City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
February 25, 2025 – 4:00 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 4:01 p.m.
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, Community Development Director Clare Hartman, Deputy Community Development Director Steve Marshall, Chief People Officer Eva Hilliard and City Attorney Gary Bell CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Timothy L. Davis and Mark E. Wilson from Williams & Sorenson, LLP
B. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(California Government Code 54957.6)
Agency designated
representatives:
Amy Cunningham, 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
Chief Information Officer
Community Development Director
Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services
Deputy Director 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
Supervising Accountant
Supervision Code Enforcement Officer
Senior I.T. Analyst
Technology Manager
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: Hanna Ranch Conservation, LLC v. City of Novato, a Municipal Corporation, and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive
Names of Parties: Hanna Ranch Conservation; City of Novato, a California municipal corporation; P & K HANNA RANCH, LLC, Real Party-in-Interest Case No.: Marin County Superior Court, Case No. CIV 2001180 C.3 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
(California Government Code Section 54957)
Title: City Manager
There was nothing to report out.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 5:55 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of March 11, 2025.
/Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk