HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso 2025-60 - Amending Rules Governing Council MeetingsRESOLUTION NO. 2025-60
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 November 15, 2023 ("Voting Procedure" in the City Councilmember Handbook);
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
SECTION 7. VOTING PROCEDURE
I. Mayoral Rotation and Seating Arrangement for Council
It is the policy of the City Council that the office of Mayor be rotated 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 City Council shall choose one of its members as Mayor, and one of its members as Vice
Mayor, at a regular meeting at the end of November or early December depending on the
holiday and election cycles, and during election years following the certification of the election
results.
Rotation is based on the following seating arrangement:
Seat 1 — Farthest to Mayor's right
Seat 2 — Middle seat to Mayor's right
Seat 3 — Directly to Mayor's right
Vice Mayor
Mayor
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Seat 2
Seat 1
Each year, all members will rotate as follows:
• Seat 1 to Seat 2
• Seat 2 to Seat 3
• Seat 3 to Vice Mayor
• Vice Mayor to Mayor
• Outgoing Mayor to Seat 1
Incoming Councilmembers:
• Outgoing Mayor will rotate into Seat 1.
• New member will rotate into Seat 2;
• If there are two new members, then they will rotate into Seat 2 & 3.
• If there are three new members, then incoming members will go into Seat 2, 3, and the
Vice Mayor position, with the member having received the most votes going into the Vice
Mayor position, and the member with the least votes going into Seat 2.
• Appointed members to unfulfilled terms will be treated as new members in respect to the
rotations.
If a Councilmember declines to serve as Vice Mayor, the Council will decide by formal action where
the member will fit into the rotation. The Council has the ultimate discretion to elect or not elect any
Councilmember for any office.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amended version of Section 7, as contained in this
Resolution, shall replace Section 7 of the City Council Meeting Procedures of the City
Councilmember Handbook
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 31d day of December, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmember Rodin, Criss, Orozco, Sher, and Mayor Crane.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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