HomeMy WebLinkAboutReorg - City Council - Selection of Myr-MyrProTemCITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: ANNUAL REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SUBMITTED BY: Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk
DATE: December 10, 2015
CONTENTS: • Staff Report
• Resolution No. 2015-91
• Mayoral History 1973-Present
Recommendation
Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore Pursuant to Resolution No. 2015-91.
a) Comments by Outgoing Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore.
Action:
i) City Clerk declares the seat of Mayor to be vacant and invites nominations
for the Office of City of Palm Desert Mayor for the coming year.
Action:
ii) City Clerk declares the seat of Mayor Pro-Tempore to be vacant and
invites nominations for the Office of City of Palm Desert Mayor
Pro-Tempore for the coming year.
Action:
b) Comments by newly selected Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore.
Action:
Background
As required by City practice and the updated Resolution No. 2015-91, the above actions are requested
to rotate the Office of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore for the coming year at this meeting, the first
regular City Council Meeting in December. Therefore, your participation and appropriate action in these
processes are requested.
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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 12thday of November ,
2015, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: HARNIK, JONATRAN, SPIEGEL, TANNER, and WEBER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Susan Marie Weber, Mayor
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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 - Present
Susan Marie Weber
11/88 - 11/89
S. Roy Wilson
11 /89 - 11 /90
Buford A. Crites
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. Kell
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