City Council - Regular Meeting
The Manhattan Beach City Council convened for an adjourned regular meeting, approving the agenda and moving into a closed session for labor negotiations. No reportable actions were taken during the closed session, and the meeting was adjourned to a future date.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Manhattan Beach, CA
- Meeting Date
- May 8, 2026
Transcript
22 sections (from 25 segments)
Good afternoon. I'd like to call to order our city council adjourned regular meeting of Friday, 05/08/2026 at 04:30 to order. Begin with a pledge to the flag. All rise. And our report? I begin.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Madam office assistant, Marita, can we have a roll call please? Anyway, shall I turn to the city clerk for that? Thank
you. Council member Tarney? Here. Council member Sherrillian?
Here. Council member Howarth? Here. Mayor Pro Tem Franklin?
Here. Mayor Lesser? Here. Approval of the agenda, is there a motion? Motion by council member Howarth with a second by council member Charillian. Call for the question.
Well, I have to do a little
call. Sorry. Sorry. Please go right ahead.
Yes. Council member Sherrillian?
Yes.
Council member Howard? Yes. Mayor Proton Franklin?
Here. Mayor Lesser?
Yes.
Motion passes, five zero.
Thank you. We'll now move on to public comments. Is there anybody in the chambers that would care to make a public comment? Seeing none, I'll now turn it over to office assistant Morita. Is there anybody on Zoom that would care to make a public comment?
There's no request on Zoom.
Thank you. In which case, we'll close public comment. Move on to our closed session. Mr. City Attorney, is there an announcement in open session of the items to be discussed in closed session?
Yes, there is, Mayor. Pursuant to Government Code Section five hundred forty nine thousand five and seventy six. City Council will now go into closed session to have a conference with its labor negotiators with respect to the employee groups identified on the agenda.
Thank you. We'll stand in recess and closed
Pegasus, can we go live?
I'd to call back to order our city council adjourned regular meeting of Friday, 05/08/2026, and turn to our special city attorney and ask if there's an announcement in open session of items decided in closed session. Thank you, mayor. In accordance with government code section fifty four nine fifty seven, there are no reportable actions to report out of closed session this evening. Thank you very much. We will now move on to adjournment. We'll be adjourning this meeting to an adjourn regular meeting on Tuesday, 05/12/2026 at 6PM in the City Council Chambers. We stand adjourned.
Well done. Another
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