2022/05/24 City Council Resolution 2022-055 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-055
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE OFFICE OF THE ROHNERT PARK CITY
COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT 1 TO SERVE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 8,2022 GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS ARE CERTIFIED
WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Linares was elected to the position of City
Councilmember for District 1 on November 3, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the term of office to which Vice Mayor Linares was elected will
expire in December 2024; and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2022, Vice Mayor Linares announced his resignation
from the position of City Councilmember for District 1, effective upon appointment of
his successor, but no later than May 25, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Government Code § 36512 provides that the City Council has the
authority, within sixty(60) days from the commencement of the vacancy, to fill the
vacancy by appointment; and
WHEREAS, consistent with Government Code § 36512(b)(2)(A), as Vice Mayor
Linares' vacancy occurs in the first half of the term of office and at least 130 days prior to the
next general election, the appointed person would hold office until the November 2022 general
municipal election; and
WHEREAS,to ensure that the public is served with an individual for a reasonable
amount of time before the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the City Council finds
that it is in the best interests of the City of Rohnert Park to fill the vacancy by appointing a
successor until certification and presentation of the November 8, 2022 election results,
anticipated to occur in December 2022; and
WHEREAS,the Council, acting through the City Clerk, noticed and solicited
applications for appointment to fill the vacancy from qualified registered voters of District
1 of the City of Rohnert Park; and
WHEREAS, the Council established the date of Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. as
the deadline for submission of said applications for appointment, and by said deadline received
three (3) applications from qualified applicants; and
WHEREAS, Government Code §36512(e)(1) provides that Vice Mayor Linares
may participate in the deliberations and may cast a vote on the appointment and his
resignation will go into effect upon the appointment of his successor; and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed regular meeting held on Tuesday, May 24, 2022,
the Council discussed qualified applicants who submitted; and
WHEREAS, the Council having considered and voted upon the appointment in
accordance with the Government Code § 36512, has reached agreement in the matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Rohnert Park, pursuant to Government Code section 36512, hereby appoints Samantha
Rodriguez, an elector and registered voter of the City of Rohnert Park, District 1, to serve as a
member of the Rohnert Park City Council representing District 1 for a term to expire upon
certification and presentation of the November 8, 2022 election results, at which time a
candidate will be elected to fill the remaining two year term of this Council seat.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 24th day of May, 2022.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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ATTEST:
Sylvia Lopez Cuevas, City Clerk
APP VE TO FO M:
chelle M. Kenyon, it A torney
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AYES: (S ) NOES: ( ) ABSENT: („)25) ABSTAIN: (pn,)
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