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1 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY

DRAFT
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.

RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO . 90591 C.M.S. TO
CONFIRM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S UPDATED APPOINTMENTS

OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND CHAIRPERSONS OF THE FINANCE

AND MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION,

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LIFE

ENRICHMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, RULES AND LEGISLATION,

EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP, AND CITY/PORT LIAISON

COMMITTEES

WHEREAS, Rule 4 of the Council’s Rules of Procedure , established by Resolution No. 90066 C.M.S., provides that the Council President shall appoint all committees and committee chairs subject to confirmation by Council resolution, and provided that a majority of the members of the Council may direct the appointment of a committee by the Council President; and

WHEREAS, Rule 4 further provides that the standing committees of the C ouncil shall consist of the following: Finance and Management, Public Works and Transportation, Community and Economic Development, Life Enrichment, Public Safety, and Rules and Legislation; and

WHEREAS, Rule 4 provides that the C ouncil may establish by resolution such other ad hoc or standing committees as it deems appropriate , and currently such committees are the City/Port Liaison Committee and the Education Partnership Committee; and

WHEREAS, on January 9, 2025, pursuant to Resolution No. 90591 C.M.S., the City Council confirmed the appointments to the Finance and Management, Public Works and Transportation, Community and Economic Development, Life Enrichment, Public Safety, Rules and Legislation, Education Partnership, ad City/Port Liaison Committees; and

WHEREAS, on April 15, 2025, there was a Special Municipal Election held in the City of Oakland for, among other things, filling the vacancies in the Office of the Mayor and the District 2 Council Office; and

WHEREAS, on May 20, 2025, the City Council declared the results of the April 15, 2025 Special Municipal Election, which includes declaring the candidates for the Office of Mayor and the District 2 Council Office as elected to said offices to complete the remainder of their respective terms; and

WHEREAS, upon the declaration of said results and the swearing in of the candidate for the Office of Mayor, the Council President, who had assumed the office of the Mayor for the period of the vacancy, shall return to their councilmember seat; and

WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to confirm updated committee appointments that include the Council President and the District 2 Councilmember; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED: That Resolution No. 90591 C.M.S. is hereby amended to confirm the Council President’s updated appointments of the following members and committee chairs of such committees:

Finance and Management Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

Public Works and Transportation Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

Community and Economic Development Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

Life Enrichment Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

Public Safety Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

Rules and Legislation Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

Education Partnership Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

City/Port Liaison Committee
Chairperson:

Members:

IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,

PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND

PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –

ATTEST:

ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
3416987/ARM

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