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Fairfield council adopts zoning text amendment, employee manual; approves minutes, recesses to closed session
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Fairfield Town Council adopted a zoning text amendment for the Light Industrial West zone and approved an employee policy manual. The council also approved minutes from Feb. 19 and recessed into a closed session on pending litigation.
Fairfield Town Council on March 19 approved a zoning text amendment affecting the town’s Light Industrial West zone and adopted an employee policy manual, along with routine business including approval of Feb. 19 minutes and a motion to recess to closed session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.
The council voted 5-0 to approve Ordinance No. 2025-03, a text amendment to section 10.11.200 (Light Industrial West) of the town code. Council members recorded as voting yes were Harrell, Tyler, Michael, Richard and Holly. The ordinance had a motion and a second on the record before the roll call.
The council then approved Resolution R2025-01, an employee policy manual, by a recorded affirmative vote; the resolution was entered with an effective date of March 19, 2025. The council also approved the Feb. 19, 2025 meeting minutes and later made a motion to temporarily recess to a closed session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation; both motions passed on recorded voice votes.
Votes at a glance - Ordinance 2025-03 (text amendment — Light Industrial West): Motion made and seconded; recorded vote — Harrell: yes; Tyler: yes; Michael: yes; Richard: yes; Holly: yes. Outcome: approved. - Resolution R2025-01 (employee policy manual; effective date 03/19/2025): Motion made and seconded; recorded vote — R L: yes; Tyler: yes; Michael: yes; Richard: yes; R L: yes (as recorded). Outcome: approved. - Approval of minutes (Feb. 19, 2025): Motion made and seconded; recorded voice vote — Marla: yes; Tyler: yes; Michael: yes; Richard: yes; Holly: yes. Outcome: approved. - Motion to recess to closed session (purpose: strategy session on pending or reasonably imminent litigation): Motion made and seconded; recorded voice vote — Carl: yes; Tyler: yes; Michael: yes; Richard: yes; Holly: yes. Outcome: approved; council recessed.
The ordinance and resolution were presented on the council docket and received brief discussion before votes. The town clerk read the ordinance/resolution captions aloud during the meeting; no public hearing on either item was recorded in the meeting transcript prior to the adoption votes.
The council did not record any “no” or “abstain” votes for the items listed above in the public minutes portion of the meeting transcript.
