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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 7, 2014 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-288 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:City Council and <br />Rich Pio Roda <br />City Attorney <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for City Council Consideration to Place a Charter Amendment on <br />the November 4, 2014 Ballot to Provide That the Vice Mayor Designation be <br />Made at the First Regular Meeting Each January <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />At the April 7, 2014 City Council meeting, the City Council requested that staff bring forward <br />consideration of an amendment to the City Charter to change the month in which the Vice <br />Mayor selection is made, from May to January of each year. <br />If the City Council wishes to place a Charter amendment on the ballot to change <br />the timing of the Vice Mayor selection, it is recommended that a resolution be adopted to: <br />·Call a Special Municipal Election to submit the question to the voters; <br />·Approve the form of the ballot question; <br />·Request the Alameda County Board of Supervisors allow consolidation of this Special <br />Municipal Election with the Statewide election, to be held on Tuesday, November 4, <br />2014, and direct the Alameda County Registrar of Voters to conduct all necessary <br />services related to the election, and bill the City for the cost of conducting the election; <br />·Set forth procedures for the ballot argument; and <br />·Direct the City Clerk to submit the measure to the City Attorney for the impartial <br />analysis <br />BACKGROUND <br />Cities generally make their Vice Mayor selections in the month after their elections are held. <br />Until 2000, San Leandro held its General Municipal Election in April of even-numbered years, <br />and made the Vice Mayor selection in May. In 2000, the City’s General Municipal Election was <br />moved from April to November; however, the San Leandro City Charter still specifies that the <br />Vice Mayor selection is made in May. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/2/2014