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City of Fort Bragg
Meeting Minutes
Finance and Administration Committee
4:00 PM Town Hall, 363 N. Main Street
and Via Video Conference
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Chair Albin-Smith called the meeting to order at 3:58 PM.
ROLL CALL
Staff Present: City Clerk Diana Paoli, Administrative Assistant Stephanie Remington, and City Manager Isaac Whippy.
Present: 2 - Tess Albin-Smith and Marcia Rafanan
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
ZOOM WEBINAR INVITATION
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1A. 25-465 Approve Minutes from August 13, 2025 Finance & Administration Committee Meeting
Attachments: FAC MIN 2025.08.13
The minutes were approved by the committee as presented.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
3. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
3A. 25-478 Receive Report and Consider Annual Salary Increase for City Councilmembers and Make Recommendation to the City Council to Introduce Ordinance and Amend Section 2.04.060 (Salary Designated) of Chapter 2.04 (City Council) of Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) of the Fort Bragg Municipal Code
11122025 City Council Salary Increase Staff Report
Att 1 - ORD Council Salary Update
Att 2 - Chapter 2.04 CITY COUNCIL, Salary 2.04.060
Att 3 - CA Gov Code 36516
Attachments:
Diana Paoli presented a report on City Council salary increases.
Discussion: Clarifying questions were asked and discussion was had on the timeline options for City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 1/6/2026
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increase of Councilmember payments. Committee members suggested the report be added to City Council for a vote to increase salary payments effective after the next election cycle.
Public Comment: Jacob Patterson, David Gurney
4. MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE / STAFF
Isaac Whippy discussed the water/sewer rate study report that will be given at the January Finance and Administration meeting. This meeting will also include a fee schedule review. MCN and Quarter 1 contract reports will be reviewed by committee in December. Stephanie Remington reviewed the Administration Director job posting that recently closed on October 31, 2025. Application reviews and interviews will be held soon.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Albin-Smith adjourned the meeting at 4:22 PM.
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