City Council - Special Meeting

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

The Temple City Council held a special meeting to discuss two litigation matters in closed session. No reportable action was taken on either item.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Temple City, CA
Meeting Date
August 4, 2026

Transcript

18 sections

4:49Speaker 4

A special city council meeting. We start with a roll call, please.

4:55Speaker 1

Council Member Chavez.

4:57Speaker 1

Council Member Sternquist is absent. Council Member Yu.

5:03Speaker 1

Mayor Pro Tem Chen.

5:05Speaker 1

Mayor Mann is absent.

5:07Speaker 2

I'd like to excuse Mayor Mann and Council Member Sternquist to close.

5:11Speaker 4

Second. If there's a motion and a second, all those in favor say aye.

5:16 – 5:28Speaker 4

All right, motion carried unanimously. At this time, the City Council will recess to a closed session for the purposes stated below. Following the Council's return from closed session, an announcement will be made as required.

5:31 – 5:58Speaker 3

Thank you. Just for the public record, one item is existing litigation, General Board of the Church of the Nazarene versus City of Temple City under government code section 54956.9A. Second item is potential initiation of litigation under government code 54956.9D4. And while there's no one in the chambers tonight, City Clerk, is there anyone online wishing to offer public comment on closed session?

5:59Speaker 1

There are none.

6:00Speaker 3

Thank you ma'am.

32:47Speaker 4

We'll resume the special meeting, and Mr. City Attorney.

32:52 – 33:21Speaker 3

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Council Member Sternquist arrived to the closed session meeting at 6.36. At that time, a briefing on the matter of existing litigation began. That ran until approximately 6.43, at which time the Mayor Pro Tem departed. The item of potential initiation of litigation was briefed after that. For each item, no reportable action under the Brown Act was taken. Thank you very much.

33:22 – 33:42Speaker 4

Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. All right, we're going to go ahead and adjourn the special city council meeting at 1859 hours or 6.59 p.m. We'll go to a brief recess before we start the regular city council meeting.

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