Open meetings: local agencies.

(1) The Ralph M. Brown Act authorizes a legislative body of a local agency to hold closed sessions with the agency's designated representatives regarding the salary and compensation of represented and unrepresented employees. This bill would require that proposed compensation increases of more than 5% for specified employees be publicly noticed, as prescribed. By adding to the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.