HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 2024-001 N.C.S. 01/08/2024 DocuSign Envelope ID:7EFAEADC-150C-4384-812D-3EF9004B6F46
Resolution No. 2024-001 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA APPOINTING
COUNCILMEMBER JOHN SHRIBBS AS VICE MAYOR FOR 2024
WHEREAS, the City Council Rules, Policies, and Procedures, Section V.B., provides that the Vice Mayor
shall be selected at the first meeting in January and serve for a one-year term; and
WHEREAS, the selection is based on seniority, and no Councilmember is to serve a second term as Vice
Mayor until all other Councilmembers have had an opportunity to serve as Vice Mayor; and
WHEREAS, all returning Councilmembers have already had an opportunity to serve as Vice Mayor; and
WHEREAS, in the case of newly seated Councilmembers, their seniority shall be established by the number
of votes received at the time of their election; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember John Shribbs received the second highest number of votes of newly seated
Councilmembers in the November 2022 Election and has not yet served as Vice Mayor; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Council's Rules Policies and Procedures, Councilmember John Shribbs
should serve as Vice Mayor in 2024, followed by Councilmember Nau in 2025; and
WHEREAS, the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), in that adopting the regular meeting
schedule does not meet CEQA's definition of a "project," because the action does not have the potential for
resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment, and because this action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments
that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. That the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution as findings.
2. That Councilmember John Shribbs is hereby appointed to serve as Vice Mayor for the calendar year 2024.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 8'day of January Docusignearni:
2024,by the following vote:
City Attorney
AYES: McDonnell,Barnacle,Cader Thompson,Healy,Nau,Pocekay,Shribbs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
DocuSigned by: PIT
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