City Council - Special Meeting
The San Rafael City Council unanimously appointed Paul Navazio, the current finance director, as the acting city manager during a special meeting. No reportable action was taken in closed sessions held on February 9th and February 11th.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- San Rafael, CA
- Meeting Date
- February 11, 2026
Transcript
12 sections
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Good evening, everyone. This is a meeting of the San Rafael City Council. It's a special meeting. Today is Wednesday, February 11th. And I request the city clerk to call the roll, please.
Council Member Bushey. Present. Council Member Hill. Present. Vice Mayor Kurtz. Present. Council Member Yadenskaladi.
Present. Mayor Kate. Present. All five of us are here. I'll ask the city attorney to report out on the closed session, both from February 9th as well as from today, February 11th.
Mayor Mrakas, Thank you, Mayor kate no reportable action was taken after the or in the closed session on February 9 and no reportable action was taken in tonight's closed session that just concluded.
Thank you. So we have one item on the agenda for this special meeting. It's an acting city manager appointment, and, as I understand, I'll turn to the city attorney to give an oral report in addition to the brief staff report that was in the packet.
Thank you, Mayor Kate. City Manager Christina Lillovich is on leave, which necessitates appointment of an acting city manager. I have provided a written staff report. It explains the background on that. and I don't view it as requiring more from me at this juncture. So unless the Council has any questions, I would suggest you open the period for public comment.
Thank you. Any questions for my colleagues? Not seeing any questions, I will open the public comment on this item. And as always, you are invited but not required to say your name and what part of San Rafael you're from. City Council Chambers, No i'm getting i'm getting head shakes, even though we have members of the public here Okay, I will close the public comment and there were no questions that were raised, so I would just say, is there a motion on this item. City Council Chambers, But what my.
City Council Chambers, I will go ahead and make a motion to adopt a resolution of the City Council of the city of San Rafael appointing city employee Paul navazio is acting city manager.
And just so folks know that director Navasio is our current finance director, because not everyone pays close attention to who is here. So I'm sorry. Did you look at it has been moved and seconded a roll call, please.
Councilmember Bushey. Councilmember Hill. Vice Mayor Kurtz. Councilmember Yadine Scalati. Mayor Kate.
I that motion carries five zero. Thank you. Acting city manager Navasio for your willingness to step into this role. We are honored. So with that, this meeting is adjourned. Good evening.
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