City Council Special Meeting – June 2, 2026: Closed Session on Property, Labor, and Personnel
City Council Special Meeting – June 2, 2026
The Half Moon Bay City Council convened a special meeting on June 2, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Ted Adcock Community Center. The meeting was held in hybrid format (in-person and via Zoom). All five councilmembers were present (Mayor Debbie Ruddock, Vice Mayor Deborah Penrose, Councilmembers Robert Brownstone, Patric Jonsson, and Paul Nagengast), establishing a quorum. The sole purpose of the meeting was to enter closed session to discuss three items: real property negotiations, labor negotiations, and a public employee performance evaluation. No public comments were made during the open session portion of the meeting.
Closed Session Items
- 4.A – Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Gov. Code § 54956.8): Property located at 1000 N. Cabrillo Hwy. (APN 048-24-0030), the Wastewater Treatment Facility. Negotiators: City Manager Matthew Chidester (for the City) and representatives of the Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM JPA). Negotiation subject: Price and terms of payment.
- 4.B – Conference with Labor Negotiators (Gov. Code § 54957.6): Agency representatives: Christopher Ko Boucher, Esq., Alex Avakiantz, Esq., Matthew Chidester, and Kenneth Stiles. Employee organizations: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 39; Non-Represented Confidential Employees; Unrepresented Executive Employees; Represented Management.
- 4.C – Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Gov. Code § 54957): Title listed as "Interim City Attorney" on the agenda, but the transcript states "Interim City Insurance." (Note: This discrepancy exists between the agenda and the spoken record; the intended item is the evaluation of the Interim City Attorney.)
Key Outcomes
- No public comment was offered on any closed session item.
- The council moved to closed session after identifying the items.
- The special meeting was adjourned following closed session (no further open session action was taken or reported).
Note: The meeting transcript contains a likely misstatement regarding item 4.C ("Interim City Insurance" vs. "Interim City Attorney"). The agenda is the authoritative source for the title of the position being evaluated.
Meeting Transcript
I'm going to convene the special meeting. June 2nd, 2026. Could I have a roll call, please? Council member Bronstone. Here. Council Member Johnson. Here. Councilmember Nagingak. Here. Vice Mayor Penrose. Here. Mayor Reddick. Here. We have a quorum. So I'm going to identify the closed session items. And they are item 4A, Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956. 4B is Conference with Labor Negotiators Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957. And item 4C, public employee performance evaluation pursuant to government code section 54957, titled interim city insurance. And nobody, yeah. We will move on to item 4A. We'll turn to closed session.
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