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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18. Appoint Mayor Pro Tem & Mayor for 2019J61 A PPROVED BY TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER FROM: OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER BY: M. ALICIA DUT, CMC, CITYCLERK DATE- NOVEMBER 27,2018 1 0 The City Clerk is requesting the City Council appoint the Mayor Pro Tern and Mayor 11 9i' to the City Council policy approved on May 27, 2014. _fficiency & Adaptability 7"ublic Engagement Attachment A: Policy for the Orderly Rotation of Mayor and Mayor ro em Adopted May 27, 2014 • • t• • i i i • i • The primary objective of this policy is to afford all Council Members elected in the City of Downey an opportunity to be Mayor during his or her first term of office. In order to institute the orderly rotation of Mayor and Mayor pro tem, and to accomplish the primary objective of this policy, the following guidelinesare adopted:- 1. The Mayor pro tem may rotate to Mayor: 2. Newly elected Council Members shall wait one year before serving as Mayor pro tem unless earlier rotation is required to meet the primary objective. 3. New Council Members voted in at the same election will draw lots to determine their order in the rotation to be Mayor pro tem. 4. Once the primary objective has been accomplished, rotation to Mayor pro tem shall be the newest Council Member who has not yet served as Mayor, before a Council Member who has already served as Mayor. 5. It is the City Council's discretion to discuss and decide whether a Council Member may serve as Mayor during their second term of office. Serving as Mayor during a second term of office should not be based on automatic rotation. 1;d 11:1'A 1-11161 V" 0191 KOYVIS K61 I Elm