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MINUTES
Cathedral City
Special Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
2:00 PM
Pursuant to Executive Order N-35-20 and N-08-28, this meeting was conducted by video
conference.
• CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM by Mayor Raymond Gregory.
• ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Raymond Gregory Mayor Remote
Ernesto Gutierrez Mayor Pro Tern Remote
Mark Carnevale Councilmember Remote
Rita Lamb Councilmember Remote
Nancy Ross Councilmember Remote
1. AGENDA ITEMS
A. Mayoral Rotation Ordinance
Recommendation: This item is presented for information, discussion and
direction only.
Alan Carvalho feels that these topics are important to discuss.
After discussion, it was the consensus of the City Council to draft an Ordinance
defining the Mayoral Rotation process as follows:
Once you serve as Mayor you go back to position 5, however, you will not get
bumped by a subsequently elected person who has not yet served.
No one should serve as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem in their first year.
If there is a tie as to seniority, the tie will be broken by the drawing of cards from
a standard deck of playing cards, using only one suit, with no jokers. High card
wins. Ace is highest card.
If there is a vacancy the order advances to fill the vacancy, with the vacant
position. If the vacancy is the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem then the person filling the
vacancy will be deemed to have served their term as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem
only if, the vacancy occurred, as a matter of law, within 30 calendar days of the
first general or special meeting in December at which the Mayor and Mayor Pro
Tern are regularly selected in accordance with the City Charter. If the vacancy
occurs after the 30-day period, then the term does not count as the member's
term as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tern.
The members of the Council may by 3/4th majority of the members on council
(i.e. 4 votes if there is a full 5 member council or 3 votes if there is only a 4
member council due to a vacancy) may select another member to serve as
Mayor or Mayor Pro Tern by another lawful means.
B. Discussion on Procedures for Councilmembers to Add Agenda Items
Recommendation: This item is presented for information, discussion and
direction only.
Alan Carvalho encouraged the Council to follow the law.
Denise Cross indicated that residents can stillgo to Council to request an item go
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before Council for consideration.
After discussion, it was the consensus of the City Council to have a standing item
on the Agenda for Council to bring up items they wish to add to a future agenda,
discuss prioritization and a meeting date. There still should be a provision that
an urgent item can be added by the City Manager should he feel that it meets the
standards. Staff was directed to update the Council Policy Manual and bring it to
Council for review and approval at a future Council meeting.
ADJOURN 1
Mayor Raymond Gregory adjourned the Special Meeting of August 4, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.
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