CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Meeting of Monday - April 29,2024
6:00 pm
MTNUTES FOR Special City Council Meeting - Closed Session Meeting of Aprn I29.,20A.
As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of Mav 7,2024 Please note that minutes of meetings are not meant to be verbatim minutes and are meant to be the City's record of a summary of actions that took place at the meeting. The vote/action is the required information of the meeting actions that took place. Approved minutes are available on the City Council Meetings page.
Meeting was held in Person
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ln Person Location: Sebastopol City Hall, 71-20 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code section 54957 .5 all writings submitted to the City and City Council are public records and will be made available for review. 5:00 om Council Soecial Meetine -
Session - Sebastoool Citv Hall. 7 Bodesa Avenue.
Sebastopol. CA
Callto Order: Mayor Rich called the Regular Meeting to Order at 6:02 pm.
RollCall:
Present: Mayor Diana Gardner Rich
Vice Mayor StePhen Zollman
Councilmember NeYsa Hinton
Councilmember Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Jill Mclewis
Absent: None
Staff: City Manager Don Schwartz
REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER A82449 (lF NEEDED): To consider and take action on any request from a Council Member to participate in a meeting remotely due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances pursuant lo AB 2449 (Government Code Section 549539(f)). There was none. All Councilmembers were in person.
PUBLIC COMMENT
This is o Speciol Meeting, pursuont to provisions of Government Code 554957, this is the time provided for members of the pubtic to oddress the City Council regording motters of municipol concern for the item listed below (moximum of three minutes per speoker) prior to odjournment into Closed Session.
There was no public comment.
City CouncilAdjourn lnto Closed Session on the Following Matter(s): Mayor Rich adjourned into the closed session at 6:03 pm
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM
1, eenferenee with taber Negetiaters (54957,6)
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City Council Action: None. ltem removed from agenda.
Reference Order Number: 2024-08I
2. Public Employee Performance Evaluation
Title: City Manager
City Council Action: Conducted evaluation.
Minute Order Number 2024-OB2
Adjournment of Closed Session: Mayor Rich adjourned the closed session meeting at 8:18 pm.
ConveneOpenSessionoftheSpecialCityCouncilMeeting: MayorRichreconvenedtheopensessionofthe meeting at 8:19 pm.
Report out of Closed Session: The City Council is pleased to have had the opportunity for an initial evaluation session with our new City Manager. He has been on the job for only four months and has already made huge strides forward in addressing the many challenging issues faced by our town. This initial evaluation has confirmed our confidence in our selection of Don Schwartz as our City Manager. We look forward to continuing to work productively and constructively with him, as we all combine our efforts to stabilize our fiscal situation and to do what's needed to ensure the future of Sebastopol as a vibrant and thriving town. The Council has agreed to hold a second closed session as part of this initial evaluation.
ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING:
The Special City Council Meeting Closed Session will be adjourned to the Regular Meeting of May 7,2024.
Mayor Rich adjourned the City Council Meeting Closed Session of April 29,2024 at 8:20 pm to the next regular City Council Meeting of April L6,2024 scheduled to be held at 6:00 pm at the Sebastopol Youth Annex,425 Morris Street.
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