The Syracuse City Common Council used its organizational meeting to confirm new council officers, adopt rules for 2026–27 and designate the Syracuse Post Standard as the city’s official newspaper for legal notices, the council recorded.

An unidentified council member moved to nominate Patricia McBride for city clerk. “I would like to make a motion to nominate Patricia McBride for the position of city clerk,” the mover said; another member seconded the motion and the council approved it by voice vote.

The council similarly moved and approved leadership posts: Jimmy Motto was nominated and elected president pro tempore; Rashida Caldwell was nominated and approved as majority leader; and Cho Majoke was nominated and approved as majority whip. In each instance the mover proposed the nominee, another member seconded, and the council registered the ayes. The record notes the votes were unanimous when announced by the chair.

Members also addressed administrative business. A council member said they had received a letter directing the city clerk to provide notice of the organizational meeting “pursuant to charter,” and that notices had been sent to councilors.

On procedural governance, a motion to adopt the council’s rules and procedures for 2026–27 was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The council also discussed the appointment of its standing committees; the presiding member said the committees were listed in the meeting packet and that the item did not require a separate vote.

The council designated the Syracuse Post Standard as the official newspaper for publishing the city’s legal notices for 2026–27; the motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The item appears twice in the record (an initial introduction and a final confirmation), and the later entry records the 2026–27 term.

The presiding officer asked for a motion to close the meeting; a member moved, another seconded and the meeting was adjourned.

Meeting details and direct quotations are taken from the council’s organizational meeting transcript. Several speakers in the record are identified only by role or as unnamed movers; where full names appear in the transcript they are used exactly as stated.