Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPOINTING POSITIONS IN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Article XI, Section 1102, paragraph (n) of the City Charter authorizes the Mayor, with the advice and consent of Council, to appoint employees to the Office of the Mayor as may be necessary or desirable to assist in the work of the Mayor; and Funding for Mayoral staff, however, was not previously required by Charter. Measure O, approved by voters on November 8, 2016, amended the Charter to require funding for no less than three Mayoral staff positions to be included in each annual budget; and These positions include an Executive Assistant, a Senior Policy Advisor, and a Public Information Officer; and To comply with Measure O, and Article XI-A, Section 1151 of the City Charter, a Public Information Officer must be one of the three positions funded and assigned to the Office of the Mayor; and, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
Appoints new employees to fill two of the three upcoming vacancies in the Office of the Mayor.
Lynn Smith as the Executive Assistant to the Mayor
Esperanza Vielma as the Mayor’s Senior Policy Advisor
Authorize the City Manager to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of the Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED December 10, 2024 .
KEVIN J LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton