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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Action: Election of City Council Officers for 2005
Meeting Date: January 10, 2005 Agenda Item Number: 1
Department: City Managers Office Staff Contact: Lynda Rose
www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5017
ISSUE STATEMENT
This item is to elect the 2005 City Council President and Vice President.
BACKGROUND
Each year the City Council elects a new president and vice president. The City Charter and City
Code specifies the office of Council President; the City Code outlines the process of selecting the
President and Vice President.
Section 13 of the Charter states:
"Council - President. (1) Each year, at the first regular meeting of the council, or as soon
as practicable, the council shall choose by ballot one of its
members to serve as council president.
(2) The council president shall preside at council meetings when
the mayor is absent.
(3) The council president shall function as mayor, with the powers
and subject to the limitations of the office of mayor when the
mayor:
(a) is absent from the city on leave granted by the council;
(b) has been absent from the city for 30 days or more; or
(c) has been physically unable to function as mayor for 30 days
or more."
Further, the Section 2.009 of the City Code states:
(1) The council president shall be elected for a one-year term. That person who has served
the longest on the council and has not previously acted as council president shall normally be
entitled to election as the president. A councilor may be re-elected as president of the council
only after the expiration of one year from the date the councilor last served as such president
unless two-thirds of
the total membership of the council votes otherwise. A councilor will not be eligible to be
elected president who has not served as a councilor for at least two years.
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(2) The vice-president of the council shall be elected at the same time and in the same
manner as the president of the council. A vice-president may be nominated and elected as
president.
(3) The candidates for president and vice-president of the council shall be nominated and
elected by a majority vote at the first regular meeting of the council in each calendar year."
CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
Staff has no recommendation on this item.
S[IGGESTED MOTION
Move to elect as President of the City Council for 2005.
Move to elect as Vice President of the City Council for 2005.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Lynda Rose
Telephone: 682-5017
Staff E-Mail: lynda.l.rose~ci.eugene.or.us
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