NOVATO CITY COUNCIL
WORKSHOP MINUTES
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
901 SHERMAN AVENUE
NOVATO, CA 94945
January 14, 2025 – 5:00 PM
A. CONVENE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ROLL CALL
The City Council workshop was called to order at 5:03 p.m., with Mayor O’Connor leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Tim O’Connor, Mayor Pro Tempore Rachel Farac, Councilmember Pat Eklund, Councilmember Kevin Jacobs, and Councilmember Mark Milberg
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Amy Cunningham, City Attorney Gary Bell and City Clerk Laura McDowall
B. PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
C. WORK STUDY SESSION
C.1 Receive a presentation from the City Attorney and hold a Work Study Session on Rosenberg's Rules of Order
City Attorney Gary Bell gave the presentation and responded to Council questions.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
The Council expressed interest in the provisions of Rosenberg’s Rules of Order regarding motions to reconsider items. It was generally felt that an item should return at a future meeting for the City Council to consider options to update the City Council Policy Manual to include procedures on how to add motions to reconsider to future agendas.
COUNCIL ACTION: Motion made by Mayo Pro Tem Farac to have City Attorney Gary Bell come up with some language if someone wants to reconsider and two people need to be on board.
Motion failed for lack of a second.
COUNCIL ACTION: Upon motion by Councilmember Eklund and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Farac, the City Council voted 5-0 via roll call to have City Attorney Gary Bell present a couple of options on how the City Council can consider motions to reconsider given current procedures, and have the item return at the first meeting of February.
AYES: EKLUND, FARAC, JACOBS, MILBERG, O’CONNOR
NOES: NONE
Motion carried.
M. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the Workshop at 5:44 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of February 11, 2025.
/Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk