Turnover is an unfortunate part of life at any business or agency, and last month, our Building Official left Corte Madera for another opportunity. To ensure that we can still serve our residents fully while we recruit a replacement, I voted to contract with Thomas Ahrens to serve as our Interim Building Official until a new permanent candidate is hired. Mr. Ahrens has previously served in this same role for us during a different vacancy, so he will be entering the role alrea

Corte Madera is unique among many Marin cities in that we own and maintain our own sewer system, and that means in addition to managing normal public works activities like roadwork and maintenance, our Public Works Director also does double-duty as the manager of our sanitary district. As a general policy, we try to pay employees at the median for the county, to ensure we are staying competitive while being prudent with taxpayer funds. But in light of the fact that his unique

In June, the Marin County Civil Grand Jury released a report encouraging Marin's jurisdictions to phase out the use of fossil fuels in buildings (for example, banning gas appliances in new construction, or working with homeowners to replace gas appliances with electric ones). It's clear that as long as our buildings continue to rely on fossil fuels, we won't have a serious shot at forestalling the worst effects of climate change, and I wholeheartedly agree that building elect