ABSTRACT: At yesterday’s City Council meeting, KION reported that we, the people, have been “denied the right” to information about the “outcome of a vote taken in September (2010) about city administrator Richard Guillen.” Even though City Council Member Jason Burnett stated that “withholding the information is a violation of the Brown Act,” City Attorney Don Freeman countered that since the “council still hasn't taken final action in Guillen's case,” the city did not have to release the information. Interestingly, City Council Member Jason Burnett initially wrote on his COMMUNITY CONVERSATION website that “Our City Attorney has agreed that the vote needs to be made public and is planning to do so at today's City Council meeting.” Links to the KION news articles and pop-up videos are provided.
No Final Action Taken On Carmel City Administrator
Duration: 2:11
CENTRAL COAST NEWS KION
SUSANNE BRUNNER
No Final Action Taken On Carmel City Administrator
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 10:31 PM PST Updated: Feb 01, 2011 11:37 PM PST
Carmel City Council Holds Information, Again
Duration: 01:05
CENTRAL COAST NEWS KION
SUSANNE BRUNNER, LIVE LINE
Carmel City Council Holds Information, Again
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 6:32 PM PST Updated: Feb 01, 2011 6:32 PM PST
ADDENDUM:
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
Open & Public IV:
A Guide to the Ralph M. Brown Act
—2nd edition, revised july 2010—
Chapter 5:
Closed Sessions
Agendas and reports (pg. 34)
Following a closed session the legislative body must provide an oral or written report on certain actions taken and the vote of every elected member present. The timing and content of the report varies according to the reason for the closed session.5 The announcements may be made at the site of the closed session, so long as the public is allowed to be present to hear them.
3 comments:
Thank goodness for KION. Without their coverage the Rich Guillen affair would be past tense courtesy of Mayor Sue McCloud and city attorney Don Freeman.
From the City website: "The February 1st video of the City Council meeting suffered a hardware error and it will be available shortly." i.e.: "The City of Carmel has suffered an internal error. Please Reboot." ... only 432 days until Election Day 2012.
Many thanks to KION and KSBW for airing this story last night. How can we avoid paying for the comfortable retirement of City Attorney Freeman and City Administrator Guillen?
Share your ideas on the Fire Rich Guillen Facebook page!
Hardware error as in certain elected representatives and certain city employees, too many internal errors for one city.
Fire Rich is so right, Carmelites need to vote these fools out of office at the very first available opportunity.
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