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City Council
Closed Session Agenda
CITY ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICES
922 MACHIN AVE
NOVATO, CA 94945
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 – 4:30 PM
Mayor
Susan Wernick
Mayor Pro Tempore
Mark Milberg
Councilmembers
Pat Eklund
Rachel Farac
City Manager
Adam McGill
City Attorney
Gary Bell
City Council meeting are usually held each month on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (415) 899-8986. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable accommodation to help ensure accessibility to this meeting.
The agenda is divided into three main sections and includes other categories covering routine business. All references to “City Council” include those other agencies which may be listed at the top of the Agenda. The City Council may discuss and/or take action on any or all of the items listed on the agenda irrespective of how the agenda items are described. The Council may establish and make appointments to a Council committee (made up of two Councilmembers) with respect to any item appearing on this agenda.
Public Participation Options
Members of the Public may participate and provide public comments for the City Council as follows:
• Written public comments may be submitted via eComment. Written public comments received more than 3 hours before the start of the meeting will be distributed to the Council prior to the meeting. Written public comments will not be read during the meeting.
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A. CALL TO ORDER
B. PUBLIC COMMENT (ONLY ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS)
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(California Government Code 54957.6)
Agency designated
representatives:
Adam McGill, City Manager
Timothy L. Davis, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
Mark E. Wilson, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
Employee
organizations: Unit A – Novato Police Managers
Unit B – Novato Police Association
Unit D – SEIU General Employees
Unit E – Western Council of Engineers
Unit H – Novato Police Civilian Employees
Unrepresented
employees:
Assistant City Manager
Administrative Services Director
Accountant/Analyst
Accounting Supervisor
Assistant City Clerk
City Clerk
Chief of Police
Chief Building Official
Community & Economic Development Director
Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services
Deputy Director of Administrative Services, Community
Services & Finance
Economic Development Manager
Engineering Services Manager
Executive Secretary/Deputy City Clerk
Executive Assistant
Finance Director
Human Resources Analyst
Human Resources Assistant
Human Resources Manager
Maintenance Superintendent
Management Analyst I
Management Analyst II
Public Works Director-City Engineer
Public Works Administrative Manager
Planning Manager
Principal Management Analyst
Principal Human Resources Analyst
Recreation Operations Manager
Recreation Division Manager
Senior Management Analyst
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Supervising Accountant
Supervision Code Enforcement Officer
Senior I.T. Analyst
Technology Manager
C.2 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Gov. Code, § 54956.8)
Property: 501 Davidson St., Novato, CA 94945
Agency Negotiators: Adam McGill, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: The Public
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
D. ADJOURNMENT
If urgent matters arise after the publication of the regular agenda, there will be an addendum. It will be posted at the referenced locations mentioned in the Affidavit of Posting by Friday at 5:00 p.m., the week before the meeting. Materials that are submitted to members of the City Council after the distribution of the agenda packet will be made available to the public at the time it is provided to the City Council.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Laura McDowall, certify that on the Thursday before the Council meeting of January 24, 2023, the closed session agenda was posted on the City Community Service Board at 922 Machin Ave in Novato, California and on the City’s website at novato.org. /Laura McDowall/
Laura McDowall, City Clerk