SUMMARY OF CHULA VISTA DISTRICT 3 CITY COUNCILMEMBER APPOINTMENT PROCESS DETAILS Determined by the City Council on 1/17/2023
Details of the Interview Process
Interviews will be conducted at the regular City Council meeting on January 24, 2023, beginning at 5 p.m.
Candidates must be physically present in City Council Chambers at the time of their scheduled interview in order to be qualified for consideration.
Public comments will be permitted before the City Council begins discussing the interview item. Prior to the City Council discussion on the interview questions and during the interviews, out of respect for the interview process, all finalists will be asked to provide their cell phone to the City Clerk and wait in the main City Hall lobby until their interview. After the City Council finalizes its questions and attends to some procedural matters, interviews will proceed as follows:
- Each City Councilmember will ask two questions for a total of eight questions ; the same eight questions will be asked of all candidates.
- Interviews will be 20 minutes long and will consist of: (A) candidate opening statements (up to three minutes), (B) question s and answer s, and (C) candidate closing statement s (up to two minutes).
- After their interview, the finalist may collect their cell phone from the City Clerk. - Public comment will be permitted again after all interviews are completed.
Details of the Appointment Process
The City Council intends to make the appointment on January 24, 2023, with the appointed member being sworn in that evening. The process for appointment shall proceed as follows:
- Following interviews, in seniority order, each City Councilmember will have the opportunity to make a nomination and request a second. The seniority order is Mayor McCann, Deput y Mayor Preciado, Councilmember Cardenas, and Councilmember Chavez. - Each such nomination will be held without action (i.e., no vote will be taken) until each City Councilmember has had the opportunity to make a nomination. - The nominations will be taken up for a vote in the same seniority -based order. If a motion fails, the next motion in the rotation will be voted upon.
- If none of the initial motions receives three or more votes, the rotation of making a nomination will begin again in the same seniority ord er; provided, however, after the first round of nominations, any motion for an appointment that receives a second shall be immediately voted upon, instead of being held in abeyance.
- The first affirmative vote of at least three City Councilmembers to make t he appointment will result in that person being appointed to fill the District 3 City Councilmember vacancy. - Following the appointment, the City Clerk will swear in the new City Councilmember.