HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 30 - Annual Reorganization of the City Council to Select the MayorChair and Mayor Pro30)Annual Reorganization of the City Council to Select the Mayor/Chair and Mayor Pro
Tem/Vice-Chair for 2026
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 9, 2025
Subject:Annual Reorganization of the City Council to Select the Mayor/Chair and
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair for 2026
Recommendation
Select a Mayor/Chair and Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair per City Council Policy No. 200-4.
Background
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. The selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem is to occur
during the first Regular City Council meeting in December each year or, if in an election year, the
meeting at which the election results are certified. The Mayor also serves as Chair, and the Mayor
Pro Tem also serves as the Vice 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.
Discussion
A Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem will be selected to serve for 2026. 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 selected Mayor/Chair will
assume the chair and will preside over the selection of a Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair.
Annual Reorganization
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Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact to the City.
Attachments
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