AGENDA
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SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2026
In-Person:
City Hall, City Manager’s Conference Room
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
5:00PM - OPEN SESSION – CITY MANAGER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
The Mayor will announce Closed Session items and invite public comment on agenda items. Each speaker will have two minutes to provide comments before the City Council convenes in Closed Session.
1. Mayor Kate to announce Closed Session items.
5:00PM - CLOSED SESSION – CITY MANAGER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
2. Closed Session:
a. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)
Title: Acting City Manager
ADJOURN TO SPECIAL MEETING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
In-Person:
City Hall, Council Chambers
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
Watch Online:
Watch on Webinar: https://tinyurl.com/CCSM-2026-02-11
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael
Listen by phone: (669) 444-9171
ID: 850-9090-9460#
5:01PM – SPECIAL MEETING – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1. Special Meeting:
a. Acting City Manager Appointment
Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Rafael Appointing City Employee as Acting City Manager (CA)
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
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FOR CITY CLERK ONLY
Council Meeting: _______________________
Disposition: ___________________________
Agenda Item No: 1.a
Meeting Date: February 11, 2026
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Department: City Attorney’s Office
Prepared by: Rob Epstein
City Attorney
TOPIC: APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPOINTING CITY EMPLOYEE AS ACTING CITY MANAGER If the City Council would like to appoint an existing employee from the City’s executive leadership team as an acting City Manager, the City Attorney recommends that the Council adopt a resolution appointing the city employee as acting City Manager. The draft resolution does not include any individual’s name, so in making the motion, the Council would need to name the city employee from the executive leadership team to be appointed as acting city manager.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPOINTING CITY EMPLOYEE [NAME] AS ACTING CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized to appoint the City Manager and establish the terms and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS, the current City Manager is on leave, and the City Council finds it necessary and in the best interest of the City to appoint an Acting City Manager to ensure continuity of executive leadership and operations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to appoint a current city employee as Acting City Manager, effective immediately, and whose compensation, benefits and working conditions are already established by City Council Resolution No. 15332; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Rafael does hereby appoint [name] to serve as Acting City Manager, effective immediately upon adoption of this Resolution, and to serve at the pleasure of the City Council until further notice, subject to the individua's already established compensation, benefits and working conditions as set forth in City Council Resolution No. 15332.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a special meeting of the City Council of said City on Wednesday, the 11th day of February 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
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Lindsay Lara, City Clerk