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Home My WebLink AboutAnnual Mayoral Rotation - 12142017 STAFF REPORT CITY OF PALM DESERT CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT MEETING DATE: December 14, 2017 REQUEST: ANNUAL MAYORAL ROTATION OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL Recommendation As per the policy adopted in its Resolution No. 2015-91, nominate,* appoint, and seat the positions of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore on the Palm Desert City Council for the balance of December 2017 through the first regular meeting in December 2018. *Note: Nominations do not require a second to be voted upon. Strategic Plan Not applicable. Background Analysis At the first regular meeting in December, the Palm Desert City Council must annually appoint from its own Members two Councilmembers to serve as Mayor and Mayor Pro- Tempore, as set forth in City Council Resolution No. 2015-91: y Prior to any Member of the Council being appointed as Mayor, such Councilmember shall have been on the City Council for approximately two (2) years, and the Mayor Pro-Tempore shall have been a Member of the Council for approximately one (1) year. P. 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 Pro-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. ➢ When two or more Members of the City Council are sworn into office on the same day after being elected in the same 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. December 14, 2017 — Staff Report Annual Mayoral Rotation Page 2 of 2 Therefore, your participation and appropriate action in these processes are requested. Reorganization of the City Council 1. Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore. a. Comments by Outgoing Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore. b. Comments by Newly Selected Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore. Fiscal Analysis There is no fiscal impact associated with this annual City Council reorganization. Prepared y: Rachelle D. K -ssen, MMC, C y Clerk LEGAL REVIEW DEPT. REVIEW FINANCIAL REVIEW CITY MANAGER Approved as to Form or Content N/A N/A Robert W. Hargreaves Rachelle D. Klassen Janet M. Moore Lauri Aylaian City Attorney City Clerk Director of Finance City Manager APPLICANT/ or CONTRACTOR ATTACHMENTS: 1. City Council Resolution No. 2015-91 2. Palm Desert Mayoral History 1973 - Present 3. Certified Election Results from the 2016 General Municipal Election 4. PROPOSED Seating Chart Reflecting the Mayoral Rotation 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 .r 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 12t1day of November , 2015, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: HARNIK, JONATHAN, SPIEGEL, TANNER, and WEBER NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE Susan Marie Weber, Mayor ATTEST: _vo #0204 41, RA- ELLE D. KLA SE , ITY CLERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA was 72500.00001\20696288.1 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 - Present Jan C. Harnik 11/90 - 11/91 Walter H. Snyder 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 II'\WI'data`.WPDO S`.COUNCII;MAYOR WPD 12/08/16 or scii, REBECCA SPENCER - ART TINOCO Registrar of Voters o, Assistant Registrar of Voters REGISTRAR OF VOTERS COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS State of California ) ) ss. County of Riverside ) I, REBECCA SPENCER, Registrar of Voters of said County, do hereby certify that, in pursuance of the provisions of Sections 15301, 15372, and 15374 of the California Elections Code, and the resolution adopted by the City Council, I did canvass the returns of the votes cast on November 8, 2016, as part of the Consolidated Presidential General Election in the CITY OF PALM DESERT and I further certify that the statement of votes cast, to which this certificate is attached, shows the whole number of votes for each candidate for elective office and for and against each measure at said election, in said City, and in each precinct therein, and that the totals as shown for said election are full, true, and correct. Dated this 6th day of December 2016. • REBECCA SPENCER = _ Registrar of Voters r , _ R _ isr eticia Flores Elections Coordinator rz ., �_ • "w 2724 Gateway Drive I Riverside, CA 92507-0918 (951)486-7200 I TTY(951)697-8966 I FAX(951)486-7272 www.voteinfo.net 12/06/16 6:09 PM RIVERSIDE COUNTY Statement of Vote 296 of 1043 November 8,2016 CONSOLIDATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NO PARTY PREFERENCE CITY OF PALM DESERT-COUNCIL MEMBER 100086 K tv W Z 3 0 L I~ W LLJ Z W Q ce a z o A . z < h Q A v j z z I- c w 81 o = < < ce ch E IQ- co z Z X ce m 1- Y co C7 _ 44000 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00� 0 0 0 0 0 44000-Vote by Mail RepaUng 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44003 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44003-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44005 PALM DESERT 1766 431 24.41 165 119 168 115 68 44005-Vote by Mail Reporting 1766 1019 57.70 414 440 519 303 217 44011 PALM DESERT 2119 391 18.45 196 124 196 112 72 44011-Vole by Mail Reporting 2119 1480 69.84 714 666 813 544 351 44015 PALM DESERT 2644 513 19.40 199 169 237 141 85 44015-Vote by Mail Reporting 2644 1576 59.61 690 678 825 602 288 44019 PALM DESERT 1951 439 22.50 180 141 221 142 85 44019-Vole by Mail Reporting 1951 1259 64.53 497 593 651 545 318 44022 PALM DESERT 2973 576 19.37 206 182 258 190 129 44022-Vole by Mail Reporting 2973 1915 64.41 734 756 938 776 410 44024 PALM DESERT 3088 827 26.78 352 249 383 249 132 44024-Vote by Mad Reporting 3088 1712 55.44 797 704 875 607 369 44029 PALM DESERT 1626 417 25.65 173 120 198 98 69 44029-Vote by Mad Reporting 1626 849 52.21 353 332 439 251 176 44030 PALM DESERT 2036 531 26.08 231 159 256 120 82 44030-Vote by Mail Reporting 2036 1029 50.54 440 397 553 347 170 44031 PALM DESERT 2071 381 18.40 162 143 188 124 59 44031-Vote by Mail Reporting 2071 1407 87.94 706 658 752 585 337 44032 PALM DESERT 450 97 21.56 36 29 49 31 13 44032-Vote by Mail Reporting 450 241 53.56 95 105 135 80 42 44039 PALM DESERT 2423 658 27.16 311 198 293 197 101 44039-Vote by Mail Reporting 2423 1344 55.47 668 611 654 542 264 44041 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44041-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44043 PALM DESERT 1811 432 23.85 225 136 195 162 70 44043-Vote by Mail Reporting 1811 1094 60.41 644 480 506 468 219 44046 PALM DESERT 1650 346 20.97 155 114 163 117 73 44046-Vole by Mail Reporting 1650 1095 66.36 521 496 536 471 247 44047 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44047-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 44048 PALM DESERT 58 1 1.72 •'•*"..."' Insufficient Turnout to Protect Voter Privacy """"' 44048-Vote by Mail Reporting 58 51 87.93 17 22 27 22 14 Precinct Totals 26666 6040 22.65 2592 1884 2805 1798 1039 Vote by Marl Reporting Totals 26666 16071 60.27 7290 6938 8223 6146 3422 Grand Totals 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 RIVERSIDE 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 36th Congressional District 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 28th Senatorial District 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 42nd Assembly District 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 St Board of Equalization 4lh Distr 26666 22111 82.92 9682 8822 11028 7944 4461 4111 Supervisonal District 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 City of Reim Desert 26666 22111 82.92 9882 8822 11028 7944 4461 12/06/16 6:11 PM RIVERSIDE COUNTY Statement of Vote 1022 of 1043 November 8,2016 CONSOLIDATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NO PARTY PREFERENCE MEASURE T-CITY OF PALM DESERT 140139 C H o N e co to {Wy� d' m 1-- } - z _ 44000 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 44000-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 44003 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 44003-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 44005 PALM DESERT 1766 431 24.41 271 89 44005-Vote by Mail Reporting 1766 1019 57.70 685 209 44011 PALM DESERT 2119 391 18.45 233 98 44011-Vote by Mail Reporting 2119 1480 69.84 982 324 44015 PALM DESERT 2644 513 19.40 299 133 44015-Vote by Mail Reporting 2644 1576 59.61 1125 282 44019 PALM DESERT 1951 439 22.50 235 111 44019-Vote by Mail Reporting 1951 1259 64.53 807 300 44022 PALM DESERT 2973 576 19.37 340 114 44022-Vote by Mall Reporting 2973 1915 64.41 1241 434 44024 PALM DESERT 3088 827 26.78 489 217 44024-Vote by Mail Reporting 3088 1712 55.44 1158 392 44029 PALM DESERT 1626 4,7 25.65 259 109 44029-Vote by Mail Reporting 1626 849 52.21 545 203 44030 PALM DESERT 2036 531 26.08 325 139 44030-Vole by Mall Reporting 2036 1029 50.54 688 210 44031 PALM DESERT 2071 381 18.40 235 100 44031-Vote by Mail Reporting 2071 1407 67.94 988 272 44032 PALM DESERT 450 97 21.56 70 18 44032-Vote by Mail Reporting 450 241 53.56 158 59 44039 PALM DESERT 2423 658 27.16 404 164 44039-Vote by Mail Reporting 2423 1344 55.47 868 344 44041 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 44041-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 44043 PALM DESERT 1811 432 23.85 259 120 44043-Vote by Mail Reporting 1811 1094 60.41 751 232 44046 PALM DESERT 1650 346 20.97 210 85 44046-Vote by Mail Reporting 1650 1095 66.36 692 267 44047 PALM DESERT 0 0 0.00 0 0 44047-Vote by Mail Reporting 0 0 0.00 0 0 44048 PALM DESERT 58 1 1.72 Insufficient Turnout to Protect Voter Privacy "' 44048-Vote by Mail Reporting 58 51 87.93 29 15 Precinct Totals 26666 6040 22.65 3629 1498 Vote by Mail Reporting Totals 26666 16071 6C.27 10717 3543 Grand Totals 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 RIVERSIDE 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 36th Congressional District 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 28th Senatorial District 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 42nd Assembly District 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 St Board of Equalization 4th Distn 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 4th Supervisorial District 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 City of Palm Desert 26666 22111 82.92 14346 5041 11 0 Manager City AttnrneY c9CitY C ' 1 0 0 a E. _ ca..) m 3 o V a) -% — w o cl gi N.) �� J a 0 � 1 o p DJrt ''." 0 0 (11 ic: ii x 1 m \iiii CD (-_ a rD 4elaiD'CID ;,Da SLIn da � 2uillugld Md a,uEuzd •