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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-44 - Amending council mtg rulesRESOLUTION NO. 2011-44 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING RULES GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEREAS, 1. The City Council has adopted by resolution Procedures of Conduct for City Council Meetings, last revised on July 20, 2005 ("Procedures"); and 2. The City Council has determined to revise the rules governing the Mayoral Rotation and Seating Arrangement for Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the title and Section 7 of the Procedures are amended as follows: TITLE: City of Ukiah City Council Meeting Procedures SEQTI-QN 7. VOTING PROC QURE I. Mayoral Rotation and Seating Arrangement for Council It is the policy of the City Council that the office of Mayor be rotated insofar as possible among the members of the City Council and that the Mayor shall serve a term of one year or until a successor is appointed. The rotation is based on seniority. The Vice Mayor shall replace the outgoing Mayor. It is the intent and desire of the City Council to allow every member the opportunity to serve as Mayor, and consideration is given to those members of the Council who have not previously served as Mayor unless all members have so served. The City Council shall, at its first regular meeting in the month of December, meet and choose one of its members as Mayor, and one of its members as Vice Mayor. The Mayor's seat shall be filled by the most senior member in length of uninterrupted service who has not previously served as Mayor. The Councilmember selected as Mayor, however, shall have served at least one year as a member of the City Council. Where all Councilmembers have served a term as Mayor, the person to be selected as Mayor shall be the person who has not served as Mayor for the longest period of time. If the person who has not served as Mayor for the longest period of time declines the position, then the person who has not served as Mayor for the longest period of time other than the declining Councilmember or Councilmembers shall be selected. When a selection of Mayor is to be made from a Councilmember who has not yet served as Mayor, the person who is otherwise qualified and has served on the Council the longest without being Mayor shall be selected as Mayor. In the case where two or more persons qualified to be selected as Mayor have served the same amount of time as a Councilmember without being Mayor, the person selected shall be the person who received the most votes at their initial election. Resolution No. 2006-04 Page lof 1 At the time of selection of the Mayor in any given year, the individual who would qualify to be selected as Mayor in the next following year, using the criteria above, shall be named Vice Mayor for the current year. If a Councilmember declines to serve as Vice Mayor, the Council will decide by formal action where the member will fit into the rotation at the December meeting. The Council has the ultimate discretion to elect or not elect any Councilmember for any office at the December meeting. The Mayor and Councilmembers shall be seated as follows, seating assignments given from the perspective facing the audience: A. The Mayor and Councilmembers shall sit in the five of seven furthest rightward positions on the dais. B. The Mayor's position shall be the fourth from the right or center of the dais. C. The Vice Mayor shall be seated immediately to the Mayor's left or left hand side. D. Following the installation of new Councilmembers into office, Councilmembers leaving office shall immediately step down from the dais. Incumbent Councilmembers shall then-assume-any-positions-vac-ated-to-their-left.-Newly-elected-or-appointed Councilmembers shall be seated at the far right of the dais. If more than one Councilmember is newly elected, they shall be seated in order of votes cast, with the lowest vote getter being seated furthest right and the highest vote getter being seated j to the left. i E. Except as described in subsection F below, following the annual rotation of the Vice Mayor, the exiting Vice Mayor shall move right to the Mayor's position in the center of the dais, the newly selected Vice Mayor shall move to the Mayor's left hand side, and the remaining Councilmembers shall move one seat to their left. F. Following the annual rotation of the Vice Mayor during general election years, the newly elected Councilmembers shall remain in the furthest right seats and only incumbent Councilmembers shall rotate positions as described in subsection E above. G. To the extent that the foregoing rules do not address Councilmember seating changes or rotations, the City Council shall determine the seating location by formal action of j the same at a regular, special, or adjourned meeting. City Manager City Attorney Vice Most Mayor Mayor Senior CCM Resolution No. 2006-04 Page 2of 1 CCM Least Senior CCM BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amended version of Section 7 as contained in this Resolution shall replace Section 7 in the City Council Meeting Procedures as it read prior to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 2011, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember Landis, Thomas, Crane, Baldwin, and Mayor Rodin NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Mari Rodin, Mayor ATTEST: I iAll n c ~ Resolution No. 2006-04 Page 3of 1