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(B) If final approval rests with some other party to the litigation or with the court, then as soon
as the settlement becomes final, and upon inquiry by any person, the local agency shall disclose
the fact of that approval and identify the substance of the agreement.

(4) Disposition reached as to claims discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.95
shall be reported as soon as reached in a manner that identifies the name of the claimant, the
name of the local agency claimed against, the substance of the claim, and any monetary amount
approved for payment and agreed upon by the claimant.

(5) Action taken to appoint, employ, dismiss, accept the resignation of, or otherwise affect the
employment status of a public employee in closed session pursuant to Section 54957 shall be
reported at the public meeting during which the closed session is held. Any report required by
this paragraph shall identify the title of the position. The general requirement of this paragraph
notwithstanding, the report of a dismissal or of the non-renewal of an employment contract shall
be deferred until the first public meeting following the exhaustion of administrative remedies, if
any.

(6) Approval of an agreement concluding labor negotiations with represented employees
pursuant to Section 54957.6 shall be reported after the agreement is final and has been accepted
or ratified by the other party. The report shall identify the item approved and the other party or
parties to the negotiation.

(7) Pension fund investment transaction decisions made pursuant to Section 54956.81 shall be
disclosed at the first open meeting of the legislative body held after the earlier of the close of the
investment transaction or the transfer of pension fund assets for the investment transaction.

(b) Reports that are required to be made pursuant to this section may be made orally or in
writing. The legislative body shall provide to any person who has submitted a written request to
the legislative body within 24 hours of the posting of the agenda, or to any person who has made
a standing request for all documentation as part of a request for notice of meetings pursuant to
Section 54954.1 or 54956, if the requester is present at the time the closed session ends, copies of
any contracts, settlement agreements, or other documents that were finally approved or adopted
in the closed session. If the action taken results in one or more substantive amendments to the
related documents requiring retyping, the documents need not be released until the retyping is
completed during normal business hours, provided that the presiding officer of the legislative
body or his or her designee orally summarizes the substance of the amendments for the benefit of
the document requester or any other person present and requesting the information.

(c) The documentation referred to in subdivision (b) shall be available to any person on the next
business day following the meeting in which the action referred to is taken or, in the case of
substantial amendments, when any necessary retyping is complete.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the legislative body approve actions
not otherwise subject to legislative body approval.

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