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REPORT - COUNCIL VACANCY APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE AND SCHEDULE
BACKGROUND: Council member Julie Combs has announced her resignation from the City Council effective November 25, 2019. Her resignation creates a vacancy on the Council. Section 31 of the Santa Rosa City Charter provides that such vacancy may be filled either (a) by appointment by the Council within 60 days of the vacancy, or (b) by the calling of a special election.
Council must first determine which method it prefers for the filling of the vacancy. A special election would take place no earlier than the second Tuesday in April, 2020. The City Clerk has received a preliminary estimate from the County of Sonoma that the cost of such special election could range between $184,718 and $323,257. An appointment by the Council would be governed by Council Policy No. 000-23, and would be effective upon selection of the successor. Policy No. 000-23 requires that the Council, at the earliest possible time after a vacancy occur...
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