City Council

City Council Special Meeting — April 20, 2026

This was a brief special meeting of the Santa Rosa City Council held primarily in closed session. The sole substantive purpose of the meeting was to conduct City Manager interviews, a personnel matter handled confidentially under state law.

Closed Session: City Manager Interviews (Public Employment)

The Council convened at approximately 12:30 p.m. for a closed session under the public employment exception to the Brown Act. The agenda item (Item 3.1) concerned the interviewing of candidates for the City Manager position. No members of the public were present to offer comment before the Council recessed into closed session.

The Council reconvened in open session at approximately 5:02 p.m. The City Clerk called the roll upon return; Councilmembers Rogers and Ben Wulos (name uncertain — likely "Benvilouse" or similar, as rendered inconsistently by the voice-to-text transcript) were absent at that point, while Councilmembers MacDonald, Fleming, and Alvarez, Vice Mayor Okrepkie, and Mayor Stapp were present.

Reportable Action: None. The City Clerk announced there was no reportable action from the closed session, meaning no final decision on a City Manager appointment was announced publicly at this time.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:02 p.m.

*Note: Attendee names in the transcript are heavily distorted by voice-to-text errors. "Mayor stopped," "Councilmember Ben wills," and similar renderings have been interpreted as best as possible from context, but some names — particularly the absent councilmember(s) — could not be confirmed with certainty from the transcript alone.*

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