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Pacifica council debates mayor and vice mayor selection rules; staff to draft amended policy
Summary
After an extended discussion, council members gave staff guidance on eligibility, notice and deferral rules for mayor/vice-mayor selection and asked staff to prepare a revised Administrative Policy No. 17 for a future vote.
The City Council spent the bulk of its Oct. 13 meeting discussing possible amendments to Administrative Policy No. 17, the policy that governs the annual selection of mayor and vice mayor.
City Clerk staff and the ad hoc subcommittee presented options including a district-rotation model, a public drawing among eligible council members, and eligibility and deferral rules. The staff memo and supporting slides framed decision points the council needed to resolve.
Council direction and clarifications given at the meeting included:
- Eligibility: Council members agreed that a council member must have served at least approximately one year (staff and several members used “11 months” as a practical near-term threshold) on the council before being eligible to be vice mayor. The council discussed — and did not adopt a strict multi-year ineligibility for prior service as mayor or vice mayor; staff recorded direction to remove a fixed 3- or 4-year exclusion…
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