Vernon City Charter
Proposed Amendments – Redline
Redlines below reflect only those portions of the Charter that are proposed to be amended.
Article III. City Council
Amendment to City Council Reorganization
CH: 3.5. Mayor.
At the Council meeting at which any Council Member is installed following a regular municipal election, and at any time when there is a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the position of Mayor shall be filled by the Council Member entering the fifth (last) year of their Council seat’s term. by twhose election immediately followed the election of the prior Mayor. For the first year after passage of the Charter Amendment establishing this automatic rotation appointment process, the position of Mayor shall be filled by the Council Member who has served on the City Council for the longest period of time within their respective current terms.In the event any Council Member scheduled to be Mayor is unable or desires not to be Mayor, the position of Mayor shall be filled by the Council Member entering the fourth year of their Council seat’s term, and so on in descending order if necessary. who was elected to the City Council in the year immediately following that person.
CH: 3.6. Mayor Pro Tempore.
At the time that a Mayor is appointed, the position of Mayor Pro Tempore shall be filled by the the Council Member Council Member entering the fourth year of their Council seat’s term.whose election immediately followed that of the newly appointed Mayor. For the first year after passage of the Charter Amendment establishing this automatic rotation appointment process, the position of Mayor Pro Tempore shall be filled by the Council Member who has served on the City Council for the next-to-longest period of time within their respective current terms.In the event any Council Member scheduled to be Mayor Pro Tempore is unable or desires not to be Mayor Pro Tempore, the position of Mayor Pro Tempore shall be filled by the Council Member entering the third year of their Council seat’s term, and so on in descending order if necessary. who was elected to the City Council in the year immediately following that person.
Amendment to Election Canvass
CH: 3.4. Election and terms.
The City Council shall be the final judge of election results and the qualifications of its members.
The City Council shall canvass the returns of an election beginning on the first Tuesday following a City Council election and continue such canvass in the time, form, and manner required by the City Charter, Vernon Municipal Code, and the general laws of the State governing municipal elections. or such other date within fifteen days of the election as may be provided by ordinance. The terms of each elected Council-memberCouncil Member shall begin at the hour the election results are certified by the City Council. of the completion of the canvass of the election returns. In the absence of death, removal from office or disqualification, each Councilmember Council Member shall serve until expiration of his or her term and until a successor qualifies.