NOTICE AND AGENDA
FOR SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 12, 2023
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor of the City of Norwalk has called a special meeting of the City Council beginning at 6:00 p.m. on December 12, 2023 in the Council Chambers at Norwalk City Hall, 12700 Norwalk Boulevard, and via video conference. Speakers at this meeting are limited to speak only on the items listed on the following agenda:
CALL TO ORDER Mayor Valencia
INVOCATION Pastor Arthur McKibben
La Mirada Church of the Nazarene
FLAG SALUTE Young Marine Lance Corporal Goodwin
ROLL CALL City Clerk
REORGANIZATION ITEMS
1. PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING MAYOR
2. OUTGOING MAYOR’S COMMENTS
3. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
4. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION – Staff recommends City Council turn the meeting over to the City Clerk to initiate the process for the selection of a Mayor and Vice Mayor. 825-08
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5. INCOMING MAYOR’S COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
I, Theresa Devoy, City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing notice of special meeting was posted at City Hall not less than 24- hours before the start of the meeting and delivered to each member of the Norwalk City Council and to the following newspapers:
Herald American, Cerritos Community News, Norwalk Patriot, and Whittier Daily News, all on the 7th day of December 2023.
Theresa Devoy, CMC, City Clerk
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Jesus M. Gomez, City Manager
BY: Theresa Devoy, CMC, City Clerk
SUBJECT: CITY COU NCIL REORGANIZATION
Background:
Annually, City Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Vice Mayor. Following is the procedure for reorganization:
1. The City Clerk will declare that the next item of business shall be the selection of a Mayor and a Vice Mayor for the upcoming year.
2. The City Clerk declares that nominations ar e in order for the office of Mayor. The City Clerk accepts nominations; a second to the nomination is not necessary. If there are no further nominations, the City Clerk will close the nominations and take a roll call vote. If more than one nomination, a vote will be taken in the order of the nomination. Following the vote(s), the City Clerk declares the Mayor elected.
3. The newly elected Mayor will preside ov er the election of the Vice Mayor in the same manner as outlined for the Mayor and conduct the remainder of the meeting.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Citizens Advised: N/A
Strategic Plan 2023 Implementation: N/A
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends City Council tu rn the meeting over to the City Clerk to initiate the process for the selection of the Mayor and Vice Mayor.
Attachment: N/A
City Council Agenda Report
December 12, 2023