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RESOLUTION NO.3361
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURE TO CHOOSE A
MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR
RECITALS:
1.The Moses Lake City Council has determined it is in the best interests of the City to rotate the
position of Mayor and Deputy Mayor among sitting Council members.
2.The City of Moses Lake,as an optional code city, is governed by RCW 35A.13.
3.RCW 35A.13.030 states as follows: "Biennially at the first meeting of the new council the
members thereof shall choose a chair from among their number unless the chair is elected
pursuant to RCW 35A.13.033.The chair of the Council shall have the title of Mayor and shall
preside at meetings of the Council."
4.RCW 35A.13.035 states as follows:"Biennially at the first meeting of a new council,or
periodically,the members thereof,by majority vote,may designate one of their number as
mayor pro tempore or deputy mayor for such period as the council may specify, to serve inthe
absence or temporary disability of the mayor;. . ."
5.Moses Lake Municipal Code 2.08.025 states as follows:"Election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor:
Biennially, at the first meeting of the new City Council, in even numbered years,the City
Council members shall choose a chairman and vice-chairman of the City Council from among
their number.The chairman shall have the title of Mayor and the vice-chairman shall have the
^—y title of Deputy Mayor."
RESOLVED:
1.The position of Mayor and Deputy Mayor in the City of Moses Lake will rotate every two years,
after municipal elections held pursuant to state law in odd numbered years,among the sitting
Council members according to seniority and among those City Council members not already
having served as Mayor or Deputy Mayor. Seniority means years serving on the Moses Lake
City Council.
2. If the most senior City Council member,not already having served as Mayor,declines the
position,the next most senior City Council member shall be next in line to serve as Mayor.
3. Ifthe most senior City Council member,not already having served as Deputy Mayor,declines
the position, the next most senior CityCouncil member shall be next in line to serve as Deputy
Mayor.
4. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be elected by the CityCouncil pursuant to RCW 35A.13.030
and RCW35A.13.035.
Adopted by the City Council on April 9,2013.
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W.Robert Taylor,Finance Director