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Torrance City Council Adjourned Regular Meeting - July 22, 2025

City Council — Tuesday, July 22, 2025
BodyTorrance, California
SessionCity Council
DateTuesday, July 22, 2025
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Speaker 1

0:19

Good evening.

Unassigned speaker

0:21

I

Speaker 1

0:21

will call the City Council meeting to order.

0:24

It's three oh four PM.

0:26

City Clerk,

Unassigned speaker

0:27

may

Speaker 1

0:27

I have a roll call, please?

Unassigned speaker

0:30

Yes,

Speaker 2

0:30

Your Honor.

0:31

Councilmember Gerson.

0:33

Present.

0:34

Councilmember Kaji.

0:36

Present.

0:36

Councilmember Kalani.

Speaker 3

0:38

Present.

Speaker 2

0:38

Councilmember Lewis is absent.

0:41

Um, Councilmember Matuci.

Speaker 1

0:43

Here.

Speaker 2

0:43

Councilmember Sheikh is absent.

0:45

Mayor Chen.

Speaker 1

0:47

I too am present.

0:48

I'd like to welcome everyone joining

Unassigned speaker

0:50

us.

Speaker 1

0:52

Do you all hear echoes just me?

Unassigned speaker

0:55

I

Speaker 1

0:55

want to

Speaker 4

0:55

welcome everyone joining us in the council

Speaker 1

0:58

along with everyone watching remotely.

1:02

Moving on to item two, flight salute, which I will lead.

1:08

Please rise and then Councilman Gerson in the invocation.

1:11

Please face the flag

Unassigned speaker

1:13

and

Speaker 1

1:13

put your right hand over your

Unassigned speaker

1:15

heart.

Speaker 1

1:16

Ready to begin.

Speaker 3

1:36

As we approach this early special closed session, we ask as always for wisdom and the ability to act with integrity on behalf of the people of Torrance, our businesses, and our employees.

1:50

Amen.

Speaker 1

2:01

Moving on to oral communications.

2:10

For comments on items that are not on the agenda under the Ralph and Brown Act.

2:29

Speakers under orals are limited no longer than one minute per speaker.

2:33

Time starts when you step up to the microphone.

Unassigned speaker

2:36

If

Speaker 1

2:36

presenting, hand down material to council, please provide eleven copies of the city clerk before speaking.

2:42

Handouts will be distributed while you speak.

2:46

As I look out in the chamber, are there any one that I don't see in the audience who wish to speak?

2:56

I don't see any.

Unassigned speaker

31:48

Yeah, we're gonna go back and we're gonna come back.

Unassigned speaker

1:02:01

It doesn't look like I would feel it doesn't compete.

Unassigned speaker

3:55:00

Production, can we pause the live?

Speaker 1

3:57:01

We have returned to from closed session.

3:57:03

It's seven PM and go to uh assistant city attorney.

3:57:08

You have something to report out.

Speaker 5

3:57:11

This evening, the city council on item four A voted five zero to deny the respondents motion to dismiss.

Speaker 1

3:57:37

So I'll take a motion to adjourn tonight's council meeting.

Speaker 4

3:57:40

I move that we adjourn uh tonight's um council meeting to Tuesday, August fifth, twenty twenty-five at five PM for the regular business

Unassigned speaker

3:57:48

in

Speaker 4

3:57:48

the Leroy J.

3:57:49

Jackson Council Chambers.

3:57:51

And as a reminder, Tuesday, July twenty-nint, twenty twenty-five is a city council dark night.

3:57:58

I second that.

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Summary of Proceedings

Torrance City Council Adjourned Regular Meeting - July 22, 2025

The Torrance City Council convened on July 22, 2025, beginning with a closed session at 5:00 PM for confidential matters including employee discipline, real property negotiations, anticipated litigation, and labor negotiations. A closed hearing was also held on the appeal of a Civil Service Commission decision regarding a Reprographic Specialist's suspension. The Council reconvened in open session at approximately 7:00 PM. No members of the public addressed the Council during Oral Communications.

Closed Session Report

  • The City Council voted 5-0 to deny the respondent's motion to dismiss in Item 4A, the appeal of the Civil Service Commission decision sustaining the suspension of a Reprographic Specialist. (No further details of the closed session are publicly available under California Government Code § 54957.)

Key Outcomes

  • The respondent's motion to dismiss in the Reprographic Specialist appeal was denied by a vote of 5-0.
  • The meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at 5:00 PM for regular business in the Leroy J. Jackson Council Chamber. (July 29, 2025 is a City Council dark night.)

Meeting Transcript

Good evening. I will call the City Council meeting to order. It's three oh four PM. City Clerk, may I have a roll call, please? Yes, Your Honor. Councilmember Gerson. Present. Councilmember Kaji. Present. Councilmember Kalani. Present. Councilmember Lewis is absent. Um, Councilmember Matuci. Here. Councilmember Sheikh is absent. Mayor Chen. I too am present. I'd like to welcome everyone joining us. Do you all hear echoes just me? I want to welcome everyone joining us in the council along with everyone watching remotely. Moving on to item two, flight salute, which I will lead. Please rise and then Councilman Gerson in the invocation. Please face the flag and put your right hand over your heart. Ready to begin. As we approach this early special closed session, we ask as always for wisdom and the ability to act with integrity on behalf of the people of Torrance, our businesses, and our employees. Amen. Moving on to oral communications. For comments on items that are not on the agenda under the Ralph and Brown Act. Speakers under orals are limited no longer than one minute per speaker. Time starts when you step up to the microphone. If presenting, hand down material to council, please provide eleven copies of the city clerk before speaking. Handouts will be distributed while you speak. As I look out in the chamber, are there any one that I don't see in the audience who wish to speak? I don't see any. Yeah, we're gonna go back and we're gonna come back. It doesn't look like I would feel it doesn't compete. Production, can we pause the live? We have returned to from closed session.

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