SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008

7:00 p.m.

Approved minutes

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. ROLL CALL

3. CONSENT CALENDAR

(Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. By approval of the Consent Calendar, the staff recommendations will be adopted unless otherwise modified by the City Council. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council Member or a member of the audience requests removal of the items from the Consent Calendar.)

3-1. Resolution No. 08-70 – A Resolution of the Albany City Council, County of Alameda, State of California, Declaring the Results of the General Municipal Election Held on November 4, 2008.

Staff Report
Resolution 08-70
Attachment A - Council & Treasurer
Attachment B - Board Of Education
Attachment C - Measures Y, Z, AA
Attachment D - Measures BB, CC
Attachment E - Measures DD, EE

Staff recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 08-70.

4. PRESENTATION

4-1. Resolution No. 08-75- Thanking Jewel Okawachi for her eight years of service on the City Council.

Resolution 08-75

Staff recommendation: Adopt and present Resolution No. 08-75 Council Member Okawachi with plaque and Resolution.

5. OATH OF OFFICE

5-1. City Council

· Farid Javandel
· Robert Lieber
· Peggy Thomsen

5-2. City Treasurer

· Kim Denton

5-3. Board of Education

· Patricia Low
· Ron Rosenbaum

6. ADJOURNMENT

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