ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Clerk Item No: D2
Prepared by: Kathy Valdez, City Clerk Meeting Date: December 9, 2025 Approved by: John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Discussion SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint a Deputy Mayor for a one-year term.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Routine operational item not directly corresponding to a specific City Council goal.
PRIOR ACTION: On December 10, 2024, appointed Councilmember Katie Melendez to serve as Deputy Mayor for a one-year term (Vote: 5-0).
On December 12, 2023, appointed Councilmember Katie Melendez to serve as Deputy Mayor for a one- year term (Vote: 5-0).
The appointment of Deputy Mayor occurs annually; see Exhibit 1 for a list of prior appointments.
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: Vista Municipal Code Section 2.16.020 establishes that each year the City Council shall appoint one of its members to serve as Deputy Mayor for a term of one year, commencing on January 1 of each year. The Deputy Mayor will serve in the capacity of the Mayor in the event the Mayor is absent or unable to act.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the staff recommendation.
EXHIBITS:
1.List of previous Deputy Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore appointments (1995–2025) AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Appointed Dan O'Donnell to Deputy Mayor for a one-year term. Vote: 4-1 (Mayor Franklin opposed)
CITY OF VISTA
City Council Appointments of Deputy Mayor
2025 Katie Melendez
2024 Katie Melendez
2023 Corinna Contreras
2022 John Franklin
2021 Joe Green
2020 Amanda Rigby
2019 John Franklin
2018 John Aguilera
2017 John Franklin
2016 Amanda Rigby
2015 John Aguilera
2014 John Aguilera
2013 Dave Cowles
City Council Appointments of Mayor Pro Tempore
2012 Steve Gronke
2011 John Aguilera
2010 Judy Ritter
2009 Bob Campbell
2008 Frank Lopez
2007 Steve Gronke
2006 Judy Ritter
2005 Bob Campbell
2004 Steve Gronke
2003 Paul Campo
2002 Ed Estes, Jr.
2001 Ed Estes, Jr.
2000 Judy Ritter
1999 Dick Cooke
1998 Rocco Valluzzi
1997 Ed. Estes, Jr.
1996 Scott Packard
1995 Ted Cole
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EXHIBIT 1