HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 33 - Annual Reorganization of the City Council to Install the Re-elected City Council_2024120600393995533)Annual Reorganization of the City Council to Install the Re-elected City Council
Members and City Treasurer and Select the Mayor/chair and Mayor Pro Tem/vice-
chair for 2025
Install the re-elected City Council Members and City Treasurer and select a Mayor/Chair
and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair per City Council Policy No. 200-4.
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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Candice Alvarez, MMC, City Clerk
Date:December 10, 2024
Subject:Annual Reorganization of the City Council to Install the Re-elected City
Council Members and City Treasurer and Select the Mayor/chair and
Mayor Pro Tem/vice-chair for 2025
Recommendation
Install the re-elected City Council Members and City Treasurer and select a Mayor/Chair and
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair per City Council Policy No. 200-4.
Background
The City Council has adopted a Resolution reciting the facts of the General Municipal Election
held on November 5, 2024, and declaring the results and such other matters as provided by law.
City Council Policy No. 200-4 provides direction regarding the selection of the Mayor and Mayor
Pro Tem for the City Council. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are selected annually by the City
Council to serve a one-year term. Consistent with Government Code 36801, the selection of the
Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem is to occur following the certification of the election results and the
installation of elected officials. In non-election years, City Council Policy No. 200-4 provides for
City Council reorganization during the first Regular City Council meeting in December. The Mayor
also serves as Chair of the Successor Agency of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lake
Elsinore, the Lake Elsinore Recreation Authority, the Lake Elsinore Public Financing Authority,
the Lake Elsinore Public Facility Financing Authority, and the Lake Elsinore Parking Authority.
Installation and Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem for 2025
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Discussion
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10265, ”upon the canvass of the returns and the declaration
of the results, the city council shall meet to install the newly elected officers. The installation shall
occur at the next regularly scheduled city council meeting following certification of the election
results unless the city council has set a different time by resolution.” Therefore, re-elected City
Council Members Manos, Johnson, and Magee, and City Treasurer Edwin Castro will be sworn
into office.
Following the installation of the re-elected City Council Members and City Treasurer, a Mayor and
Mayor Pro Tem will be selected to serve for 2025. The procedural format for the selection of the
Mayor/Chair and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair is for the current Mayor/Chair to yield the chair to the
City Clerk/Secretary, who will open the floor to nominations. Upon closing the nominations and
taking a vote, the City Clerk/ Secretary will declare the Council Member/Agency Member selected
to serve as Mayor/Chair by majority vote. The newly elected Mayor/Chair will assume the chair
and will preside over the selection of a Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact on the City.
Attachments
None
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