LAKEPORT – The Lakeport City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the upcoming year's budget and to hold a closed session to discuss matters including the city manager position.

The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St. The agenda is posted online at www.cityoflakeport.com/departments/docs.aspx?deptID=88&catID=124.

Council members will begin the meeting by approving the June 30 warrant register before holding a workshop with city staff to discuss the 2009-10 fiscal year budget.

They also will receive status reports on the South Main Street annexation and Green Ranch, and discuss the Lakeport Police Department's Vehicle Take-Home Program.

Also on the agenda is the council's discussion of an agreement with the Lake County Channel Cats for the use of the Westshore Pool.

During closed session, the council hold a conference with city labor negotiators – in this case, acting City Manager Kevin Burke and City Attorney Steve Brookes – regarding talks with the Lakeport Employees Association.

The council also is due to discuss appointing the city manager's position, which Burke currently is holding on an interim basis while City Manager Jerry Gillham is on military leave. Officials have been discussing another possible interim candidates whose name they will not release.

Also to be covered in closed session is existing litigation in Lake County Superior Court, City of Lakeport v. Browning.

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