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CityCouncil | 2020-09-15 | 2 | Louis Dejoy, et al.; Court: United State District Court for the Easter District of Pennsylvania; Case Number: 2:20-cv-4096 (20-592) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6); City Negotiators: Eric J. Levitt, City Manager; Gerry Beaudin, Assistant City Manager; and Nancy Bronstein, Human Resources Director; Employee Organizations: International Association of Firefighters, Local 689 (IAFF); Under Negotiation: Salaries, Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment. Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that regarding Site A, staff provided information, Council provided direction to continue the meeting to September 22nd at 5:00 p.m.; regarding Oakland Clean Energy Initiative and City of Alameda V. Pacific Gas and Electric, staff provided information and Council provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5; regarding Workers' Compensation Claim, staff provided information and Council approved staff's recommendations by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5; these two worker's compensation claims were filed by a Firefighter who first joined the City on October 24, 2002; applicant experienced a neck injury on or about November 5, 2018, while participating in training; applicant also experienced a neck injury on or about August 11, 2014, while on a Fire engine; the Council authorized the City Attorney to settle the pending worker's compensation claims in an amount not to exceed $100,000; regarding National Urban League, staff provided information and Council approved staff's recommendation by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5: the City has been asked to join numerous other local jurisdictions by authoring and/or signing on to an amicus briefs to be filed in the above case to support the Plaintiff's efforts to forestall the Trump Administration's efforts to cut short, by as much as half the 2020 Census operations; among other harms, the Trump administration's decision would shorten the time period for the Census Bureau's non- response follow up (NRFU) efforts, which are critical to enumerate hard-to-count communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; especially in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an abbreviated NRFU period will inevitably and disproportionately undercount communities of Color; the Council has authorized the City Attorney to author and/or sign amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs in this case, in any trial or appellate court of competent jurisdiction; regarding Common Wealth of Pennsylvania, staff provided information and Council approved staff's recommendations by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5; the City has been asked to join numerous other local jurisdictions by authoring and/or signing on to an amicus briefs to be filed in the above case to support the plaintiffs' challenge against recent changes to U.S. Postal Service policies; more specifically, the U.S. Postmaster General has adopted several policies that have delayed mail delivery, including: (1) eliminating overtime, (2) eliminating trips to postal sorting facilities to pick up mail for delivery, (3) removing mail sorting machines in certain localities, and (4) deprioritizing election Special Meeting Alameda City Council September 15, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-09-15.pdf |