The City Council and other city public boards and commissions may meet in legally authorized closed sessions as permitted by the Ralph M. Brown Act. All actions taken in closed session shall be by roll call vote, and each individual vote shall be made public at the meeting at which it is taken or at the next public meeting, except as set forth following:

Votes taken at such session pertaining to non-personnel matters are exempted from disclosure if such disclosure will, in the opinion of the city Attorney, jeopardize the City’s position: however, individual votes shall be made public after determination, on advice of the City Attorney, that such matters have been finalized. In that event, disclosure of votes shall be made public at the meeting during which the matter becomes final, or the next public meeting.

An electronic recording shall be taken at all closed sessions. Such recordings are not public records and shall be kept confidential. The recordings shall be made available to qualified members of the legislative body involved, or a court of competent jurisdiction if a violation of the Brown Act is alleged to have occurred.

If any provision of this section is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction or declared in conflict with provision of any state law, the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.