City Council

LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Monday, February 22, 2021 7:00 P.M. City of Lakewood Residents can virtually attend City Council meetings by watching them live on the city’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cityoflakewoodwa Those who do not have access to YouTube can participate via Zoom by visiting https://zoom.us/ or calling by telephone: Dial +1(253) 215- 8782 and entering participant ID: 868 7263 2373. Page No. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL NEW BUSINESS Appointing a Councilmember to represent City Council Position 5. ADJOURNMENT Persons requesting special accommodations or language interpreters should contact the City Clerk’s Office, 253-983-7705, as soon as possible in advance of the Council meeting so that an attempt to provide the special accommodations can be made. http://www.cityoflakewood.us TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Heidi Ann Wachter, City Attorney THROUGH: John Caulfield, City Manager DATE: February 22, 2021 SUBJECT: City Council Position 5 This is to document the process proposed for use in selecting a candidate to fill vacant Council Position #5 through the unexpired term. Currently there are fifteen candidates still under consideration after review of submittals and interviews. The City Council will narrow to one successful candidate employing selection rounds as follows: Round 1 – Each Councilmember shall identify by vote a “top four.” There shall be no more than one vote per candidate on this list by any individual Councilmember. Upon completion of all votes, the top four (more in the event of ties at the top) become the list for Round 2. Round 2 – Each Councilmember shall identify by vote a “top three” from the list resulting from Round 1. There shall be no more than one vote per candidate on this list by any individual Councilmember. Upon completion of all votes, the top two (more in the event of ties at the top) become the list for Round 3. Round 3 – Each Councilmember shall identify by vote a “top two.” There shall be no more than one vote per candidate on this list by any individual Councilmember. Upon completion of all votes, the top two (more in the event of ties at the top) become the list for the final round. Final Round – Each Councilmember shall identify by vote a top candidate from the final list. Upon completion of all votes, the top candidate is selected. Councilmembers will be called upon to identify their top candidates as they would be for any roll call. The City Clerk has random orders that are used for this purpose and would use a fresh order for each round. In the event that this process does not yield the desired results, or if the results become obvious earlier than anticipated by this process, any Councilmember may make whatever motion they deem appropriate. Such motion and subsequent action shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Parliamentary Procedure.