03-17-23 Town Council Meeting Minutes
Fairfax Town Council Minutes
Special Meeting for the Purpose of Conducting an Annual Goal-Setting Retreat Preceded by a Special Meeting at 9:00 a.m. to Conduct a Closed Session Fairfax Women’s Club
Friday, March 17, 2023
Mayor Cutrano called the special meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Call to Order/Roll Call:
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Bruce Ackerman
Lisel Blash
Barbara Coler
Chance Cutrano
Stephanie Hellman
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Heather Abrams, Town Manager
Michele Gardner, Town Clerk
Janet Coleson, Town Attorney
Approval of Agenda
M/S, Coler/Ackerman, Motion to approve the agenda.
AYES: Ackerman, Blash, Coler, Cutrano, Hellman
Closed Session
Public comment was received from Michael Mackintosh.
The Council adjourned to Closed Session on the following matter:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code §54956.9(d)(1): One Case
YES IN MY BACKYARD, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation v. Town of Fairfax, Marin Superior Court No. CIV 2300248
The Council reconvened in open session.
Mayor Cutrano called the special meeting to conduct the retreat to order at 9:30 a.m.
Public comment was received from Rick Hamer, Michael Mackintosh, and Todd Greenberg.
The Council conducted the retreat, and discussed the following topics:
• Councilmember interactions/relationships
• Conduct team building exercise
• Staff and Town Attorney interactions with the Council and Council expectations and requests • Council policies and protocols regarding the expectations commissions, committees, JPA’s and Council or Staff liaisons to different groups
• Review/discuss role of Town-appointed committees and commissions • Discuss Town communication of priorities, including staff report formats, agenda setting process, meeting length
• Council meeting and administrative protocols, process, time management, and related issues • Review/discuss staffing resources
• Review/discuss Town accomplishments of 2022 and Strategic Plan • Discuss/consider possible goals, priorities, budgetary/organizational issues, and projects/programs for 2023
The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m.