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Council debate over mayor selection process ends with no change after motion to restore strict rotation dies
Summary
Councilmember Marsha McLean proposed reinstating an automatic rotation policy so each council member would serve one year as mayor pro tem and the following year as mayor; the motion was made but received no second and the proposal died after council discussion.
Councilmember Marsha McLean opened a discussion on the mayoral selection process, proposing the council restore a strict automatic rotation so each elected councilmember would serve as mayor pro tem for one year and then as mayor the following year.
McLean described the proposal as a way "to foster a cooperative spirit among council members by depoliticizing the selection of…
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