Town Council · meeting Wednesday, Oct 7, 6:30 pm
Council poised to name interim manager, launch recruitment
Fairfax's top staff job is in flux. Wednesday's council agenda asks members to adopt a resolution appointing Christine Foster as Interim Town Manager, a placeholder role that holds until the Council names another interim manager, while staff separately recommend hiring Ralph Andersen & Associates for a full Town Manager recruitment, including an optional community survey, under a contract not to exceed $48,500.
Together the two items mark the formal start of a search for Fairfax's next permanent administrator, with Foster minding the office in the meantime and no timeline yet set for landing a long-term hire.
The same agenda quietly complements the shuffle: staff want to reclassify the Deputy Town Clerk/Assistant to the Town Manager position as Assistant Town Manager, with an updated pay range, suggesting Town Hall is restructuring leadership roles beyond the top seat.
Town Council · meeting Wednesday, Oct 7, 6:30 pm
Council to weigh cost study, form a fee subcommittee
Fairfax will get its first public look at a draft Comprehensive Cost of Services and Cost Allocation Study, prepared by Government Consulting Partners, Inc., which could eventually reshape what the town charges residents and businesses for services.
Rather than adopt anything Wednesday, the agenda calls for the Council to discuss the draft and establish a subcommittee to dig into it before any proposed fee schedule comes back for a vote.
No specific fee numbers or adoption timeline appear in the agenda item itself, leaving the real substance of any rate changes to the subcommittee's work in the months ahead.
Tree Committee / Town Council · presentation to Council Oct 7
Tree Committee brings ordinance rewrite to council Oct 7
Fairfax's Tree Committee spent the summer with the Ross Valley Fire Department, the Town Arborist, and the town's legal team hashing out changes to the Tree Ordinance, and will finally bring its recommendations before the full Town Council on October 7.
Floated changes so far include new requirements tied to nesting season and an effort to bring more clarity to the rules governing tree removal and protection, though the town has not released any proposed code language.
Wednesday's council agenda confirms the item as an information report only — staff will update members on progress, not seek adoption — so the first real public debate over specific wording is still ahead.