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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Special Meeting 5:30 p.m.
550 E. Sixth Street, Beaumont, CA
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REGULAR SESSION
A.CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Martinez, Mayor Pro Tem Fenn, Council Member Lara, Council Member
Voigt, Council Member White
B.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA)
Any one person may address the City Council on any matter not on this agenda.
If you wish to speak, please fill out a “Public Comment Form” provided at the
back table and give it to the City Clerk. There is a three (3) minute time limit on
public comments. There will be no sharing or passing of time to another person.
State Law prohibits the City Council from discussing or taking actions brought
up by your comments.
C.ANNOUNCEMENTS/RECOGNITION
C.1 Recognition of Current Mayor, Julio Martinez
D.ACTION ITEMS
Approval of all Ordinances and Resolutions to be read by title only.
D.1 Reorganization of City Council 3
Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore.
Recommended Action:
To ratify the selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem per the adopted
sequential order process.
E.ADJOURNMENT
The next regular meeting of the Beaumont City Council, Beaumont Financing
Authority, the Beaumont Successor Agency (formerly RDA), the Beaumont
Utility Authority, the Beaumont Parking Authority and the Beaumont Public
Improvement Agency is scheduled for December 5, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. unless
otherwise posted.
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Staff Report
TO: City Council
FROM: Nicole Wheelwright, Deputy City Clerk
DATE December 5, 2023
SUBJECT: Reorganization of City Council
Description Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore.
Background and Analysis:
City Council adopted rules and procedures for selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro
Tempore. The policy was adopted into the Beaumont Municipal Code as follows:
2.04.090 - Nomination of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore.
The City Council selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore shall occur annually at
the first Council meeting in December during a year in which no Council Member seat is
open for election or at the second regular or special Council meeting in December
during a year in which Council Member seats are open for election. The Mayor and
Mayor Pro Tempore selection shall occur by a seniority rotation process as follows:
A. The office of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore shall rotate each year based on the
number of years each Council Member has been in office. Each Council Member shall
be given a specified position in the rotation sequence. The first person in the sequence,
as determined by tenure on the City Council, shall serve as Mayor. The second person
in the sequence, shall serve as Mayor Pro Tempore.
B. After serving as Mayor, that Council Member moves to the end of the rotation
sequence and the other four Council Members move forward, causing the Mayor Pro
Tempore to become the Mayor.
C. The next Council Member in the rotation after the Mayor Pro Tempore shall then
become the Mayor Pro Tempore.
D. When a Council Member is newly elected or appointed, the new Council Member
is placed in the fourth position in the rotation, after all incumbents, but before the current
outgoing Mayor.
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E. If two or more Council Members are newly elected at the same time, the number of
votes received in the election determines the Council Members position in the
sequence, with the Council Member receiving the fewest votes placed last in the
rotation but before the current outgoing Mayor.
F. Incumbent Council Members, when re-elected, retain their placement in the
rotation.
G. If for any reason a Council Member is removed from the rotation, the remaining
Council Members move forward in the sequence.
H. A Council Member may decline to serve as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore. In this
case, the office would pass to the next Council Member on the list. The Council Member
who declined may drop back one position in the rotation.
I. The selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore must be ratified by three
affirmative votes. If the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore fail to receive three affirmative
votes, they retain their current position in the rotation and the office would pass to the
next Council Member on the list, subject to ratification by three affirmative votes. This
process continues until a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore are ratified by three affirmative
votes. The newly selected Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore shall be seated in their
positions immediately after they have been approved by three affirmative Council
Member votes.
J. The City Clerk shall keep and update a list outlining the rotational sequence.
K. A Council Member may serve as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore a total of two years
during a four-year term of office on the Council but shall not serve as Mayor or Mayor
Pro Tempore in consecutive years.
( Ord. No. 1126 , § 3, 10-6-2020)
The current mayoral rotation list is attached for reference (Attachment A).
Fiscal Impact:
City staff estimates the cost to prepare this report at $150.
Recommended Action:
To ratify the selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem per the adopted sequential order
process.
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Attachments:
A. Current Mayoral Rotational List
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City of Beaumont Mayoral Rotational Sequence
2024
David Fenn
Michael Lara
Jessica Voigt
Lloyd White
Julio Martinez
2023
Julio Martinez
David Fenn
Michael Lara
Jessica Voigt
Lloyd White
2022
Lloyd White
Julio Martinez
David Fenn
Rey Santos
Michael Lara
2021
Michael Lara
Lloyd White
Julio Martinez
David Fenn
Rey Santos
2020
Rey Santos
Michael Lara
Lloyd White
Nancy Carroll
Julio Martinez
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