Council Meeting Date: December 17, 2025 (full Agenda link)
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TownOfAtherton/featured
Details of each item can be found via the links to Staff Reports within the narrative and meeting videos are uploaded once they are fully compiled.
The City Council met for the Regular Meeting on Wednesday, December 17 at 6 pm. Following Roll Call the Council began moving through the Agenda beginning with Presentations and Public Comments (~6:01 pm). The December Regular Meeting is an opportunity for the Council to elect a Mayor and Vice Mayor for the next calendar year. For 2026, the Council elected Vice Mayor Stacy Holland to serve as Mayor and Councilmember Rick DeGolia to serve as Vice Mayor. The Council heard outgoing and incoming presentations from Mayor Elizabeth Lewis and new Mayor Stacy Holland.
Following Presentations, the Council moved to Public Comments at (~6:20 pm). After opportunity for general public comment, the Council moved on to Departmental Reports and the Consent Agenda..
Departmental Reports (~6:21 pm) are prepared monthly as part of the City Council's Regular Agenda.
Departmental Reports includes updates on the various happenings around Town including reports from Administration, City Clerk, Finance, Community Services (Building and Planning), Public Works, Parks and Police.
Following Departmental Reports, the Council moved to the Consent Agenda (~6:21 pm) consisting of Items 1 through 4. Items on the Consent Agenda are considered routine in nature and are generally considered in one motion and adopted by a single vote of the Council. Included in this month's Consent Agenda were bills and claims, minutes, acceptance of the 1st Quarter Treasurer's Report, and 2nd Reading and Adoption of updates to the Town's ADU Ordinance. Following an opportunity for comments and questions, the Council approved the items on the Consent Agenda.
Next was Public Hearings.
Public Hearings are typically held for Ordinances, Budget Adoption, Fee Adoption, and Land Use approvals.
There was one Public Hearing on the Agenda.
Item No. 5 was Introduction and 1st Reading of an Ordinance adopting the 2025 California State Building Code Updates. (~6:22 pm) Following a staff report and opportunity for public comment, the Council discussed the various changes to the Ordinance as mandated by the State. Council discussed issues related to sprinkler requirements, applicability to ADUs, and the requirements around lithium batteries. Following discussion, the Council introduced the ordinance for 1st Reading.
Next up was the Regular Agenda.
The Regular Agenda consisted of one item.
Item No. 6 was a report and funding request from the Senior Task Force. (~6:32) Following a Staff Report, Presentation and opportunity for Public Comment, the Council discussed the successes of the 2025 event, budgetary process, and funding amount. Following discussion, the Council approved support for $2,800 for FY 2025/26.
The last items on the Agenda were Council Reports, final Public Comments and Future Agenda Items. (~7:00 pm)
Having cleared the entire Agenda, at approximately 7:00 pm, that as they say - was a wrap!
The next meeting of the City Council is a Study Session/Special Meeting on Wednesday, January 14 at 4 pm. This meeting will include discussion and direction regarding technology upgrades to the Park Pavilion and updates regarding housing projects at Menlo College.
For more information and calendar of events, visit the Town's website.
Thanks for reading!
George Rodericks
City Manager
Town of Atherton
grodericks@ci.atherton.ca.us