HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-01-12 - AGENDA REPORTS - MAYOR ROTATION PROCEDURE (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented y:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS Councilmember Pederson
DATE: January 12, 1993
SUBJECT: MAYOR ROTATION PROCEDURE:COMMITTEE REPORT
DEPARTMENT: City Council
BACKGROUND
The Council appointed an ad-hoc committee at their regular meeting of November
24, 1992. The committee was to review and consider revision to the annual
Mayor's Rotation Policy. The committee has completed their review and is ready
to report the recommendations of the committee.
RECOMMENDATION
Council to review, discuss, consider the proposed revisions to the Mayor's
Rotation Policy.
ATTACHMENTS
Memo dated December 2, 1992 from Committee
Annual Mayor's Rotation Policy dated 12/22/88
Proposed Policy
Agenda Item:
TO:
FROM:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Mayor and Members of the C
George Caravalho, City Man
DATE: December 2, 1992
SUBJECT: Mayor Rotation Procedure:
At the City Council meeting of November 24, 1992, the Council
established an ad-hoc committee comprised of Council Member
Pederson and Mayor Pro Tem Heidt to review and consider
revision to the Annual Mayor's Rotation Policy as established
on December 22, 1988.
The committee has completed their review. Attached for your
consideration, is the current policy and the revised policy as
recommended by the committee. Please review the proposal and
return any comments to me in order that I might consolidate
them and refer the comments back to the committee.
It is the intent of the committee that the Council consider
this item at the City Council meeting of January 12, 1993.
I
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
I NUMBER I-1
SUBJECT
POLICY/PROCEDURE
_RIGINAL ISSUE EFFECTIVE ANNUAL MAYOR'S ROTATION
December 22, 1988 December 22, 1988
CURRENT ISSUE EFFECTIVE CATEGORY
SUPERCEDES I LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS'
(CITY COUNCIL)
STANDARD MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure.is.two fold:
1. To enunciate the City Council policy for the rotation of
Mayor; and
2. To foster a cooperative spirit among Councilmembers by
depoliticizing the selection of the position of Mayor.
II. GENERAL
It is the declared policy of the City Council to rotate the
position of Mayor at the end of each calendar year. The rotation
is to take place the second meeting in December. The order of
rotation is based on the highest number.of.votes achieved
beginning with:
Howard McKeon
Jan Heidt
Jo Anne Darcy
Carl Boyer
Dennis Koontz
These current Councilmembers supercede a newly elected
Councilmember who may achieve a higher number of votes.
In the event of two or three new Councilmembers being elected, the
new Councilmembers will be rotated through the Mayor's position
based upon the highest number of votes achieved following the
above noted priority .list.
III. AUTHORITY
Adopted by City Council December 22, 1988.
�Gedrge A. Caravalho
City Manager
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: November 30, 1992
TO: COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM: COUNCILMAN GEORGE PEDERSON
SUBJECT: ANNUAL MAYOR'S ROTATION PROCEDURE
STANDARD MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure is.two fold:
1. To enunciate the City Council policy for the rotation
of Mayor; and,
2. To foster a cooperative spirit among Councilmembers by
depoliticizing the selection of the position of Mayor, and;
3. To assure that the position of Mayor is filled by a
Councilperson with experience on the Council and to proceed in
an orderly fashion of succession following the elections of new
councilpersons.
II. GENERAL
It is the declared policy of the City Council to rotate
the position of- Mayor at the end of each calendar, year. The
rotation is to take place thesecondmeeting in December. The
order of rotation is based on the highest number of votes
achieved beginning with:
Jan Beidt
Jo Anne Darcy
Carl Boyer
In elections in which two Council seats are elected,
Councilpersons as indicated above supercede newly elected
councilmembers. In no case, however, shall any Councilperson
having previously served as Mayor supercede a newly elected'
Councilperson who has not previously served as Mayor and .has
one year's minimum experience as a Councilperson.
in elections in which three (3) Councilmembers are
elected, re-elected Councilpersons shall serve as Mayor based
on the highest number of votes received. Any newly elected
Councilpersons must have a minimum of one year on the Council
prior to their appointment to the position of Mayor.
if no incumbents are reelected, the position of Mayor will
be filled by either incumbent Councilperson with. the least
service as Mayor.
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