City Council Meeting - Nov 24, 2025

Lafayette honored its oldest bar, advanced wildfire preparedness priorities to the state, and split over a climate-liability bill in a meeting that balanced small-town tradition with regional policy ambitions.

• $85,680 released for ballfield rehabilitation across four city fields ahead of next spring's baseball and softball seasons.

• Park Theater fee waiver approved to support the historic downtown venue's ongoing renovation.

• Wildfire mitigation project list sent to Senator Grayson targeting evacuation-route brush clearing and emergency supply caches.

• LaMorinda legislative framework adopted aligning Lafayette, Orinda, and Moraga on transportation, fire insurance, and housing advocacy.

• Climate "Polluters Pay" bill punted in a 3–2 vote as council members disagreed over cost uncertainties.

• City Manager receives 5% raise under a sixth employment agreement amendment.

• Roundup Saloon celebrated with a proclamation marking 90 years of continuous operation.

Before diving into policy, the council paused to honor what Mayor Susan Candell called Lafayette's "oldest continuously operating business." The Roundup Saloon, run by Karen and Mike Johnson, opened in 1935 and has weathered Prohibition's end, downtown redevelopment, and a pandemic shutdown.