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Lake Forest City Council certifies November election, installs two council members and approves 2025 leadership and regional appointments
Summary
The Lake Forest City Council adopted a resolution certifying the Nov. 5 election results, administered oaths to two incoming council members, approved the consent calendar and appointments to regional boards, and selected the mayor and mayor pro tem for 2025 in unanimous votes.
The Lake Forest City Council on Dec. 17 adopted a resolution certifying the results of the Nov. 5, 2024 municipal election, administered oaths of office to two incoming council members and approved a slate of regional-board appointments and internal leadership for 2025, all by unanimous vote.
The council voted to adopt the resolution certifying the November 5 election to make the evening’s ceremonial items official. City Clerk Lisa Berglund presented the staff report and asked the council for a vote. The motion passed unanimously by the city’s electronic voting system.
The council then administered oaths of office. Pastor Lyle Castella officiated for Doug Serbo, who spoke briefly after taking the oath and said the ceremony and oath were meaningful to him, noting he had “taken that oath a number of times” in earlier service. Robert Pecano was also sworn in; he thanked family, residents of District 5 and city staff after his swearing-in.
Council members approved the consent calendar (city items 6–10 and housing authority items 1–3) by a single unanimous vote; staff had described those items as routine and no items were removed for separate discussion.
On regional appointments (item 11) the council approved the staff-recommended list of representatives to regional boards and committees and approved a substitution on one local access/network board as presented. The motion passed unanimously.
For 2025 leadership the council opened nominations and voted unanimously to elevate the nominee presented from the dais to the office of mayor for 2025 and to name the nominated council member as mayor pro tem for 2025.
The votes were recorded electronically and, unless otherwise noted on the record, carried unanimously.
Ending: The council closed the ceremonial portion of the meeting after the approvals and recognitions and proceeded to the city manager report and remaining agenda items.
