On September 21, 2026, the City Council of Half Moon Bay, California, held a special meeting at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue, beginning at 6:00 PM, for the purpose of conducting a closed session under the Brown Act. Note on date discrepancy: the agenda and the spoken transcript both date this meeting September 15, 2026, which conflicts with the September 21, 2026 date used here per the official meeting record. Mayor Debbie Ruddock presided, with Vice Mayor Deborah Penrose and Councilmembers Robert Brownstone, Patric Jonsson, and Paul Nagengast confirmed present by roll call. City Manager Matthew Chidester was in attendance and was the subject of agenda item 4.C.
The closed session agenda comprised three items:
The transcript captures the mayor's announcement of item 4.A before the recording ends; no substantive closed session deliberation appears in the available record.
Welcome to the uh closed session of half Moon Bay City Council for September 15th, 2026. Um should we have a roll call, please? Councilmember Brownstone, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Nagangast, Vice Mayor Penrose, Mayor Rod. Yeah. We have a war. Okay, so we're gonna check to see if there are um people who want to address us in open session. That's what Matthew's checking. Yes. That was a great talk, but too much. We have anybody online? Okay, so we're going to convene in uh closed session. Okay. Item four A, conference with legal counsel, anticipated limitation, significant exposure to limitation pursuant to paragraph two, subdivision.