City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
February 13, 2024 – 4:00 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 4:00 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Susan Wernick, Mayor Pro Tem Mark Milberg, Councilmember Pat Eklund, Councilmember Rachel Farac and Councilmember Tim O’Connor.
STAFF PRESENT: Interim City Manager Amy Cunningham, Community Development Director Clare Hartman, and City Attorney Gary Bell.
OUTSIDE CONSULTANT PRESENT: Jim McCann
B. PUBLIC COMMENT – NONE
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL; EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, § 54956.9, subd. (d)(1).)
The City Council finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session will prejudice the position of the City in the litigation.
Name of Case: Californians for Homeownership, Inc. v. City of Novato Names of Parties: Californians for Homeownership, Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation; City of Novato, a California municipal corporation Case No.: Superior Court of California for the County of Marin, Case No.
CIV2300180
C.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Significant Exposure to Litigation pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code section 54956.9(d)(2)
Number of Potential Cases: One
C.3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
(California Government Code Section 54957)
Title: City Manager
Prior to the City Council entering closed session, City Attorney Gary Bell announced that the City Council would hold a closed session to conference with legal counsel based on anticipated litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2). There are facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the City but which the City believes are not yet known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs.
There was nothing to report out.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 6:05 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of February 27, 2024. /Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk