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CITY O F SAN LU I S O B I S P O
FROM: Audrey Hooper, City Clerk
Prepared by: Elaina Cano, Deputy City Clerk
SUBJECT: VICE MAYOR APPOINTMENT' FOR 2009
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Appoint Council Member Allen Settle as Vice Mayor to serve a one-year term commencing upon
appointment.
DISCUSSION
Section 408 of the City's Charter requires that the Council elect one of its members to serve in
the position of Vice Mayor.
Section 3.2 of the Council Policies and Procedures provides that the appointment of the Vice
Mayor shall be for a one-year term, that the appointment shall be made on a rotational basis, and
that the appointment shall go to the next senior member. This practice ensures that each Council
Member will have an opportunity to serve as Vice Mayor during his or her term.
Following current Council policy of rotating the Vice Mayor position, and consistent with
Council practice over the past six years, Council Member Settle is next in line for the opportunity
to serve as Vice Mayor. Vice Mayor appointments for the prior six years have been as follows:
Council Member Mulholland - 2003
Council Member Schwartz - 2004
Council Member Ewan - 2005
Council Member Settle- 2006
Council Member Mulholland—2007
Council Member Brown- 2008
Looking to the future, the process for rotation dictates that Council Member Carter would serve
in 2010. However, because Council Member Ashbaugh and Council Member Marx are both
newly elected and their terms will expire in 2012, there is no precedent as to which of the two
will serve as Vice Mayor in 2011 and which will serve.as Vice Mayor in 2012. Should Council
want to address this issue at this time, they may want to direct the Mayor to draw names to
determine which year each will serve as Vice Mayor. They may also choose to defer this matter
until Vice Mayor Appointments are made in 2009 or 2010 for the following years.
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Hooper, Audrey
From: Terry Mohan [catsdad@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:05 PM
To: Hooper, Audrey
Subject: Fw: December 2, Consent Agenda Item 2, Railroad area email
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From: Terry Mohan <catsdad@sbcglobal.net>
To: slocitycouncil@slocity.org; slocitycouncil@slocity.org
Sent: Monday, December 1, 2008 8:19:39 AM
Subject: Consent Agenda Item 2
Mr. Mayor and Council Members,
As I will be unable to attend the 4 PM meeting I wish to comment in writing concerning
Consent agenda number 2. Also I hope these early start meeting will not become as regular as
they were a couple of years ago as they inhibit participation of the general public.
In regards to Consent agenda item 2 concerning the lease agreement with Union Pacific
Railroad, I hope you will consider combining the funding for the Graffiti Enforcement Officers
position with the railroad maintenance position. As I was informed by Lt. Polling the graffiti
officer was a part time position to be paid some $20,000 annually. He envisioned someone to
collect and compile evidence to prosecute graffiti taggers while also coordinating volunteer
citizens to paint over the graffiti. The former duty should be the job of the police.
I recommend using allotted funds from both the graffiti and maintenance positions and hiring a
full time city employee. Hopefully someone who lives in the city that will take pride in keeping
the railroad corridor clean and debris free, as well as coordinating the volunteers to eliminate
the graffiti in a matter of days not weeks. Contractors might be less expensive in the short term
but generally you get what you pay for.
Whatever happened to the county prisoners that used to fix the fencing along the Railroad
Bicycle Trail? Those fences are a mess.
Terry Mohan
2416 Santa Clara
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
12/16/2008