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City Council - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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The Manhattan Beach City Council held a brief meeting with Mayor Pro Tem Tarnay presiding in Mayor Franklin's absence. The agenda was approved, and no public comments were received before the council recessed to a closed session for anticipated litigation.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Manhattan Beach, CA
Meeting Date
August 18, 2026

Transcript

20 sections

0:02•Speaker 4

I'd like to call this meeting of the Manhattan Beach City Council to order.

0:07 – 0:19•Speaker 5

Mayor Franklin is absent this evening, so I'll be running the meeting in his place as Mayor Pro Tem. City Clerk, can we please have a roll call? Oh, pledge.

0:21•Speaker 5

Pledge of Allegiance, please.

0:24•Speaker 4

And I'd love Council Member Shirley in to lead it.

0:27•Speaker 1

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pro Tem. Place your hand over your heart.

0:46•Speaker 5

Okay, now Madam City Clerk, if I can get a roll call.

0:49•Speaker 4

Thank you. Council Member Sherrillian? Here. Council Member Howard? Present. Council Member Lesser?

0:55•Speaker 4

Mayor Pro Tem Tourne? Here. And Mayor Franklin's absent.

0:59•Speaker 5

And we have a quorum. We will now take public comments.

1:05•Speaker 3

Do we approve the agenda?

1:06•Speaker 5

Oh, do we approve the agenda?

1:07•Speaker 3

Okay. Okay.

1:09 – 1:38•Speaker 5

If I can get a motion, okay. Council Member Lesser moved to accept the agenda and Council Member Sherlian seconded. Can I get a roll call please? Motion passes 4-0-1. Thank you, and now if we can take public comments. Anyone in chambers? No one's in chamber. Anybody on Zoom?

1:40•Speaker 2

No requests on Zoom.

1:41 – 2:00•Speaker 5

Thank you. I'll close comments. We will now recess to closed session to discuss the item identified on the agenda as identified by our Assistant City Attorney.

2:01 – 2:16•Speaker 2

Thank you, Madam Mayor Pro Tem. We have one item of anticipated litigation. The agenda initially indicated two, but we'll only be discussing one item in this evening's closed session. And we don't expect to take reportable action this evening.

2:17•Speaker 5

Thank you. Okay, and now we will recess to closed session.

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