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Vice Mayor Gee spoke about Mayor Aguirre's leadership. He presented her with a proclamation on behalf of City Council. Council Member Foust presented her with gifts on behalf of City Council and the remaining Council Members thanked Mayor Aguirre for her service and expressed their appreciation for her style and hard work. C. Nominations and Selection of Mayor for a two-year term, conducted by City Clerk MINUTE ORDER 13-222 Vice Mayor Gee was nominated for the position of Mayor of the City of Redwood City by outgoing Mayor Alicia C. Aguirre. The City Clerk announced that new Mayor of Redwood City is Jeffrey Gee. City Manager Bell asked for a vote to be taken officially and the vote was unanimous. Mayor Gee thanked the Council for their vote to become Mayor and he guaranteed he will work hard to make sure Redwood City remains a great place. He wants to address opportunities and engage community stakeholders to embrace opportunities. He then spoke about the important aspects of a partnership befinreen Mayor and Vice Mayor and how he envisioned that relationship to play out. He spoke about the process for selecting a new Vice Mayor and in discussions with the City Attorney and in reviewing the Charter and Municipal Code the process will include: opening the floor for nominations, he will acknowledge each nomination, no second is required, he will ask the nominating Council member to make a few remarks on the qualifications of the nominee, then he will close the nomination period and he will ask the City Clerk to conduct the roll call vote. Nominees will be voted on the order of nomination and the first nominee to get a majority vote will be the Vice Mayor and no further voting will be taken. D. Nominations and selection of Vice Mayor for a two-year term, conducted by the Mayor MINUTE ORDER 13-223 Council Member Seybert spoke about the partnership and a team approach for the Mayor and Vice Mayor relationship. He stated that he understands what is needed and expected of the position and nominated Council Member Foust for Vice Mayor she has the leadership, wisdom and bandwidth to lead this Council and community with the Mayor. Council Member Pierce said that she is glad Redwood City is lucky to have qualified candidates for this position and she nominated Council Member Bain. She said he has served the Council for over 10 years and would bring a strong business perspective and spoke about his qualifications for the Vice Mayor position. Mayor Gee closed the nomination period for Vice Mayor. City Clerk Vonderlinden asked for the votes on the first nomination: Council Member Foust received the majority of votes from Aguirre, Foust, Seybert, and Gee, with non-affirmative votes by: Bain, Howard and Pierce. CITY COUNCIL December 9, 2013 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 3 MINUTE BOOK NO. 65 Page. No.41