REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by: Candice Alvarez, MMC, City Clerk
Date: December 12, 2023
Subject: Selection of the Mayor/Chair and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair for 2024 Recommendation
Select a Mayor/Chair and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair to serve through December 10, 2024 per City Council Policy No. 200-4.
Background
City Council Policy No. 200-4 provides direction regarding the selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem for the City Council. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are selected annually by the City Council to serve a one year term. The selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem is to occur during the first Regular City Council meeting in December each year or, if in an election year, the meeting at which the election results are certified. The Mayor also serves as Chair of the Successor Agency of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lake Elsinore, the Lake Elsinore Recreation Authority, the Lake Elsinore Public Financing Authority, the Lake Elsinore Public Facility Financing Authority, and the Lake Elsinore Parking Authority.
Discussion
A Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem will be selected to serve for 2024. The procedural format for the selection of the Mayor/Chair and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair is for the current Mayor/Chair to yield the chair to the City Clerk/Secretary who will open the floor to nominations. Upon closing the nominations and taking a vote, the City Clerk/ Secretary will declare the Council Member/Agency Member selected to serve as Mayor/Chair by majority vote. The newly selected Mayor/Chair will assume the chair and will preside over the selection of a Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact to the City.