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CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: ACTIONS RELATED TO INSTALLATION OF NEWLY ELECTED
COUNCILMEMBERS AND ANNUAL MAYORAL ROTATION
SUBMITTED BY: Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk
DATE: December 11, 2014
Recommendation
Following adoption of the Resolution declaring results of the 2014 Palm Desert
General Municipal Election, the subsequent actions listed below are required to officially
complete the process:
1. Presentation to Outgoing Councilmember Jean M. Benson by Mayor Van G.
Tanner and Mayor's Comments.
2. Comments by City Councilmembers.
3. Comments by Outgoing Councilmember Jean Benson-
4. City Clerk Administers the Oath of Office to Newly Elected Councilmembers and
Presents Each with Certificate of Election. .
5. Seating and Comments from Newly Elected Councilmembers.
6. Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore.
7. Comments from the Newly Appointed Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore.
Back rc,�ound
As required by law and by City practice, the above actions complete the 2014 Palm Desert
General Municipal Election. Additionally, per Ordinance No. 1095 and City Council Resolution
No. 2013-14 (copies attached), 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 action in these processes are requested.
Submitted by: CITYCOUNCILA�TION
APPROVED �ENIE�
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John . Wohlmuth, City Manager 2014-2015 Mayor Susan Marie Weber
rdk 2014-2015 Mayor Pro Tem Robert A. Spiegel
Attachments (Ord. No. 1095, Res. No. 2013-14)
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ORDINANCE NO. 1095 '
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.38 OF THE
PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 2.38.030,
RELATIVE TO MUNIClPA!ELECTIONS/SELECTION OF CITY�FFICERS
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2.38.030 be and the same is hereby added to the Code of the
City of Palm Desert, California, to read as follows:
"Section 2.28.030 Declaration of Election and Selection of Mavor. The City Council
shall meet at the next regularly scheduled meeting following presentation of the 28-day
canvass of ihe 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 �
Califomia Elections Code, and, following said 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."
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Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Dese�t Sun, a newspaper
of general circulation, printed and published in the County of Riverside and circulated
within the City of Pa1m Desert, and the same shail be in force and effect thi�ty (30) days
after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADoPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, Califomia, at its regular meeting held this 28th day of April, 2005, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: KELLY, SPIEGEL, and CRITES
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: BENSON and FERGUSON
ABSTAlN: NONE
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BUFORD A RITES, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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R CHELLE . SScN, CiTY CLE
CITY OF PALM DES�RT, �AI.IFORNIA
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 14
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING ITS RESOLUTION
NO. 01-110 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, Cafifornia, 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. 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 gither 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.
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
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.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 14
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of "�
Palm Desert, California at its regular meeting held on the 14th day of March, 0�13,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, TANNER� WEBER, and HARNIK
NOES: SPIEGEL
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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JAN C. HARN , MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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RA HELLE D. KLASSE , CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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