REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Determine the 2017 Seating Arrangements for City Council
Report
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.3.11. Seating Arrangements/City Council
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental, organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
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 Mayor and Vice Mayor are 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 as defined in Council Policy 7.3.11.
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
11/03/09
James R. "Jim" Griffith
11,410
11/05/13
11/05/13
Glenn Hendricks
10,181
11/05/13
11/05/13
Gustav Larsson
9,205
11/05/13
08/16/16
Larry Klein
18,972
11/08/16
11/08/16
Nancy Smith
26,565
11/08/16
11/08/16
Russ Melton
24,281
11/08/16
Least Se...
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