The Stockton City Council met in closed session from 3:00 PM to 5:08 PM, then convened in regular session at 5:30 PM, adjourning at 11:58 PM. The council approved numerous consent items, including the appointment of Johnny R. Ford as City Manager, a five-year $7.8 million Axon contract, and amendments to the discretionary funding policy. A major 1,411-unit residential development (LeBaron Ranch) was approved. A face-covering ordinance was sent back to committee, and a resolution supporting a behavioral health recovery center passed 6-1.
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our city council closed session meeting for November 18th, 2025. Let us go ahead and do roll call. Councilmember Blauer. Present. Councilmember Enriquez. Present. Councilmember Ponce is absent. Councilmember Padilla. Present. Councilmember Via Padua is absent. Vice Mayor Lee. Present. And Mayor Figazi. Present. We have a quorum. Wonderful. Okay. So we don't have any additions to closed session. So moving on then. This government body will recess to closed session pursuant to government code section nine four nine five six point nine D one to confer with its attorney regarding agenda item three point two, which is existing litigation. We will also recess the closed session pursuant to government code section five four nine five seven B to discuss agenda item three point one public employee uh recruitment. Um we will also recess the closed session pursuant to government code section five four nine five seven point six to discuss agenda item three point three conference with labor negotiators. Um do we have any public uh comment? We do Mary Elizabeth to the podium, please. And I had an education today uh regarding an asterisk. And so it says closed session public comment asterisk. And then in earlier in the agenda, the asterisk is referencing any item which you don't see on here, referencing uh uh availability of people to speak on any matter. And so I I called the uh the city clerk uh to check on that and uh no that uh is only referring to closed items. So that asterisk has a special meeting, which is different than the asterisk that is on uh 11 item 11. And so I would like to suggest that uh perhaps you all consider having uh three asterisks, which indicates that you're only able to talk on closed session items, not any item that is uh uh in the ability of the city council to have action. So in that regard, I would just like to say that any appointment that uh we've ever seen here mostly has a uh application that's redacted. And I would like to say that any uh employee that the city of uh Stockton appoints should uh provide the public uh with uh a uh redacted application as well as a resume should uh resume be submitted by the applicant. Thank you. That concludes public comment. Thank you. Um hearing no public comment, we will recess to close session. We'll be staying in here for the first two items and then going into the round room. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to our regular council meeting session today, November eighteenth, twenty twenty-five. Let's go ahead and start with roll call. Councilmember Blauer. Present. Councilmember Enriquez. Councilmember Ponce. Present. Councilmember Padilla. President. Councilmember Via Padua. Present. Vice Mayor Lee. Present.