City Council

A. Request by Mayor Davis to amend Rule 9(b) of the Council Rules of Procedure concerning Selection\nof Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore to delete the sentence: “This provision shall not be subject to a\nsuspension of the Council Rules, and shall be implemented until duly repealed or amended by the\nCouncil,” to read as follows: (b) Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore. As required by Charter\nsection 604, the Mayor shall be selected by the Council. The procedure for selection shall be as\nfollows: Beginning in December 2022, the Council shall select the longest continuously serving\nCouncilmember, whether initially elected or appointed, to serve as Mayor for a 1 year term. Each\nsubsequent December the next longest continuously serving Councilmember shall be selected as\nMayor for a 1 year term, then rotating each December to select the Mayor in order of the next\nlongest serving Councilmember. If two or more Councilmembers were elected at the same election,\nthe Councilmember receiving the higher number of votes shall be considered as having served\nlonger for purposes of this provision. If two or more Councilmembers were initially appointed to\nserve at the same time, then when they each may first become eligible to be selected as Mayor, a\ncoin flip shall decide who shall be considered as having served longer for purposes of this provision.\nThe Mayor Pro Tempore may be selected by simple majority vote without regard to this provision.\n(This sentence will be deleted: "This provision shall not be subject to a suspension of the Council\nRules, and shall be implemented until duly repealed or amended by the Council.")\nStaff Report Printout