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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC City Council 2014 Call for AppscMrY of Agenda Item No: 3. b n. '�V&4 ....... a Meeting Date: October 20, 2014 SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Department: CITY MANAGER Prepared by: Nancy Mackie, City Manager City Manager Approval: M SUBJECT: Recommendation to Call for Applications to Fill a Vacancy on the City Council RECOMMENDATION: Approve staff recommendation to call for applications. DISCUSSION: Vice Mayor Damon Connolly will be sworn as a new County Supervisor in January and his last San Rafael City Council meeting will be December 1, 2014. His resignation letter to the City has been submitted. This resignation will create a vacancy on the Council. Article VI, Section 6 of the Charter of the City of San Rafael states that if the City Council fails for a period of sixty days to fill a vacancy it shall immediately call for an election to do so. If the Council elects to make an appointment, the appointment term would be for the remainder of the unexpired term in December 2015. Staff recommends that the City Council call for applications and commence with interviews. Further, the following schedule is recommended: • October 21 - call for applications. • November 18 - 5 p.m. deadline for receipt of applications. • December 15 - City Council to set a Special City Council meeting to interview and appoint new member. • December 15 - first meeting of the newly appointed Councilmember. Any applicant must be a registered voter of the City of San Rafael. It is expected that the newly appointed Councilmember will attend the League of California Cities conference January 14-16, 2015 conducted specifically for new Councilmembers. FISCAL IMPACT: None. OPTIONS: 1. Call for applications as recommended by staff. 2. Hold a special election and do not call for applications. This option is not recommended due to the significant cost to the City for a special election. The total cost is estimated to be a minimum of $150,000. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve staff recommendation to call for applications. FOR CITY CLERK ONLY File No.: 9-1 Council Meeting: /0 f Ll Disposition: 14+t' CITY OF SAN RAFAEL INSTRUCTIONS: USE THIS FORM WITH EACH SUBMITTAL OF A CONTRACT, AGREEMENT, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION BEFORE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL / AGENCY. SRRA / SRCC AGENDA ITEM NO. 3 J9 DATE OF MEETING: October 20, 2014 FROM: Nancy Mackie, City Manager DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office DATE: October 8, 2014 TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Recommendation to Call for Applications to Fill a Vacancy on the City Council 6--e-7 /v C, Department Head (signature) (LOWER HALF OF FORM FOR APPROVALS ONLY) APPROVED AS COUNCIL/ AGENCY AGENDA ITEM: City Man ger (sig riat6re) NOT APPROVED N=09M APPROVED AS TO FORM: tzFE- City Attorney (signature) 7