Transcript

14 sections (from 18 segments)

8:06 – 8:460

Alright. Good morning. We're gonna call this special meeting to order. That's weird. Let it echo. Test. Test. Test. Test. How's that? Testing testing is a little more normal. Okay. That sounds better, I think. It was just a temporary malfunction. Alright.

8:500

Clerk, while we, figure this out, would you go ahead and please, call the roll?

8:541

Yes. Thank you. Council member Perea. Council member Carbassi.

8:591

Council member Arias. Vice president Maxwell. Council member Vang.

9:050

Present.

9:051

Council member Richardson. President Esparza. Present. Four members being present, we have a quorum.

9:120

Great. And that is good news. City clerk, are there any changes to the special meeting agenda at all?

9:181

No, there are not.

9:19 – 10:010

All right. I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. Alright, we have a motion by council member council vice president and a second by council member Vang. Any opposition to approving the agenda? Seeing none, the agenda is approved four to zero. At this point, we only have one one item in closed session today. Consider public employee appointment government code section five four nine five seven b considering the appointments, employment evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee. The title is city clerk. And I'm the sponsor of that item.

10:01 – 10:310

So we'll go ahead take public comments on that item at this point. If there's anyone in the audience who would like to speak public comment on this item, you have three minutes. Alright. Seeing none. Go ahead and close public comments on this one item and we'll go ahead and recess to close session. City attorney, I know I read it off already, but if you wanna go ahead and just do your thing.

10:32 – 10:562

Good morning. Today in closed session, have one item, item a, the consideration of public employee appointment, government code section five four nine five seven sub b, consider the appointment appointment, employment evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee, title being city clerk sponsored by council president Esparza. We may have reportable items after closed session.

10:560

Alright. Thank you. Alright. We'll retreat to closed session now.

4:30:021

Thank you for joining us today. Council is adjourning from closed session at 01:21PM.

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