City Council - Special Meeting

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

The Vallejo City Council held a special meeting to discuss two closed session items: existing litigation regarding Melissa Leitsky versus the City of Vallejo, and five cases of anticipated litigation. No public comment was received.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Vallejo, CA
Meeting Date
July 15, 2026

Transcript

11 sections

15:37Speaker 3

All right, I'm going to go ahead and call our special meeting of City Council to order at 6.18 PM. We'll ask the clerk to conduct a roll call.

15:47Speaker 4

Mayor's horse. Present. Vice Mayor Matuli. Present. Council members Gordon.

15:57Speaker 4

And I will note for the record, council members Bergenser, Ledijew, and Palmeris are absent. All right. We are going to be in closed session this evening.

16:04Speaker 3

We'll go ahead and open up public comment on our closed session items. I don't see anyone in person. We'll give folks online a chance to raise their hands. And while we do that, I'll ask our city attorney to announce our closed session items.

16:16 – 16:51Speaker 2

It helps if I push the button. Thank you, Madam Mayor. The City Council will meet in closed session this evening with regard to the following items. Conference with legal counsel, existing litigation pursuant to government's code section 54956.9D1. The case is Melissa Leitsky versus the City of Vallejo. Solano County Superior Court case number as listed on the agenda. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549-56.9-D2, FIVE CASES.

16:52Speaker 3

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ABOUT 20 MORE SECONDS BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

16:59Speaker 1

PERFECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THOSE 20 SECONDS, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR HANDS.

17:04 – 17:27Speaker 3

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GIVE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. All right, confirming if we still don't have anybody, I will go ahead and close the public comment and we will adjourn into closed session.

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