ATTACHMENT 2
City of Glendale – Code of Ordinances
§ 2.04.020 Selection of Mayor
A. Pursuant to Article VI, Section 5(4) of the Charter, the council shall annually select one of its members to be the mayor, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. The date and times for appointment shall be during the first regular meeting of the council after the f irst Monday in April of each year. The mayor shall serve as presiding officer and perform the other duties of mayor at the pleasure of the council.
B. The council shall select and appoint a mayor to serve for the upcoming year in the following order of precedence:
1. The councilmember with the longest, continuous uninterrupted service on the council since last serving as mayor, and who is not serving as the mayor at the time of mayoral selection, shall be selected as mayor.
2. In the event of a tie between councilmembers with the longest continuous service since last serving as mayor as set forth in subsection (B)(1), the councilmember who received the most votes in the councilmembers' most recent election shall be selected mayor. In the event the tie is between councilmembers who were elected during different elections, then the councilmember with the highest percentage of votes received in each councilmembers' most recent elections to the city council shall be selected mayor.
Notwithstanding the election votes tiebreakers set forth in this subsection (B)(2), if either tiebreaker would result in a councilmember who has previously served as mayor since being elected to the council being appointed over a councilmember of equal continuous uninterrupted service who has never served as mayor since being elected to the council, then the councilmember who has not previously served as mayor shall be appointed mayor.
3. In the event that the procedure set forth in subsections (B)(1) and (2) do not control the selection of mayor, the council shall select the mayor by majority vote.
C.
A councilmember whose council term will expire in the same year that the mayor's term would also expire if said councilmember was selected mayor shall not be selected to serve as mayor. A councilmember whose council term will expire within 180 days after t he date of the selection of the mayor shall not be selected mayor.
D.
A councilmember who has served as a mayor shall not be appointed mayor for the immediately subsequent term, unless all other councilmembers decline to serve.
E.
If a councilmember is in line to be selected mayor in accordance with the procedures of this section but is unable or unwilling to serve as mayor at the time of selection, then the council shall select the next councilmember in line and the councilmember who is unwilling or unable to be the mayor shall be placed next in line for mayoral appointment under the procedure in subsection (B)(2).
F.
If a councilmember who is serving as mayor vacates or is removed from the mayoral position or from his or her council position, the council may fill the vacancy of mayor by selecting and appointing any councilmember to fill said unexpired term. The councilmember selected pursuant to this subsection shall not be prejudiced or prevented from serving a scheduled term pursuant to the provisions of this section.
G.
A councilmember appointed to the council to fill a vacancy in accordance with Article VI, Section 13 of the Charter shall not serve as mayor during such appointed term unless there is no available alternative. Under circumstances with no available alternatives, the appointed councilmember(s) having served the longest in such temporary capacit y shall serve as mayor in accordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter.
H.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, in the event the council determines in its discretion that it is in the best interest of the city not to appoint the councilmember next in line to serve as mayor in accordance with the procedure of this secti on, including, but not limited to, because of reason of mental or physical incapacity significantly limiting the ability to perform mayoral duties or a criminal conviction, then the council may appoint the next qualified councilmember pursuant to subsection (B)(2) to serve as mayor.
Note: The meeting times for the selection of mayor in an election year were amended in the 2005 Charter election, Chapter V, § 6.
(Prior code § 2-3.1; Ord. 5162 § 1, 1997; Ord. 5963 § 2, 2021)