Rancho Mirage Municipal Code Art. I Municipal Affairs

The City shall have full power and authority to adopt, make, exercise and enforce all legislation, laws, and regulations and to take all actions relating to municipal affairs, without limitation, which may be lawfully adopted, made, exercised, taken or enforced under the Constitution of the State of California. Without limiting in any manner the foregoing power and authority, each of the powers, rights, and responsibilities described in this Charter is hereby declared to be a municipal affair, the performance of which is unique to the benefit and welfare of the citizens of the City of Rancho Mirage.

A. Each member of the city council shall be elected by the voters of the entire City without regard to residency districts.

B. Upon the effective date of this amendment, the residency districts provided for in the Municipal Code shall be repealed and not operative for any purpose including qualification of any person to be elected to or to remain a member of the city council.

C. This amendment shall not affect the term of office of any member of the city council.

(Ord. 865, § 1, 2004)

A. The city council each year at its second regular meeting in November in non-election years and at the meeting in which new council members are installed during election years to appoint a council member to serve as mayor for a one year period on a rotating basis that affords each member of the city council with an equal opportunity to serve as mayor to the extent reasonably possible under such guidelines the city council shall establish by ordinance.

B. After the city council appoints the mayor, it shall appoint a council member who, to the greatest extent possible, is the person who appears most likely to meet the eligibility requirements to succeed the current mayor the following year.

(Ord. 866, § 1, 2004; Ord. 1202 § 1, 2022)