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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Election of City Council Officers for 2008 <br /> <br />Meeting Date: January 14, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 2 <br />Department: City Managers Office Staff Contact: Beth Forrest <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5882 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This item is to elect the 2008 City Council President and Vice President. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Each year the City Council elects a new president and vice president. The City Charter and City <br />Code specify the office of Council President; the City Code outlines the process of selecting the <br />President and Vice President. <br /> <br />Section 13 of the Charter states: <br />“Council - President. (1) Each year, at the first regular meeting of the council, or as soon <br />as practicable, the council shall choose by ballot one of its <br />members to serve as council president. <br /> (2) The council president shall preside at council meetings when <br />the mayor is absent. <br /> (3) The council president shall function as mayor, with the powers <br />and subject to the limitations of the office of mayor when the <br />mayor: <br /> (a) is absent from the city on leave granted by the council; <br /> (b) has been absent from the city for 30 days or more; or <br />(c) has been physically unable to function as mayor for 30 days <br />or more.” <br /> <br />Further, the Section 2.009 of the City Code states: <br />(1) The council president shall be elected for a one-year term. That person who has served <br />the longest on the council and has not previously acted as council president shall normally be <br />entitled to election as the president. A councilor may be re-elected as president of the council <br />only after the expiration of one year from the date the councilor last served as such president <br />unless two-thirds of the total membership of the council votes otherwise. A councilor will not <br />be eligible to be elected president who has not served as a councilor for at least two years. <br />F:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080114\S0801142.doc <br /> <br />