City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
September 24, 2024 – 4:00 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 4:01 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, Public Works Director Nicholas Nguyen, Community Development Department Director Clare Hartman, Principal Management Analyst Sullina Smith and City Attorney Gary Bell
B. PUBLIC COMMENT
None
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Prior to the start of the closed session, City Attorney Bell announced that a point had been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there was a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency.
Facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the local agency but which the local agency believes are not yet known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs, which facts and circumstances need not be disclosed.
C.1 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.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 6:00 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of October 22, 2024. /Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk