SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Amend City Council Rules, Rule 5 - Duties of Vice-Mayor in Absence of Mayor, implementing a rotation schedule for the office of the Vice-Mayor and adopt Resolution 19-19.
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SUMMARY:
At the April 1 work session, staff was directed to draft language that would implement a rotation schedule for the vice mayor.
Staff is proposing to amend Rule 5, Duties of Vice-Mayor in Absence of Mayor, as follows:
Pursuant to Charter section 2.05, "the Vice-Mayor shall act as Mayor during the absence or inability of the Mayor to perform the duties of the office of the Mayor." For the purpose of that section, the Mayor shall be considered absent if there are duties of the office which must be performed and the Mayor is not present and able to perform them.
The office of Vice-Mayor shall be rotated amongst the councilmembers annually in the following order, commencing in 2020:
Seat 4
Seat 5
Seat 2
Seat 3
The Vice-Mayor shall change in April of each year.