SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration

500 W. Temple, Los Angeles 90012

Supervisors’ Hearing Room 381-B

Wednesday October 15, 2003 – 1 P.M.

Call to order:

Directors:

Zev Yaroslavsky, Chair

Frank Roberts, 1^st Vice Chair

James Hahn , 2^nd Vice Chair

Mike Antonovich

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

John Fasana

Don Knabe

Tom LaBonge

Martin Ludlow

Gloria Molina

Pam O’Connor

Beatrice Proo

Antonio Villaraigosa

Doug Failing, Ex Officio

Chief Executive Officer – Roger Snoble

Board Secretary - Michele Jackson

Ethics Officer - Karen Gorman

Inspector General – William Waters

General Counsel - County Counsel

1. CONSIDER delegating to the Chief Executive Officer the authority to award any contract necessary to procure services related to a work stoppage by Metro employees, including, but not limited to, services to protect Metro Property or to communicate with Metro employees or the public. This delegation of authority shall expire on December 31, 2003, unless extended by further action of the Board of Directors.

2. CLOSED SESSION:

Conference with Labor Negotiators – G.C. 54957.6:

Agency Negotiators: Roger Snoble and Brenda Diederichs

         Employee organizations: Amalgamated Transit Union,
         United Transportation Union, Transportation
         Communications Union

Consideration of items not on the posted agenda, including: items to be presented and (if requested) referred to staff; items to be placed on the agenda for action at a future meeting of the Board; and/or items requiring immediate action because of an emergency situation or where the need to take immediate action came to the attention of the Board subsequent to the posting of the agenda.

ADJOURNMENT

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