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11 the registered voters of the City at large. One Council Member shall be elected from each Council Member district. (§200 and §225 (a), City Charter) The City Council is the legislative body of the City; its members are the community’s decision makers. Power is centralized in the elected Council collectively, and not in individual members of the Council. The Council approves the budget and determines the public services to be provided and the taxes, fees and assessments to pay for these public services. It focuses on the community’s goals, major projects and such long-term considerations as community growth, general plan and land use, development standards, capital improvements, financing and strategic planning. The Council appoints a professional City Manager to carry out the policy and administrative responsibilities. Councilmembers are not full-time City officials and do not manage the day-to-day activities of the City organization. This is being done by the City Manager under the direction of the City Council. Members of the City Council are elected at-large by the electorate on a non-partisan ballot. The seven Councilmembers serve overlapping four-year terms. As the governing body of the community, the City Council carries out its policy making at meetings held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 835 E 14th Street, the first, second and third Mondays of every month commencing at 7:00 p.m. The primary purpose of City Council meetings is to conduct City business. City Council meetings are conducted in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Ca Gov Code §54950), which requires City Council meetings to be open to the public except under specific circumstances where closed session meetings are authorized. DISTRICTS There are six representative districts, numbered one through six as provided for in the City Charter. The boundaries of Councilmember districts shall be those adopted by Charter or amended by ordinance of the Council. Each district consists of a geographically compact contiguous territory and shall contain, as nearly as possible, equal numbers of residents. No change in district boundaries shall operate to disqualify an incumbent from office before the expiration of the term for which such person was elected or appointed. (§230, City Charter) POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MAYOR San Leandro Charter §305 sets forth the duties of the Mayor. The Mayor shall be the political head of the City. The Mayor shall: (a) Recommend City policy; (b) Recommend to the Council appropriate and necessary legislation; (c) Recommend programs for the physical, economic, social and cultural development of the City; (d) Be responsible for public relations activities and represent the City for ceremonial purposes; (e) Represent the City in intergovernmental relations, personally or by delegated representative, at the direction of the Council; (f) Preside at meetings of the Council; (g) Establish and dissolve ad hoc committees, subject to approval by the Council; (h) Possess the authority to suspend implementation of any action taken by the Council by filing with the City Clerk, within three days after such Council action, a notice of suspension thereof. Such suspension shall constitute a motion for reconsideration of the action taken, to DRAFT