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CC:FA:HA:PA:SA - ACTION ITEM: (1) Administration of the Oath of Office to the Council Members-Elect; (2) Election of Mayor and Vice Mayor; and (3) Confirmation by the Financing Authority/Housing Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Culver City Redevelopment Agency that the Mayor and Vice Mayor of the City Shall Serve as Chair and Vice Chair of these Bodies, Respectively
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Meeting Date: December 12, 2022
Contact Person/Dept: Jeremy Bocchino, CMC, City Clerk
Phone Number: 310-253-5851
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
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Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (12/08/2022)
Department Approval: Jesse Mays, Assistant City Manager (11/30/2022)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council (1) observe the City Clerk administer the Oath of Office to the Council Members-Elect; (2) elect the Mayor and Vice Mayor; and (3) adopt a motion confirming that for the Financing Authority/Housing Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency to the Culver City Redevelopment Agency (Successor Agency) the Mayor and Vice Mayor shall serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of these bodies, respectively.
BACKGROUND:
Section 606 of the City Charter states, in pertinent part(s):
“Immediately following the certification of election results for any general or special municipal election at which Council Members are elected…the City Council shall elect one of its members as its presiding officer, who shall have the title of Mayor and one of its members as Vice Mayor. Both shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council…” and,
“…A Council Member who has held the office of Mayor or Vice Mayor for one year shall not be eligible for re-election to that same office until one year has elapsed.”
Pursuant to Section 606 of the City Charter, the certification of the results of the General Municipal Election held on November 8, 2022 having been ratified on December 12, 2022, the City Clerk shall administer the Oath of Office to the Council Members-Elect and the City Council shall elect the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Culver City. It is recommended the Financing Authority/Housing Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency also confirm that the Mayor and Vice Mayor shall serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of these bodies, respectively.
REORGANIZATION 2022
1. Administration of the Oath of Office to the Council Members-Elect
1-A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE
City Clerk Jeremy Bocchino calls Council Members-Elect Dan O’Brien and Freddy Puza into the well of the Council Dais. In accordance with Culver City tradition, Clerk Bocchino shall administer the constitutional and loyalty oaths as required by the Constitution of the State of California in the order of votes received in the 2022 General Municipal Election and shall present each with a certificate of election.
After each elected Council Member is administered and signs the Oath of Office and receives the Certificate of Election, the ceremonial pinning of the newly elected Council Members shall occur at this time by a friend and or family member, if present.
The newly elected Council Members then take seats at the dais. The other Council Members may wish to welcome them, and the new Council Members are afforded an opportunity to comment.
2. Election of Mayor and Vice Mayor and Confirmation of Chair and Vice Chair of the Financing Authority/Housing Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency
2-A. NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR
The current Mayor or Vice Mayor, in the absence of the Mayor, shall convene the new City Council by voice roll call vote and shall preside during the election of Mayor.
On February 24, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-R011 adopting Policy 3404, entitled Mayoral Rotation. Policy 3404 supersedes Policy No. 2010-01 issued on February 8, 2010 by Resolution No. 2010-R008 and revised on February 27, 2017 by Resolution No. 2017-R015. A copy of Policy 3404 is provided as Attachment 1.
The policy states that to provide for an orderly election of the Mayor and Vice Mayor each year, the City Council shall discuss and elect the new Mayor and Vice Mayor
1. At the meeting at which the election results are certified; or
2. At the second City Council meeting following 12 months after the prior election.
Each Council Member may nominate a Council Member for the Office of Mayor. Once all nominations are received, City Clerk shall call for a vote on each nomination in the order they were received. Alternately, the City Council has a past practice of considering a motion, duly offered and seconded, to elect a Council Member as Mayor.
Recommended Motion: That the City Council elect Council Member _________________________ as Mayor of the City of Culver City.
2-B. NEW MAYOR OPENS NOMINATIONS FOR VICE MAYOR
The newly elected Mayor will have the opportunity to make special remarks and then shall open the nominations for Vice Mayor, following Policy 3404. The Mayor will announce that this is the time and place to receive nominations for Vice Mayor, call for nominations, close the nominations, and call for the vote.
Recommended Motion: That the City Council elect _________________________ as Vice Mayor of the City of Culver City. The new Vice Mayor then assumes the appropriate position of Vice Mayor.
The ceremonial pinning of the newly elected Mayor and Vice Mayor shall occur at this time by a friend or family member, if present.
2-C. Confirmation of Chair and Vice Chair of the FINANCING AUTHORITY/Housing Authority/Parking Authority/Successor Agency
The Mayor entertains respective motions of the Boards of the Financing Authority, Housing Authority, Parking Authority and Successor Agency (a joint motion for all four bodies is also acceptable) that the Mayor and Vice Mayor serve as Chair and Vice Chair of these bodies, respectively.
Recommended Motion: That the Mayor and Vice Mayor serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Financing Authority, Housing Authority, Parking Authority and Successor Agency, respectively.
2-D. COMMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC
The Mayor calls on the Members of the City Council for any remarks they may wish to make at this time. There is no special action necessary by the Council. In the past, Council Members have made comments about the previous year and the future with the new officers.
Members of the public are now welcome to address the new Council, the new Vice Mayor, and the new Mayor.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
There is no fiscal impact associated with this staff report.
ATTACHMENTS:
Policy 3404 (Resolution 2020-R011) amending City Council Policy 2010-01 (Mayoral Rotation).
MOTION(S):
That the City Council:
Elect Council Member as Mayor and Council Member as Vice Mayor.
That the Financing Authority Board, Housing Authority Board, Parking Authority Board, and Successor Agency Board:
Adopt respective motions confirming that the Mayor and Vice Mayor shall serve as Chair and Vice Chair of these bodies, respectively.