REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on Annual Appointment of Vice Mayor and Chaplain
Report
BACKGROUND
At the beginning of each calendar year, the City Council appoints a member of the City Council into the positions of Vice Mayor and Chaplain to serve for approximately one year until a successor Vice Mayor and successor Chaplain are appointed the following year.
On June 9, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6442, which established, pursuant to Section 705 of the City Charter, a procedure for selection of Vice Mayor and selection of Chaplain of the City Council. On January 15, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 19-8650 to repeal and replace Resolution No. 6442, establishing, pursuant to Section 705 of the City Charter, a procedure for selection of Vice Mayor and selection of Chaplain of the City Council (Attachment 1).
Resolution 19-8650 includes the following procedure for selection of a Vice Mayor and selection of a Chaplain:
1) In January of each year, the City Council shall select a Vice Mayor and a Chaplain by majority vote of a quorum of the City Council.
2) The Vice Mayor and Chaplain shall commence service immediately upon selection and shall serve for approximately one (1) year until the next Vice Mayor and Chaplain are appointed, provided that such service shall be at the pleasure of the City Council. by a majority vote of a quorum of the City Council.
3) The Vice Mayor shall be the Councilmember with the highest seniority in consecutive years on the City Council and who has not previously served as Vice Mayor.
4) The most recent outgoing Vice Mayor will serve as Chaplain.
5) If two or more Councilmembers have the same seniority in number of consecutive years served on the City Council, the Vice Mayor selected will be the Councilmember who received the most votes in the most recent applicable council election.
6) No Councilmember shall serve more than once as Vice Mayor unless all Councilmembers, expressly including ...
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