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Selection of Mayor and Vice Mayor/Council Reorganization As set forth in the City Council Handbook, the Vice-Mayor is usually selected as the Mayor. The City Council believes the community benefits by ensuring the positions of Mayor and Vice-Mayor are held at various times by all council members. The City Council also believes the experience as a council member will assist those who ultimately serve as Mayor or Vice-Mayor. To that end, the following process is hereby adopted for the future selection of Mayor and Vice-Mayor. This process will remain in effect until modified by a subsequent City Council.
Commencing at the end of the present Mayor’s term, the Vice-Mayor will become Mayor and the most senior council member who has not within the previous three (3) years served as Mayor or Vice-Mayor, will serve as Vice-Mayor. This process for selection will also apply in subsequent years, provided that a council member will first become eligible for service as Mayor or ViceMayor once the Councilmember has served for two (2) years.
In the event new council members are elected in the same year, the ranking of the newly elected council members amongst themselves will be in the order of the highest number of votes received to the lowest number. If any council member declines a nomination during a year when they would have been eligible to be appointed as Mayor or Vice-Mayor, the next eligible council member in sequence shall be nominated for that position. The council member that declined the nomination will then move to the bottom of the rotational order as if they had just completed serving a year as Mayor.
Based on Councilmember Addiego’s appointment as Mayor on December 9, 2020, and assuming all current council members are re-elected, the succession according to the current policy would be as follows:
Year Mayor Vice-Mayor
2021-2022 Nagales Nicolas
2022-2023 Nicolas Nagales
2023-2024 Nagales Coleman
2024-2025 Coleman Flores
2025-2026 Flores Addiego
The election of the Mayor and Vice -Mayor shall be by vote of a majority of members of the City Council. The Mayor shall be seated and assume the duties of presiding officer immediately following the election of Mayor and before the election of the Vice Mayor unless a motion is carried to elect and seat the Mayor and Vice Mayor at the same time.
The mayoral rotation system can be changed at any time by a Council majority vote.
Installation and Reorganization Costs
Council members shall contribute to the cost of light snacks/deserts and refreshments for the reception following the Installation and Reorganization Meeting. Each council member’s contribution shall not exceed $200. During any year in which the City Treasurer and City Clerk are up for election, the City Clerk and City Treasurer shall each contribute up to $200 for the cost of light snacks/deserts and refreshments for the reception following the Installation and APPENDIX 1
Reorganization Meeting. The incoming Mayor may choose to separately pay for additional snacks and refreshments beyond those normally provided every year.
Recognition of Outgoing Mayor and/or Council Members
The Installation and Reorganization Meeting will also include recognition of the outgoing Mayor and any outgoing council member(s). As part of the recognition, the City may provide the outgoing Mayor and any outgoing council member(s) with a nominal gift recognizing their service to the City.