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Election of Council Chair and Vice Chair for 2019.
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Under the Council's Rules, "The Council shall elect a chair and a vice chair from among its members at its first regular meeting after January 1 of each year." The Rules give further guidance on the responsibilities which include: presiding at official meetings; acting as the official spokesperson; keeping Councilors informed of events, meetings and other occasions; ensuring that Councilors are informed of significant communications directed to the chair; providing an annual state of the county message; and working on the development of the meeting agendas.
Past practice has been to put this item of election of the chair and the vice chair at the beginning of the first meeting in January. The chair from the past year will preside over the election for both the new chair and the vice chair taking nominations, then comments from councilors and calling for the roll call vote for each office. Once the election for both positions is accomplished, the new chair will then preside over the remainder of the meeting.