REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
2016 Seating Arrangements for City Council
Report
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 Mayor and/or Vice Mayor are selected.
Section 3.B. of Council’s Policy 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:
|
|
Year First Elected |
Councilmember |
# Votes Last Election |
Last Election Date |
|
Most Senior |
2007 |
David Whittum |
14,016 |
2011 |
|
|
2009 |
James R. Griffith |
11,410 |
2013 |
|
|
2011 |
Pat Meyering |
9,092 |
2011 |
|
|
2011 |
Tara Martin-Milius |
7,601 |
2011 |
|
|
2011 |
Jim Davis |
6,239 |
2011 |
|
|
2013 |
Glenn Hendricks |
10,181 |
2013 |
|
Least Senior |
2013 |
Gustav Larsson |
9,205 |
2013 |
Councilmembers will assume their new seats commencing with the next regular Council meeting scheduled on January 12, 2016.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.3.11 Seating Arrangements/City Council
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Determine the seating arrangements for 2016 in accordance with Council Policy 7.3.11.
Staff
Prepared by: Kathleen Franco Simmons, City Clerk
Reviewed by: Kent Steffens, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Deanna J. Santana, City Manager
ATTACHMENT
1. Council Policy 7.3.11 Seating Arrangements/City Council