City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
July 23, 2024 – 5:00 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 5:15 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Mark Milberg, Mayor Pro Tempore Tim O’Connor Councilmember Pat Eklund, Councilmember Rachel Farac, and Councilmember Susan Wernick
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Amy Cunningham, Assistant City Manager Jessica Deakyne, Community Development Director Clare Hartman, Deputy Community Development Director Steve Marshall, Code Enforcement Supervisory Gary Beretta, Principal Management Analyst Sullina Smith and City Attorney Gary Bell
B. PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — INITIATION OF LITIGATION (California Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (d)(4).) Two potential cases.
C.2. 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: CATHY LOCKE, Trustee of the Cathy Locke Revocable Trust v.
CITY OF NOVATO and DOES ONE THROUGH 500, inclusive
Names of Parties: Cathy Locke, Trustee of the Cathy Locke Revocable Trust; City of Novato, a California municipal corporation
Case No.: Marin County Superior Court, Case No: CIV 2100119 There was nothing to report out.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 6:05 pm.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of September 24, 2024.
/Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk