REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Determine the 2025 Seating Arrangements for City Council
Report
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Council Policy 7.3.11 (Attachment 1) provides a process to determine the seating arrangements of Councilmembers at Council meetings. This procedure is conducted as the last item of business at the meeting during which the Vice Mayor is selected. The Mayor will be seated in the center seat, and the Vice Mayor may choose to be seated to either side of the Mayor.
The remaining seats will be selected in order of Council seniority. Section 3.B. of Council Policy 7.3.11 states, "Councilmembers shall select where they wish to sit on the basis of length of continuous time of service on the City Council. The selection process shall be in the order of most senior to least senior. When two or more Councilmembers have equivalent time of service, those Councilmembers are given priority in seat selection by the highest number of votes received in their most recent election." Therefore, after selection of the seats to be occupied by the Mayor and the Vice Mayor, the following order is to be used to select the remaining seats:
Seniority
Date First Elected
Councilmember
No. of Votes Received at Most Recent Election
Most Recent Election
Most Senior
11/03/2020
Alysa Cisneros
4,286
11/05/2024
11/08/2022
Richard Mehlinger
3,195
11/08/2022
11/08/2022
Murali Srinivasan
2,814
11/08/2022
11/08/2022
Linda Sell*
n/a
11/08/2022
11/05/2024
Charlsie Chang
6,055
11/05/2024
Least Senior
11/05/2024
Eileen Le
4,031
11/05/2024
*On August 22, 2022, City Council appointed Linda Sell to District 1 in lieu of holding an election.
Councilmembers will assume their new seats commencing with the next regular Council meeting.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.3.11. Seating Arrangements/City Council (Attachment 1)
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursu...
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