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City attorney to return with standardized rules after council debates appointment and mayor-selection procedures
Summary
After a study-session review of current rules and alternatives for council appointments and mayor/vice‑mayor selection, council asked staff to draft revised, clearer procedures: one set for mayor/vice‑mayor and a second set for vacancies and full‑council committee appointments, with tie‑breaking protocols and limited nominations.
The city attorney briefed the City Council in a study session Sept. 9 on how the council currently conducts appointments from the dais and on options to standardize and clarify the process when the full council selects members for boards, fills council vacancies by appointment and elects mayor and vice mayor.
City Attorney Theresa Leong described gaps in the existing rules, noting that while the charter requires the council to fill vacancies within 60 days (or call a special election), the council’s procedures do not prescribe a clear, single method for making multi‑candidate selections. “Your rules are pretty good about setting forth” the…
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