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AN City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: April 7, 2014 <br />ONR x419" ` Resolution - Council <br />File Number: 14-115 <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Lianne Marshall <br />Assistant City Manager <br />Agenda Section: ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: RESOLUTION Amending Section II of the City of San Leandro <br />Councilmembers Handbook to Add Vice -Mayor Selection (provides for the <br />annual selection of Vice -Mayor by a process of rotation) <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to determine the selection of Vice -Mayor through <br />a system of rotation based on seniority of tenure on the City Council; and <br />WHEREAS, Section II --MAYOR of the City of San Leandro Councilmembers Handbook <br />("the Handbook") contains a subsection entitled, "Vice -Mayor"; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section II of the Handbook to specify <br />the process by which the Vice -Mayor position is determined annually. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE that <br />Section II of the City of San Leandro Councilmembers Handbook is hereby amended to add <br />the following to the subsection entitled "Vice -Mayor Selection": <br />Vice -Mayor Selection <br />The member with the most seniority as a Councilmember, and who has not previously served <br />as Vice -Mayor, shall be automatically nominated Vice -Mayor. In the event two members have <br />served as Councilmembers for the same length of time, the member whose Council district <br />has had the greatest length of time elapse since its Councilmember served as Vice -Mayor <br />shall receive the nomination. <br />If a vacancy occurs in the office of the Councilmember who was serving as Vice -Mayor, then <br />the Councilmember who is the immediate past Vice -Mayor shall serve as Vice -Mayor until the <br />following May. <br />The City Clerk shall schedule the appointment of the Vice -Mayor for the first regular City <br />Council meeting in May of each year (or at the next regular meeting following a vacancy), and <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 4/1/2014 <br />