CC 06-06-2025 (closed session)
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Friday, June 6, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING
At 4:46 p.m., Mayor Liang Chao called the Special City Council Meeting to order in City Hall
Conference Room C, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Liang Chao, Vice Mayor Kitty Moore, and Councilmembers Sheila Mohan
and R “Ray” Wang. Absent: Councilmember J.R. Fruen.
In open session prior to closed session, Mayor Chao opened the public comment period
regarding any items on the agenda. No members of the public requested to speak and Mayor
Chao closed the public comment period.
CLOSED SESSION
1. Subject: Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release (Govt. Code Section
54954.5(e) and Section 54957).
Council conducted the closed session regarding Public Employee Discipline
/Dismissal/Release.
OPEN SESSION REPORT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION – None
Note: City Attorney Floy Andrews provided the open session report at the Regular City
Council meeting held at 6:45 p.m. on June 17, 2025. City Attorney Andrews reported that on
June 6, the Council considered a separation, severance, and general release agreement with
City Manager Pamela Wu, which had been signed by City Manager Wu with minor changes
from the draft agreement previously approved by the Council on June 3. Mayor Chao and
Councilmembers Wang and Mohan voted in favor; Vice Mayor Moore voted against, and
Councilmember Fruen was absent. At that time, the separation, severance, and general release
agreement became final. The salient provisions of the voluntary agreement include the
following: the former City Manager will receive eight months of her twelve-month severance;
a payout of unused vacation and administrative leave totaling $311,089.53; and eight months
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of COBRA coverage. Former City Manager Wu agreed to waive her right to bring suit against
the City for any known or unknown claims, and the City also agreed to waive its right to sue
the former City Manager. Ms. Wu, on the one hand, and elected City officials, the appointed
City Manager, and the City Attorney, on the other, agreed to refrain from making any
slanderous, libelous, or disparaging statements about one another. Both parties were
represented by legal counsel.
ADJOURNMENT
At 5:53 p.m., Mayor Chao adjourned the Special City Council Meeting.
Minutes prepared by:
Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk