TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
Martha Alvarez, Assistant City Clerk
SUBJECT:Title
City Council Reorganization:
a) Public Comments on Reorganization
b) Recognition of Outgoing Mayor Hadley
c) Selection of Mayor
d) Selection of Mayor Pro Tem
(City Clerk Tamura).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council recognize outgoing Mayor Hadley and proceed with the selection of the new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem after public comments.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Manhattan Beach is a General Law city incorporated under the laws of the State of California on December 2, 1912. The City has a "Council-Manager" form of government where the City Manager is appointed by the City Council and is the Chief Executive Officer of the municipal corporation. The City Council acts as the board of directors of the municipal corporation and meets in a public forum where citizens may participate in the governmental process. The Mayor serves as the chairperson of the City Council. The City Council consists of five members elected at-large on a non-partisan basis who serve staggered four-year terms with a two consecutive term limit.
On September 1, 2015, the California State Legislature passed the California Voter Participation Rights Act, also known as, Senate Bill (SB) 415. This legislation prohibits a local government from holding an election on any date other than a statewide election date if doing so in the past has resulted in a significant decrease in voter turnout. SB 415 requires cities with insufficient voter turnout to either change their election dates to June or November of even years, or adopt a plan to consolidate its election with the statewide election, no later than the November 8, 2022, st...
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