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Agenda Item No. 10 ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OFFICERS Adopted: November 19, 1990 Revised: July 7, 1997 In order to fairly rotate the offices of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem of the City Council and Chair and Vice-Chair of the Redevelopment Agency among the five members of the Council and Agency, this policy is established. CITY COUNCIL A newly elected council member, who is not an incumbent, will serve a minimum of one year on the Council before qualifying to serve as Mayor. Mayor Pro Tem will replace the outgoing Mayor. Mayor Pro Tem will be the council member who has received the highest number of votes, compared to the other council members elected at the same time. This process continues until all council members elected in the same year have served as mayor. An appointed council member shall join the rotation only after first being elected. Newly elected and re-elected council members are added onto the existing order of rotation in the order of the number of votes received, from the highest number of votes to the lowest. A council member may decline to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. This will drop the council member back one position in the rotation. This format will be followed except in unusual or exceptional cases. The Council has the ultimate discretion to elect or not elect any council member for any office.