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MOTION TO APPROVE DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER JAY SCHWARTZ AS VICE MAYOR FOR 2026-2027.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. Pursuant to Section 3.06 ("Vice Mayor") of the Code of Ordinances, the City Commission shall, at the first regularly scheduled meeting in April of each year, elect a Vice Mayor by majority vote.
2. On June 17, 2009, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 1647, which amended Chapter 30.01 of the Code of Ordinances to establish procedures for the annual selection of the Vice Mayor. The ordinance establishes the following procedur:
- The Vice Mayor shall be selected in accordance with the City Charter and shall be a member of the City Commission of Pembroke Pines, Florida. The individual selected must not have recently served as the Vice Mayor or the Vice Mayor Designate, where possible.
- To the extent possible that the members of the City Commission deem it appropriate, the regular order of nominating a member of the City Commission to serve as Vice Mayor is presumed to be as follows: Commissioner from District 4, Commissioner from District 2, Commissioner from District 3, and Commissioner from District 1.
- Beginning with the second regularly scheduled meeting of the City Commission in April of each year, upon the election of a new Vice-Mayor in accordance with the Charter, the Vice-Mayor shall become the Vice-Mayor Designate for the following year.
3. The previously approved Vice Mayor designations are as follows:
- 2022-2023: District 2
- 2023-2024: District 3
- 2024-2025: District 1
- 2025-2026: District 4