Agenda Item: 5
Prepared By: Joan Taylor, City Clerk
Business: Call for Nominations of Presiding Councilor
Department: City Council
Subject:
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Call for Nominations of Presiding Councilor – Joan Taylor, City Clerk
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BACKGROUND:
According to the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the Chair or Vice Chair shall preside over the meeting. If both are absent, the Councilors present shall elect one of their members to serve as the Presiding Councilor.
The Presiding Councilor shall serve in a temporary capacity until all newly elected Council members have been sworn into office and are formally recognized as present during the meeting’s roll call.
Immediately following roll call, the first official order of business for the full Council shall be the election of the Chair and Vice Chair for the ensuing year.
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Procedure for Nominating a Presiding Councilor (Temporary Chairperson):
When both the Chair and Vice Chair are absent, the Secretary (City Clerk) shall call for nominations of a temporary Presiding Councilor to preside over the beginning of the meeting, until the newly elected Chair has been established.
City Council Rules of Procedure states that the nominations for a Chair (Presiding Officer) do not require a second. A nominee may decline the nomination. Nominations should continue until there are no further nominations. Discussions may follow each of the nominations and of the entirety of nominations.
When no further nominations are forthcoming, the City Clerk should close the nominations and call for a vote. The vote shall be in the order of the nominations received.
If there are more than two candidates nominated, it is possible that, following the vote, no candidate will receive a majority (4) of votes. If there are three or more nominees, the nominee receiving the least number of affirmative votes w...
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