The city recently held the final planned public outreach meeting regarding the review of the way the mayor is selected – by mail or by direct election.
Like the two prior meetings, this one was not well attended. Of those who did attend, city staff and members of the committee reviewing the issue outnumbered the members of “the public.”
At the suggestion of those in attendance, the data regarding the practices of other communities and information about this issue has been placed online – it can be accessed at: www.mayoralgovernancestructure.org.
City staff will be presenting the matter to the Monrovia Coordinating Council at their July 11 meeting at 7:30 a.m. in the Fireside Room at Monrovia First Presbyterian Church (101 E. Foothill Blvd.).
As Oliver Chi noted in his city manager’s report this week, “the way that we select the mayor is not a decision that can be made by the city. Ultimately, the voters of Monrovia will have to decide if it makes sense to transition our governance structure from a directly elected mayor, to one where the position of mayor rotates between the elected members of the city council.”
