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Home My WebLink AboutActions - Install of Elected and Annual Mayorial Rotation STAFF REPORT CITY OF PALM DESERT CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT MEETING DATE: December 13, 2018 PREPARED BY: Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk REQUEST: Actions related to installation of newly elected Councilmembers and annual Mayoral rotation. Recommendation Following adoption of the resolution declaring results of the 2018 Palm Desert General Municipal Election, the subsequent actions listed below are required to officially complete the process: 1. City Clerk administers the Oath of Office to Newly Elected Councilmembers and presents each with a Certificate of Election. 2. Comments from Newly Elected Councilmembers. 3. Comments from Outgoing Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore. 4. Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore for the coming year. 5. Comments from the Newly Appointed Mayor and Mayor Pro- Tempore. Strategic Plan None. Background Analysis As required by law and by City practice (P.D.M.C. Chapter 2.38), above actions complete the 2018 Palm Desert General Municipal Election. Additionally, per Ordinance No. 1095 and City Council Resolution No. 2015-91, the selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are to occur at the City Council's first regular meeting in December. Your participation and appropriate actions in these processes are respectfully requested. December 13, 2018 — Staff Report Seating of Newly Elected Councilmembers & Mayoral Rotation Page 2 of 2 Fiscal Analysis No fiscal impact with these actions. LEGAL REVIEW DEPT. REVIEW FINANCIAL CITY MANAGER Approved as to Form REVIEW or Content N/A �� S N/A rer Robert W. Hargreaves Rachelle D. Klassen —Janet M. Moore Lauri Aylaian City Attorney City Clerk Director of Finance City Manager ATTACHMENTS: 1. P.D.M.C. Chapter 2.38 — General Municipal Elections. 2. Resolution No. 2015-91. 3. Mayoral History List. Chapter 2.38 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Page 1 of 1 Palm Desert Municipal Code Up I Previous I Next ( Main I Collapse I Search I Print I No Frames Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Chapter 2.38 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2.38.010 Statutory authority for date held. A. In accordance with Section 36503.3 of the California Government Code,the city changes the date of the general municipal election from November of odd-numbered years to be consolidated with the Statewide General Election held in November of even-numbered years. B. The terms of officeholders shall be extended as necessary, but no more than twelve months. (Ord. 896 §§ 1,2, 1999; Ord. 740 § 1, 1994; Ord.281 § 1, 1981) 2.38.020 Applicability. The first general municipal election to which this chapter shall apply is the one to be held in the year 1995. (Ord. 740 § 2, 1994; Ord. 281 § 2, 1981) 2.38.030 Declaration of election and selection of mayor. The city council shall meet at the next regularly scheduled meeting following presentation of the twenty- eight-day canvass of the returns of the most recent municipal election and shall declare the results thereof and install newly elected officers, pursuant to Sections 10262 and 10263 of the California Elections Code, and, following such declaration and installation, at the same meeting choose one of its members as mayor and one of its members as mayor pro-tempore,pursuant to Section 36801 of the California Government Code. (Ord. 1095 § 1, 2005) View the mobile version. http://gcode.us/codes/palmdesert/view.php?topic=2-2_38&showAll=1&frames=on 11/26/2018 RESOLUTION NO. 2015 - 91 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING ITS RESOLUTION NO. 2013-14 AND RESTATING ITS POLICY ON THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO-TEMPORE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, must appoint from its own Members two Councilmembers to serve as Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore; and WHEREAS, it has been the desire of each City Council serving the City of Palm Desert since incorporation to make these positions honorary in nature, held for a one-year period of time; and WHEREAS, it is this City Council's opinion that each Member elected to the Council is equally qualified and deserving to hold these offices, and each Councilmember should be given ample opportunity to serve in one or both of these offices. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, that the appointments of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore shall be made on an annual rotating basis, and no one Councilmember shall serve a term in either office to exceed a one-year period of time, except when completing the term of a prior Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tempore for less than six months. The selection shall be made and the term commence at the first regular Council Meeting in December each year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that prior to any Member of the Council being appointed as Mayor, such Councilmember shall have been either a Member of the Council for approximately two (2) years, and the Mayor Pro-Tempore shall have been a Member of the Council for approximately one (1) year prior to being selected for those respective offices; or in the absence of this occurrence, the Member's having served at least one term on the Palm Desert Planning Commission will be sufficient eligibility for appointment to the office. In appointing Mayor, priority shall be given to the immediately preceding Mayor Pro- Tempore; if the immediately preceding Mayor Pro-Tempore is unwilling or unable to serve as Mayor, priority shall be given to the Member who would otherwise have priority to be appointed Mayor-Tempore. In appointing Mayor Pro-Tempore, priority shall be given to the Member with the longest continuous service since last serving as Mayor, if ever. BE IT EVEN FURTHER RESOLVED that when two or more Members of the Council are sworn into office on the same day after being elected in the same RESOLUTION NO. 2015 - 91 ... Municipal Election, the order of their service in the Mayoral Rotation shall be established by number of votes received at said election, with the Member ...� receiving the highest number of votes being inserted first into the Mayoral Rotation, and the person receiving the next-highest number of votes being inserted next, and so on. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California at its regular meeting held on the uttday of November , 2015, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: HARNIK, JONATHAN, SPIEGEL, TANNER, and WEBER NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE ium • Susan Marie Weber, Mayor ATTEST: Nor 1110%1111\.. RA' ELLE D. KLA SE , ITY CLERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA tom 72500.00001\20696288.I PALM DESERT MAYORS 11/73 - 03/76 Hank Clark 12/07 - 12/08 Jean M. Benson 03/76 - 03/77 Noel Brush 12/08 - 12/09 Robert A. Spiegel 03/77 - 04/80 Ed Mullins 12/09 - 12/10 Cindy Finerty 04/80 - 11/82 S. Roy Wilson 12/10 - 12/11 Jean M. Benson 11/82 - 11/83 Romeo Puluqi 12/11 - 12/12 Robert A. Spiegel 11/83 - 11/85 Walter H. Snyder 12/12 - 12/13 Jan C. Harnik 11/85 - 11/87 Richard S. Kelly 12/13 - 12/14 Van G. Tanner 11/87 - 11/88 Jean M. Benson 12/14 - 12/15 Susan Marie Weber 11/88 - 11/89 S. Roy Wilson 12/15 - 12/16 Robert A. Spiegel 11/89 - 11/90 Buford A. Crites 12/16 - 12/17 Jan C. Harnik 11/90 - 11/91 Walter H. Snyder 12/17 - Present Sabby Jonathan 11/91 - 11/92 Richard S. Kelly 11/92 - 11/93 Jean M. Benson 11/93 - 11/94 S. Roy Wilson 11/94 - 11/95 Buford A. Crites 11/95 - 11/96 Walter H. Snyder 11/96 - 11/97 Richard S. Kelly 12/97 - 11/98 Jean M. Benson 11/98 - 11/99 Robert A. Spiegel 11/99 - 11/00 Buford A. Crites 12/00 - 12/01 Jim Ferguson 12/01 - 12/02 Richard S. Kelly 12/02 - 12/03 Jean M. Benson 12/03 - 12/04 Robert A. Spiegel 12/04 - 12/05 Buford A. Crites 12/05 - 12/06 Jim Ferguson 12/06 - 12/07 Richard S. Kelly H:\WPdata\WPDOCS\COUNCIL\MAYOR.WPD 12/14/17