# Special Vacaville City Council Meeting - November 5, 2026

The City of Vacaville’s special City Council meeting on November 5, 2026, featured presentations from the 2026 City Leadership Academy cohort on five organizational initiatives: leadership development and succession planning, marketing and communications, innovation and fiscal sustainability, change management and resiliency, and implementation of the city’s iCARE core values. The succession-planning team proposed a six-month pilot in two or three departments, with no additional funding requested for the informational item. The marketing recommendations included no-cost short-term coordination improvements and a possible marketing analyst and media production coordinator in the longer term, contingent on future funding and priorities. The innovation proposal was a one-year pilot using primarily existing staff and resources, with proposed employee awards of $50 for ideas advanced for consideration and $500 for ideas selected for implementation; costs of individual projects would be evaluated separately. The change-management team asked for support for a strategy and requested Council adoption of a resolution, while the iCARE proposal was designed to use existing city processes and resources.

Council members discussed the proposals and offered feedback, including the need to assess staff workload, measure results, improve access to city information, and sustain the initiatives. The City Manager described the projects as practical next steps aligned with the city’s strategic plan and indicated that pilot departments and implementation approaches would be developed. No contract awards, solicitations, vendor selections, or procurement approvals were identified, and the transcript records no Council vote or formal action on the proposals.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Published:** November 05, 2026

### Sources
- [Special Vacaville City Council Meeting - November 5, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFiyuHpoZc) - City of Vacaville