City Council
MEETING DATE: 1/25/2017
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Council Policy on Mayoral Rotation under the City Charter
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is presented for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
On November 8, 2016 Cathedral City voters passed Measure HH, which adopted Charter government for the City. Under the Charter the current Mayor and Council will complete the terms to which they have been elected. Then the Charter provides in Section 601 that "The City Council members shall be elected at a general municipal election on even numbered years, three (3) City Council members beginning in 2018 and two (2) City Council members beginning in 2020, each for a four (4) year term." The Charter goes on to state in Section 603 that "Effective at the end of the current term of the elected Mayor, the position of Mayor shall become an appointed, rotating position. The City Council at the first meeting in December each year, shall appoint a Council Member to serve as Mayor for a one-year period on a rotating basis. After the City Council appoints the Mayor, at the first meeting in December each year, the Council shall appoint a Council Member to serve as Mayor Pro Tem for a one-year period on a rotating basis. The process for appointment of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem shall be implemented by ordinance of the City Council in accordance with this Section."
DISCUSSION:
The proposal before the Council is to establish a procedure to guide the selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem each year, beginning at the first meeting in December of 2018. At that time the Council will consist of five Councilmembers with three having been elected in November of 2018 and two serving terms to which they were elected in November of 2016 (assuming there has been no turnover in the interim).
Included in the Council agenda packet for the first meeting in December of 2018, staff will provide a r...
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