City Council
CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES
City Administrative Offices
922 Machin Ave
Novato, CA 94945
January 27, 2026 – 4:30 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council closed session began at 4:32 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Rachel Farac, Councilmember Sandeep Karkal and Councilmember Tim O’Connor
Councilmember Pat Eklund arrived at 4:56 p.m.
COUNCIL PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE: Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Jacobs STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Amy Cunningham, Assistant City Manager Carla Hansen, Assistant City Manager Bill Rose, Finance Director Carla CarvalhoDegraff and City Attorney Gary Bell B. PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
C. CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
C.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(2))
One potential case
C.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of Gov’t Code section 54956.9) Name of Case: Jane Doe (LP) v. Doe 1, et al.
Names of Parties: Jane Doe; Doe; City of Novato, et al.
Case No.: Marin County Superior Court CIV2204192
C.3. LIABILITY CLAIMS
(Gov. Code, § 54956.95)
Claimant: Karol Kadel
Claim Against: City of Novato
There was no report out.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 5:40 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and adopted at the Novato City Council regular meeting of February 10, 2026.
/Laura McDowall/
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Laura McDowall, City Clerk